5 Elite Athletes' Thoughts on Tokyo 2020 Postponement

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5 Elite Athletes' Thoughts on Tokyo 2020 Postponement

The Olympic Games have never been postponed in the history of the modern Olympic movement, so we are wading through uncharted territory! Because this is such an unprecedented situation, I was curious how athletes from various sports were handling this news and what they thought about the postponement. Even though I typically only write about synchro on this platform, this time I wanted to include elite athletes from a variety of sports and to have a mix of first-time Olympic hopefuls and returning Olympians.

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Olympian Spotlight: Alla Shishkina (RUS)

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Olympian Spotlight: Alla Shishkina (RUS)

Alla Shishkina is a 2-time Olympic champion, 11-time World champion, 5-time European champion from Russia. She is currently training on the Russian National Team in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Alla and I competed against each other at several World Championships. At the London and Rio Olympics we competed in different events - me in the duet and Alla in the team.

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Olympian Spotlight: Andrea Fuentes (ESP)

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Olympian Spotlight: Andrea Fuentes (ESP)

Andrea Fuentes is a 4-time Olympic medalist, 16-time World Championship medalist and 16-time European Championship medalist from Spain. She is now the head coach of the U.S. Senior National Team. Andrea and I competed against each other at the London 2012 Olympic Games (but let’s be honest, she is in a whole different category of greatness). Her story is so inspiring and shows that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish things that you never thought possible.

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Olympian Spotlight: Karine Thomas (CAN)

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Olympian Spotlight: Karine Thomas (CAN)

Karine Thomas (CAN) tells us about the challenges she faced in her synchro career, her two Olympic experiences, and what she has been doing after retirement.

Karine and I competed against each other at several competitions, including the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Karine started doing synchro in Canada at the age of 10 and by the time she was 13 years old she had already moved away from home to better her synchro career. At 16 she was a part of the Canadian Junior National Team and immediately after competing at her first international competition (2006 Junior World Championships) she was recruited to be on the senior roster and competed on the elite level until her retirement in 2017.

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