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Tokyo 2020: How does your postponement affect athletes? 5:31
(CNN Spanish) - Sharon Van Rouwendaal turned to her creativity to continue training during the coronavirus era. The Rio 2016 Olympic champion tied herself to a tree while swimming in a 2-meter pool.
Van Rouwendaal assured that he can barely do this routine for 45 minutes, due to the low temperatures.
“There is always a solution, you just have to be creative. I can only do it for 45 minutes because the water is very cold ”, was the text that accompanied the publication of the Dutch, who is in Montpellier, France.
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There's always a solution, you just have to be creative! Could I could only do 45 minutes in total because the water is very cold… • #stayactive #becreative #openwater #swimming #wetsuit #coldwater #littlepool
A post shared by Sharon van Rouwendaal (@svrouwendaal) on Mar 28, 2020 at 8:54 am PDT
Van Rouwendaal was a gold medalist at the last Rio 2016 Olympic Games, winning the 10 km Marathon in open water.
He also adds:
-European Champion 5km free waters (2014)
-World Champion in 4 × 200 short pool (2014)
-European Champion 5km by teams (2018)
-European Champion 10km (2018)
-European Champion 5km (2018)
-World Champion 10km (2018)
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