• Team GB rower Polly Swann trains at her parents' home in Edinburgh. Reuters
    Team GB rower Polly Swann trains at her parents' home in Edinburgh. Reuters
  • Team GB rower Polly Swann trains at her parents' home in Edinburgh. Reuters
    Team GB rower Polly Swann trains at her parents' home in Edinburgh. Reuters
  • Team GB pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw trains at her home in Loughborough. Reuters
    Team GB pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw trains at her home in Loughborough. Reuters
  • Team GB pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw trains at her home in Loughborough. Reuters
    Team GB pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw trains at her home in Loughborough. Reuters
  • Olympic and world champion long distance runner Mo Farah poses for a picture in Richmond Park as he returns to training following the easing of restrictions on exercise in the UK following the Covid-19 outbreak. Reuters
    Olympic and world champion long distance runner Mo Farah poses for a picture in Richmond Park as he returns to training following the easing of restrictions on exercise in the UK following the Covid-19 outbreak. Reuters
  • Mo Farah lies on an English oak tree in Richmond Park. Reuters
    Mo Farah lies on an English oak tree in Richmond Park. Reuters
  • South Korean female golf players give thumbs-up, which means "respect" in sign language, to express their gratitude to the medical workers on the frontline fighting the coronavirus during a media day event ahead of the 42nd KLPGA Championship, at the Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, South Korea. Reuters
    South Korean female golf players give thumbs-up, which means "respect" in sign language, to express their gratitude to the medical workers on the frontline fighting the coronavirus during a media day event ahead of the 42nd KLPGA Championship, at the Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, South Korea. Reuters
  • Team GB’s karate athlete Jordan Thomas trains outside his apartment in Manchester. Reuters
    Team GB’s karate athlete Jordan Thomas trains outside his apartment in Manchester. Reuters
  • Team GB hockey player James Gall trains at Surbiton Hockey Club in Surrey. Reuters
    Team GB hockey player James Gall trains at Surbiton Hockey Club in Surrey. Reuters
  • Team GB hockey players James Gall, Zach Wallace and Tom Sorsby train at Surbiton Hockey Club. Reuters
    Team GB hockey players James Gall, Zach Wallace and Tom Sorsby train at Surbiton Hockey Club. Reuters
  • Team GB gymnast Dominic Mensah trains at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Reuters
    Team GB gymnast Dominic Mensah trains at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. Reuters
  • Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski wears a face mask as he leaves the team's training session at the FC Bayern Munich Campus in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
    Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski wears a face mask as he leaves the team's training session at the FC Bayern Munich Campus in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
  • Bayern Munich's German defender Jerome Boateng wears a face mask as he arrives for a training session. AFP
    Bayern Munich's German defender Jerome Boateng wears a face mask as he arrives for a training session. AFP
  • Life-size cardboard figures with the photos of football fans are positioned on the stands of the Borussia Monchengladbach stadium for the next game, which will be played without spectators, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters
    Life-size cardboard figures with the photos of football fans are positioned on the stands of the Borussia Monchengladbach stadium for the next game, which will be played without spectators, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters
  • English golfer Tommy Fleetwood putts at Sandiway Golf Club, Northwich, Britain. Reuters
    English golfer Tommy Fleetwood putts at Sandiway Golf Club, Northwich, Britain. Reuters

Coronavirus: Mo Farah, Robert Lewandowski and other athletes step up training - in pictures


Steve Luckings
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Athletes are adapting to their country's social distancing measures as the world looks to resume daily and sporting life.

Mo Farah, one of Britain's greatest track athletes, went running through Richmond Park in London, while several South Korean golfers took part in a media day at Lakewood Country Club in Yangju ahead of the 42nd KLPGA Championship.

In an interview with Reuters, Farah said the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics until next year could give him an advantage as he looks to defend his 10,000 metres title.

Elsewhere, Bayern Munich players arrived at the team's training complex in protective masks ahead of the Bundesliga's return to action after a two-month shutdown this weekend, while world No 10 men's golfer Tommy Fleetwood got back into the swing of things at a course in Cheshire, England.

Check out some of the best images from athletes training around the world on Wednesday.

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