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Magdalena Lobnig
AUSTRIA
EVENT W1X
PLACING BRONZE
I flew to Tokyo to show my best and to race the best races of my life. I knew I’d prepared the best I could. I’d not made any mistakes and I thought if it is not going to happen now, then I don't know what I could do better.
I was very happy when they postponed Tokyo 2020. I knew it was too early for me. Our new head coach had changed the program and it was not perfect for my body, so after the 2020 Europeans we rearranged my training and since then I found more speed and consistency.
That was a big change. At Rio I could show one fast race and it was in the semifinal but in the final I couldn't show anything; it was a disaster. I was afraid when they rescheduled the semifinal and final in Tokyo, because in Rio it was the same, and I couldn't recover in time.