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
Venezuelan youth karate champion Ricardo Perez goes through his moves at home in Caracas.Image: Reuters/Manaure Quintero
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
