• Mexican paralympic swimmer Rubi Cristino trains with Ulises Menendez, coach of the Mexican national paralympic swimming team at her father's auto repair shop on 26 June. Cristino is qualified for Tokyo 2020 and she has not been able to train in a pool since the pandemic started due to all sports facilities being closed entirely across the country (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
  • Paralympic swimmer McKenzie Coan works out in a tethered resistance pool during a training session on 9 June in Clarkesville, United States (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
  • Colombian wheelchair tennis player Maria Angelica Bernal trains with her dog Lucky at her home during the government-ordered lockdown on 19 June in Bogota. Bernal is 10th in the ITF World Ranking and already qualified for Tokyo 2020 (Photo by Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)
  • Argentine Swimmer Daniela Gimenez trains at home during the government-ordered lockdown on 16 June in Buenos Aires. Gimenez, who is already qualified the Paralympics, has not trained in a swimming pool since mid March when obligatory isolation was announced. She works out every morning supervised by her coach via conference call . Unlike the Olympic athletes paralympians have not been yet authorised to go to training facilities or train in groups (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)
  • Peruvian Para badminton player Pedro Pablo de Vinatea trains at home during government-ordered lockdown on 13 June in Lima. As he awaits for an invitation to compete in Tokyo, three-time Pan American champion continues his daily routine in isolation (Photo by Raul Sifuentes/Getty Images)
  • Edenia Garcia trains at her home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic on 13 June in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Garcia is a three-time Paralympic medallist and the current world champion in the women's 50m backstroke S3 at the London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)
  • Paralympic track and field athlete David Behre trains in his apartment in Leverkusen on 6 May, 2020 in Germany (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
  • Brazilian Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias poses for an underwater portrait at Quality Club Academia amid COVID-19 pandemic on 25 June 2020 in Braganca Paulista, Brazil. He is qualified for Tokyo 2020 and has won 24 medals, including 14 gold medals (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
  • Argentine swimmer Daniela Gimenez trains at home during the government-ordered lockdown on 16 June 2020 in Buenos Aires (Photo by Marcelo Endelli/Getty Images)
  • Felipe da Sousa Gomes trains on the roof slab of his mother-in-law's house in Anchieta Neighbourhood on 11 June in Rio de Janeiro. Felipe is a two-time Paralympic champion and primarily competes in T11 sprint events. He lost his vision as a result of congenital glaucoma, cataracts and a detached retina. Felipe follows, from Monday to Friday, a training schedule developed by the technicians of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. His wife placed guide ropes around the roof to aid his movements during training (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
  • Paralympian and former U.S. Army Officer Melissa Stockwell works on strength during a training session on 27 May in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
  • U.S. Paralympian Daniel Romanchuk prepares to train at his home on 13 May in Mount Airy, Maryland. Romanchuk competes primarily in wheelchair racing events and will represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. His achievements include winning the New York City, Boston, Chicago and London marathons. He was also a gold medalist at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2019 (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Athletes train in lockdown

Paralympic athletes around the world are training in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are just a selection of images while they continue their preparations for Tokyo 2020 next year.

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