Climber Petra Klingler trains at home in Bern, Switzerland

Climber Petra Klingler trains at home in Bern, Switzerland

In the UK and beyond, professional and Olympic athletes have been striving to maintain their strict training regimes, whilst adhering to lockdown restrictions.

Here are photos taken in May showing how some athletes have been maintaining their training routines.

British canoeist Mallory Franklin trains in her garden in Cheshunt, UK.
British canoeist Mallory Franklin balances on a pilates ball while practicing with a paddle in her garden

Two wheelchair athletes train outside their homes

British Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft and her partner Nathan Maguire train at their home in Chester

A gymnast hangs from the rafters of a stable, whilst a horse watches from the side

British gymnast Dominick Cunningham trains at a horse stable in Walsall, UK

A diver practises at home in the garden as his parents look on
British diver James Heatly trains as his parents look on at his home in Balerno, Scotland

Mo Farah runs in a park near deer
Olympic and World Champion long-distance runner Sir Mo Farah exercises in Richmond Park, London

Formula 3 racer Sophia Floersch sits in driving simulator whilst wearing a virtual reality headset
Formula 3 racer Sophia Floersch rides in a virtual reality simulator as she trains in her home in Gruenwald near Munich, Germany

A tennis player serves a tennis ball in his garden

British tennis player Dominic Inglot practises in his garden in London

A climber hangs from an outdoor climbing wall
British climber Imogen Horrocks trains on a climbing wall she built in her garden at her parents home in Bordon

An athlete looks to the camera as he trains
Italian judo gold medallist Fabio Basile trains at an Olympic centre near Rome after Italian authorities allowed athletes to train individually at the venue

An athlete does stretches on the grass

Team GB sprinter Ashleigh Nelson trains at Chingford Golf Course

A sprint canoeist trains with equipment in his garden

British sprint canoeist Liam Heath trains at his home in Guilford

An athlete uses a piece of farm machinery to do pull-ups on
Gloucester and Scotland international rugby player Alex Craig works out at his parents’ farm in Castle Douglas, Scotland

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