Athletes' COVID-19 pandemic training
Updated 13:46, 04-May-2020
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As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed to July 23 next year, and with gyms shut down as a result of the coronavirus crisis, how are athletes from all around the world getting their training done amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

Japan's top karate athlete Ayaka Tadano holds a karate-based exercise event online from her home in Tokyo, May 2, 2020. /VCG

Japan's top karate athlete Ayaka Tadano holds a karate-based exercise event online from her home in Tokyo, May 2, 2020. /VCG

British gymnast Dominick Cunningham trains at a stable in Walsall, UK, May 1, 2020. Cunningham says he is slowly getting "out of shape" with no place to train for next year's Olympic Games as gyms have been closed down to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. /Reuters

British gymnast Dominick Cunningham trains at a stable in Walsall, UK, May 1, 2020. Cunningham says he is slowly getting "out of shape" with no place to train for next year's Olympic Games as gyms have been closed down to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. /Reuters

Australian Paralympic rower Erik Horrie trains in isolation in his backyard gym in Sydney, May 1, 2020. Horrie is a five-time World Champion in rowing and a former member of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team. /VCG

Australian Paralympic rower Erik Horrie trains in isolation in his backyard gym in Sydney, May 1, 2020. Horrie is a five-time World Champion in rowing and a former member of the Australian men's national wheelchair basketball team. /VCG

German Taekwondo athlete Madeline Folgmann trains at home in Nettetal, Germany, April 30, 2020. /VCG

German Taekwondo athlete Madeline Folgmann trains at home in Nettetal, Germany, April 30, 2020. /VCG

Italian Paralympic archer Elisabetta Mijno trains at home in isolation in Torino, Italy, April 30, 2020. /VCG

Italian Paralympic archer Elisabetta Mijno trains at home in isolation in Torino, Italy, April 30, 2020. /VCG

Irish swimmer Mia Whelan-O'Connor (R) trains in her back garden in an inflatable pool, in Inchicore, Dublin, using a swimming parachute and a bungee cord with the assistance of her Dad Michael and Mother Carol (front), April 29, 2020. /VCG

Irish swimmer Mia Whelan-O'Connor (R) trains in her back garden in an inflatable pool, in Inchicore, Dublin, using a swimming parachute and a bungee cord with the assistance of her Dad Michael and Mother Carol (front), April 29, 2020. /VCG

Thailand's 35-year-old boxer Chatchai-decha Butdee, who planned to retire after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, keeps on training in Bangkok, Thailand for the postponed Games, April 24, 2020. /VCG

Thailand's 35-year-old boxer Chatchai-decha Butdee, who planned to retire after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, keeps on training in Bangkok, Thailand for the postponed Games, April 24, 2020. /VCG

Australian Olympic swimmer Bronte Campbell trains on a bike in isolation while on a Zoom training call with her sister Cate Campbell and other members of her swim team from her home in Sydney, Australia, April 24, 2020. /VCG

Australian Olympic swimmer Bronte Campbell trains on a bike in isolation while on a Zoom training call with her sister Cate Campbell and other members of her swim team from her home in Sydney, Australia, April 24, 2020. /VCG

Belgium's world mountain cycling champion Kenny Belaey trains in his garden in Aalter, Belgium, April 16, 2020. /VCG

Belgium's world mountain cycling champion Kenny Belaey trains in his garden in Aalter, Belgium, April 16, 2020. /VCG

China's women's water polo national team has a team training session after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, April 8, 2020. /VCG

China's women's water polo national team has a team training session after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, April 8, 2020. /VCG