After being named ‘World’s Sexiest Athlete’ by an Australian publication, Alica Schmidt shared her confusion, saying “sport obviously comes first.”
Over the last year, Germany’s 21-year-old athlete has soared to superstardom, but not all attention is paid to her athletic ability.
Recently, Australian magazine ‘Busted Coverage’ called Schmidt the ‘Sexiest Athlete of the World.’
That tag isn’t going quite well with her .
“I don’t know why I got this title. Sport comes clearly first,’ she said.
“There are thousands of girls on Instagram who look good but having many fans doesn’t make you interesting.
“That’s just competitive sport for me.”
The 400 m athlete had planned to represent Germany at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until the Games were delayed by one year.
Schmidt was a junior-level standout and won silver at the 2017 European Under-20 Championships in the 4×400 relay.
At the same event she also won bronze in the 2019 U23 European Championships.
With Germany removing virus restrictions, She has finally been able to get back into training as she prepare for the 2021 Olympics.
“I can finally train on the track again. The last month I did everything alone or in pairs outside,” she posted on social media.
“I am so happy to be able to train in the stadium again as usual even if nature was not that bad for the training session!”
She posted another photo recently with her 700,000 followers, writing
“My week off (because of my wisdom tooth) is almost over now.
“I hope I can start training again on Monday. It is so strange to have so much more time now for other stuff.”
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