Abstract
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed for one year due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection. The purpose of this study was to examine how the longitudinal psychological support for the Tokyo 2020 Games under these circumstances affected the athletes’ psychological aspects. The subjects of this study were
six modern pentathlon athletes. Psychological assessment was performed using the psychological competitive ability diagnostic test. As a result, the psychological competitive ability showed different changes due to the influence of the refraining from sports activities due to the spread of the new coronavirus. In addition, changes in psychological competitive ability from the suspension of sports activities due to the spread of the new coronavirus to the resumption of sports activities showed different trends. From this, it became clear that the psychological impact of modern pentathlon athletes due to the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the selfrestraint of sports activities due to the spread of the new coronavirus had individual differences. For this reason, psychological support in special situations requires an appropriate evaluation of the athlete’s psychological aspects and interventions that are tailored to the individual. Furthermore, it was suggested that sports mental training consultant can contribute to improving psychological competitiveness and suppressing deterioration by intervening in mindfulness, goal setting in terms of physical and psychological aspects, career development of athletes.
