Before the start of Tjejvasan, Svitlana Larsson told Checherenkova.
- I really have my thoughts elsewhere.
I have constant contact with my relatives.
Some remain in Kiev.
They sit in their apartments and follow the authorities' instructions, she tells SVT Sport and tells that other relatives are trying to get west in Ukraine.
How do you see the development of the last few days?
- I can not describe this in words.
The day before yesterday morning I woke up and my husband said that Russian forces had entered near Kharkiv.
My cousin woke up to explosions outside Kiev.
It's awful and nothing that anyone could imagine, says Larsson Checherenkova and continues:
- That there would be fighting on the streets of Kiev, where I went to school and where my friends lived, I could not imagine.
It is 2022 and humanity has not come further than that.
It's awful.
Larsson Checherenkova considered canceling his participation in Tjejvasan.
- Yesterday morning I thought about canceling, because I have slept very badly several nights.
But when I move, it helps to alleviate my anxiety.
Another reason is that Putin is trying to intimidate people to get his way.
I do not want to be part of it.