In pictures: how professional athletes have been keeping fit in lockdown

Jun 2, 2020

Athletics - Team GB hammer thrower Taylor Campbell during a training session at home in Loughborough, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Loughborough, Britain, May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC23XG9TMLET

This is how athletes around the world are training during COVID-19.

Image: REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

Johnny Wood

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Around the world, people have been adapting to life under COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions.
For professional athletes that means finding new ways to train at home.
Gardens, living rooms and offices are being turned into sports workout spaces.

Training is part of daily life for professional athletes – even during lockdown. Around the world, sportspeople are finding creative ways to stay in shape while staying at home.

These images show how some are keeping up their training regimes in preparation for their return to live competition.

Canadian Women’s National Water Polo team member Kyra Christmas trains in her homemade pool at home in Airdrie, Alberta. Image: Reuters/USA Today Sports

Team GB pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw practises her pole-planting technique at home in Loughborough, England. Image: Reuters/Paul Childs

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In Brazil, 11-year-old skateboarder Gui Khury gets some air during training at his grandmother’s farm near Curitiba, after recently landing the world’s first 1080-degree turn. Image: Reuters/ Rodolfo Buhrer

Italian gymnast Marco Lodadio practises in his garden in Grottaferrata. Image: Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national swimming record holder Iman Avdic trains in a purpose-built pool, complete with makeshift cover, in her grandfather's orchard in Doboj. Image: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Swiss cyclist Kilian Frankiny, who rides for the Groupama-FDJ cycling team, participates in the Digital Swiss 5 virtual cycling pro race – which replaced the cancelled Tour de Suisse – from his home in Naters. Image: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

American pro skater Tony Hawks uses every available surface to perform tricks while riding his office ramp in California during an event broadcast on the internet. Image: Reuters/Mike Blake

German gymnast Clara Neumann trains on an outdoor beam in her garden in Dresden. Image: Reuters/Matthias Rietschel

Swiss Formula 2 racer and Haas F1 Team reserve driver Louis Deletraz hits the track on a simulator at his parents’ home in Veyrier, near Geneva. Image: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Jordanian judo athlete Hadeel Alami uses a sofa to train in the living room of her home in Amman. Image: Reuters/Muhammad Hamed

Danish Taekwondo fighter Rasmus Holm takes part in the Danish Championships in poomsae, a more technical version of the sport, using a smartphone to record his performance at home in Aarhus. Image: Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix Denmark

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