Schmidt might have been young and achieved something great for her age, people weren’t really interested in what she achieved for her country. When the press talked about her, they weren’t so much referring to her athletic achievements, but focused mostly on her looks.
There is no doubt that Alica Schmidt is really beautiful, but magazines and newspapers could have talked about other things than her long legs and flowing blonde hair. She must have been really annoyed to see that, after everything she did for her country, people just focused on that.
