Stefano Ghisolfi occasionally climbs his kitchen table to pass the time. Brooke Raboutou traverses her house, starting from the back of her staircase and gliding from room to room by scaling the walls. Kyra Condie hangs from the board she installed above a door frame in her apartment.
This is the new normal for Olympic rock climbers on lockdown.
As the coronavirus continues to spread, Olympic athletes around the world are figuring out how to maintain some semblance of a workout regimen while not knowing when they can return to their regular intense routines. It will be longer than anyone originally anticipated—the International Olympic Committee officially announced its decision on Tuesday to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics until next year.