Italian gymnast Marco Lodadio, silver medallist in the 2019 men's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, during a training session in his garden at home in Grottaferrata, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Grottaferrata, Italy, May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) - Gymnasts around the world have been trying to stay fit amid tough restrictions during the COVID-19 crisis, and Italy is no exception. With the country's gym clubs and training facilities closed for more than two months as part of government measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, gymnast Marco Lodadio, a silver medallist in the rings event at the 2019 world championships, turned his garden into a fitness studio. Without the sophisticated facilities top-level athletes usually use, Lodadio worked on a swing structure to make it suitable for rings training.
"Before the start of the quarantine, I managed to set up a small structure in my garden so I can train for a couple of hours a day to stay in shape," the 28-year-old said.
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