When Sandra Sydlik takes the court, her mother, Kathrin, watches from more than 4,000 miles away on a computer in Berlin, Germany.
Despite a six-hour time difference, the 1988 East Germany Olympic volleyball player watches her daughter whenever she can.
“Sometimes my mom doesn’t know when I have a game, sometimes we are so far from each other,” Sydlik said. “Games will be in the middle of the night and she will try to stay awake.”
Kathrin represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea and traveled to different countries all over the world.