Intense Training
In sports, the pause associated with the coronavirus pandemic continues. Athletes are forced to maintain their shape at home. The captain of the “Urals” Artyom Fidler decided to bring the whole family to this. Together with his wife Catherine, they performed push-ups, but the footballer put two daughters on his back.
“What does Artyom Fidler’s family do when it gets boring,” the video was signed in the press service of the Urals.
Continued family training and tennis player Karen Khachanov. But if earlier his eight-month-old son David helped, being in the arms of his father performing squats, now he has acted as an observer.
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For some athletes, simple training is not enough, and they are forced to adapt to the conditions of self-isolation, based on the characteristics of their sport. Five-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Svetlana Romashina demonstrated how to keep fit without a pool. She performed a fragment of her program in her own bathroom with her daughter.
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Apparently, involving children in training seemed too easy for UFC fighter Francis Ngannu. As an experiment, he picked up the legendary basketball player Shaquille O'Neill, whose weight is about 150 kg. At the same time, the representative of the heavy division himself weighs 116 kg.
“Shaquille, and you are not as heavy as I thought. Apparently, that’s why you flew on the floor like this, ”Ngannu shared his impressions.
. @ Shaq you're not so heavy as I thought 🤣🤣🤣 that's probably why you could fly on the court pic.twitter.com/oUJmVpyYB1
- Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) April 17, 2020Another way to diversify your home workouts is to apply your skills in everyday life. For example, midfielder Rubin Khvich Kvaratskhelia kicked a candy into a glass on the floor.
However, this is especially good for representatives of gymnastics. Alexandra Soldatova threw her leg over her shoulder and closed the door of the kitchen cabinet. David Belyavsky drank the water, having previously stood on his hands in two chairs and holding up a plastic cup with his mouth. And Nikita Nagorny improved stripping challenge, in which the participant had to take off his T-shirt, standing upside down. Three-time world champion did the same, doing a somersault forward.
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By the way, Nagorny continues to entertain his Instagram followers with his wife, gymnast Daria Spiridonova. The couple decided to perform a spectacular trick, standing on her husband’s back. However, it ended in failure: the 2015 world champion lost her balance and fell.
Apparently, no one was seriously injured, although some fans began to worry about Spiridonova's health. The video also attracted the attention of colleagues of gymnasts from other sports.
“Whatever the child was amusing, if only he would not hang himself,” commented the figure skater Evgenia Medvedev.
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Meanwhile, Elena Vesnina, the first first racket in doubles, admitted that she was thinking about going to court again, but the pandemic did not allow her to do this.
“It's one thing to just train, another to play against young tennis players who are evil in sports. I even dreamed a little about my return. My rating is frozen, I am number one in a pair. I can return to a couple and get into any tournament. But here the situation with coronavirus in the world began, ”said Vesnina.
New talents
Of course, sometimes you need to be distracted from training, and here every athlete also has his own recipe. Forward “Zenith” and the Russian national team Artyom Dziuba was impressed by watching the British mini-series “War and Peace”, based on the novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy.
“So many tears because of this series. I advise everyone to the present, ”the footballer wrote.
A few days ago, Dziuba shared a list of TV shows that, in his opinion, are worth looking at quarantine. It included popular paintings - "Friends", "Spartacus", "Doctor House", "True Blood" and "How I Met Your Mother."
Some athletes during self-isolation reveal themselves from an unusual side. Two-time European high jump champion Daria Klishina shared a recipe for Spanish gazpacho soup, and Akhmat midfielder Denis Glushakov boasted a new skill.
“There was a quarantine day ... You discover a lot of new things on self-isolation. I would never have thought that I would iron a lot, but then I tried it - and it seems to work out quite well. Especially under the chanson. If there is any practical advice on how to improve the ironing skill, I will be glad, ”Glushakov said.
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Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbaeva helps to cope with boredom by changing her image. The ex-athlete appeared in an unusual way, dyeing her hair in blue-violet color. Under the photograph, she quoted the famous song of the group “Cinema” “I want changes!”.
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Another effective way to have fun is to join one of the challenges to your taste. Torpedo coach Sergei Ignashevich and his wife Natalya participated in the #CouplesChallenge. Couples who have accepted the challenge need to answer questions about each other with their eyes closed, pointing a finger at the one to whom the proposed definitions are more suitable. The couple showed a good result: their answers converged in seven cases out of 14.
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Defender of “Valencia” Esekiel Garay and his wife Tamara Gorro became the authors of another paired flash mob, this time related to dressing up. The girl put on a fairy costume and, with a wave of a magic wand, she “dressed” her husband in a dress and high-heeled shoes. Despite the fact that in the video the footballer did not look happy with such a turn of events, he urged everyone to follow their example.
In Russia, many decided to support the band Little Big, which was supposed to represent the country at the international music competition "Eurovision", canceled due to coronavirus. The quartet members themselves urged fans to repeat the movements from the video for the song Uno and share the result on social networks. Suddenly, the president of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe joined the flash mob.
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“Home Cup” Cristiano Ronaldo, whose participants are invited to do the maximum number of flexions on the press in 45 seconds, is still not losing popularity. The record of the Portuguese himself (142 times) has long fallen, and the striker of the Urals Pavel Pogrebnyak managed to surpass it. His result was 143 times.
Andrei Arshavin made fun of his former colleague in the Russian national team, who "did not believe" in his achievement.
“I think he accelerated the video. There, Masha, his wife, he mounted everything. Cheater he. Pasha is not so fast. He bent a maximum of five times in 45 seconds, especially since his back was sore. But then he didn’t straighten up, probably, ”Arshavin suggested on Match TV.
Good deeds
Meanwhile, a number of Russian sports stars, including tennis player Andrei Rublev, footballer Roman Pavlyuchenko, hockey player Nikita Zadorov, figure skater Elena Radionova, volleyball player Vyacheslav Krasilnikov and others, starred in a video calling for the use of hygiene products to protect against illness.
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Some athletes help not only in word, but also in deed. Multiple world champion in speed skating Pavel Kulizhnikov acted as a volunteer and helped deliver products to the most vulnerable categories of the population - pensioners.
“The mask is in place, the gloves are in place - all safety precautions have been followed. This is the fastest food delivery in the world! ” - According to the message of the Russian Skating Union (SKR).
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Tottenham striker Harry Kane recorded an appeal to four-year-old Archie Wilkes fighting cancer. He recently contracted a coronavirus, but managed to defeat the disease. The athlete expressed joy that the boy had recovered, urged him to obey the doctors and parents and continue to play football. Needless to say, how pleased the young fan of “spurs” was.
Most often, athletes act as role models and, with their example, inspire fans to small and large accomplishments. However, this time everything happened the other way around.
Perhaps one of the most touching stories during the pandemic can be considered the action of 99-year-old World War II veteran Tom Moore, who decided to participate in fundraising for the National Health Service of England (NHS). Initially, he planned to go 100 laps around his house until April 30, when he turns 100 years old, while collecting 1,000 pounds. At the same time, Moore moves with the help of walkers.
Moore not only coped with the task ahead of schedule, but also earned much more than the intended amount - more than 13 million pounds. His action struck many sports stars, including Kane, boxer Anthony Joshuy, David Beckham and others. They told his story on their pages on social networks, expressing admiration and gratitude.