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Bogotá / Medellín, Aug 20 (EFE), (Camera: Juan Diego López - Luis Eduardo Noriega).- The coronavirus pandemic has forced many Colombian Olympic athletes to train in the streets since sports training centres remain closed. FOOTAGE OF ATHLETES TRAINING IN THE STREETS OF BOGORÁ AND MEDELLÍN (COLOMBIA).SOUNDBITES OF:-EVELIS AGUILAR, HEPTATHLON ATHLETE:"At the beginning, we accepted it because I had suffered an injury and it helped me a lot to recover from it and have more time to arrive in good condition, to reach a good mark for the Olympic games. At firs,t it was harder because we could only lift weights and strengthening, but when we were able to run in the streets became easier."-MAURICIO HERNÁNDEZ, COACH:"Sometimes, because of the traffic and people in the streets, dogs and people in the parks...it's a bit difficult but we have adapted to it. We always stay alert so we don't suffer an accident and I think we have adapted quite good taking into the conditions we're working under."
Jakarta (Indonesia), Jun 19 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Mast Irham).- Gymnasts around the world have had to reinvent their training due to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF 13-YEAR-OLD GYMNAST AVERYL BALINE MATTAHATI.
About a week ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom attended a dinner party--with at least a dozen people--at an upscale Napa Valley restaurant. But on Friday, Newsom asked Californians to 'limit interactions to their immediate household.' The state recently surpassed 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. According to Business Insider, critics and journalists swiftly slammed and called out the governor's actions as hypocritical. said he 'should have modeled better behavior.'
Kolkata, Nov 11 (EFE/EPA).- The Indian railway authorities reopened Wednesday the suburban train service for daily commuters in Bengal, after seven months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: PASSENGERS TRAVEL ON A LOCAL TRAIN ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE REOPENING IN KOLKATA, EASTERN INDIA.
Bogotá, Jul 2 (EFE).- At least 500 Venezuelan citizens began their journey back to their country on Thursady in buses provided by the Mayor's office after being stuck for over five weeks due to the coronavirus lockdown in Bogota, where they had to live in tents at improvised camp near a highway in the north of the capital. (Camera: MAURICIO DUENAS).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CAMP WHERE THE VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS LIVED IN BOGOTA; AND VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS GETTING READY BEFORE BOARDING A BUS THAT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE BORDER IN CUCUTA OR ARAUCA IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.