The 28-year-old will marry her friend and trainer Philipp Semechin on Monday. Because on Tuesday she has to go to the Charité in Berlin, where a benign but diffuse tumor in her left upper frontal lobe will be removed on Wednesday.
The wedding was originally planned for November 12th, but in view of the shock diagnosis of a brain tumor, everything now had to go very quickly. “To marry before that would mean a lot to me,” said Krawzow. But it didn’t look good. Because the marriage certificate was missing until Friday noon. This was applied for at the Berlin-Pankow registry office on October 5th, but it did not come. “I call around like crazy, but I can’t reach anyone,” said Krawzow of the dpa.
She called friends and acquaintances, including ex-swimming star Britta Steffen (37), career advisor at the Berlin Olympic base. “I got on the phone straight away and was lucky. I got a very nice employee on the line who cleared everything up, ”said the double Olympic champion of“ Bild ”(Saturday). “I’m so happy for Elena that she can get married now.” Krawzow is overjoyed: «I am so incredibly grateful to Britta. She’s my heroine and she’s not saved my ass for the first time. “
Pankow’s district councilor responsible for civil services, Vollrad Kuhn (65, Greens), also heard about the case. “I immediately instructed the department head to get it started immediately,” he told the “image”. “Usually that doesn’t happen. This is very unfortunate and we apologize for the delay. I can’t say why it was in the end ”, said Kuhn. (SDA)