Home alone: How international athletes are keeping fit indoors

Using home remedies, furniture and ingenuity, here's how sportspeople are keeping themselves going in lockdown
Curated By: Amit Verma
Published: May 29, 2020
Pugilist Tommy Ward trains at his brother’s garden at Rainton in the UK. The boxer’s cra

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Pugilist Tommy Ward trains at his brother’s garden at Rainton in the UK. The boxer’s crack at the super-bantamweight title has been held up as bouts have been suspended due to the pandemic

With gyms and training equipment out of access due to the lockdown, Jordanian judoka and Olympics ho

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With gyms and training equipment out of access due to the lockdown, Jordanian judoka and Olympics hopeful Hadeel Alami uses ingenious methods to strengthen her legs at her home in Amman

New Zealand weightlifter David Liti trains on his driveway at Te Kauwhata in April, when his country

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New Zealand weightlifter David Liti trains on his driveway at Te Kauwhata in April, when his country imposed one of the strictest lockdown measures to escape community transmission of Covid-19

Aussie Rules player Touk Miller trains in isolation at his home in Gold Coast, Australia. Some state

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Aussie Rules player Touk Miller trains in isolation at his home in Gold Coast, Australia. Some states in the country are easing lockdown restrictions and are opening up sports training in small groups

In the early days of the lockdown, with the British government limiting time for outdoors, Team GB r

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In the early days of the lockdown, with the British government limiting time for outdoors, Team GB rower Jess Leyden stays in shape at her home in Wallingford

German epee fencer Alexandra Ndolo trains with a self-made puppet in her apartment in Cologne

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German epee fencer Alexandra Ndolo trains with a self-made puppet in her apartment in Cologne

With gyms shut in London, long distance runner Mo Farah competes with a gang of deer as part of his

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With gyms shut in London, long distance runner Mo Farah competes with a gang of deer as part of his training for the Olympics. Farah, a double gold-medallist in 2012 and 2016, is yet to qualify for the Tokyo edition

With cases soaring in his country, Brazilian swimmer Miguel Valente trains alone at his home in Belo

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With cases soaring in his country, Brazilian swimmer Miguel Valente trains alone at his home in Belo Horizonte

Louis Delétraz, reserve driver for Haas Formula 1 team and F2 racer, trains on a simulator at

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Louis Delétraz, reserve driver for Haas Formula 1 team and F2 racer, trains on a simulator at his parents’ home in Veyrier near Geneva in Switzerland

Brazilian national volleyball player Evandro Guerra trains with wife Bruna Lecardelion in Belo Horiz

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Brazilian national volleyball player Evandro Guerra trains with wife Bruna Lecardelion in Belo Horizonte