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ALEX YOUNG

Sport TikTok challenges this week: From #26jumps to #OnMyOwn

With sport in lockdown across the globe , more and more sports stars are turning to social media to entertain themselves - and their fans.

TikTok, the world's fastest-growing social media platform, is the ever-popular destination for stay-at-home antics.

Trending this week was some isolation dancing, The 2.6 Challenge and a whole lot more.

So, in the second in the series, here is the week in sport on TikTok.

#OnMyOwn

@england

Missing this. But for now... 🕺 ##onmyown

♬ Dancing On My Own - Robyn

Robyn this week asked fans to sing and dance during isolation, inspired by her song 'Dancing On My Own', which saw England roll back the years with Daniel Sturridge and Peter Crouch.

#26jumps

@madebysport

Olympic efforts from @amytinkler for our ##26jumps 🏆 definitely worthy of another trophy! ##twopointsixchallenge ##madebysport

♬ Rocky: Eye of the Tiger - Best Movie Soundtracks

A challenge launched with @MadebySport to support the 2.6 Challenge and help save UK's charities is to do 26 jumps at home. Here's former Olympian gymnast Amy Tinkler's efforts.

So far, #26jumps hashtag has been viewed 4.7m times, with 2,799 new videos.

#twopointsixchallenge

@aimee_fuller

2.6... let’s do this. 26 ##backflips. This weekend I’m supporting the ##twopointsixchallenge UK charities need support 🙌🏻 ##26jumps @madebysport ##fyp

♬ Rocky: Eye of the Tiger - Best Movie Soundtracks

With this year's London Marathon postponed, along with the countless charity events associated with it, The 2.6 Challenge was launched to help fill the predicted £4billion shortfall in fundraising. Here's Aimee Fuller's acrobatic effort.

Arsenal

@arsenal

Matteo Guendouzi follows a fan playing ##SpinTheWheel 👏

Matteo Guendouzi did the #SpinTheWheel challenge... and was nearly fooled by a Liverpool fan.

Liverpool

@liverpoolfc

Jürgen’s learnt a new skill this week... Wait till the end 😂💪🙌 ##stayhome ##footballsstayinghome ##football ##soccer ##foryou ##lfc ##uksports

♬ original sound - liverpoolfc

Jurgen Klopp, using the #footballsstayinghome hashtag, learnt a new skill during lockdown. And is very happy about it.

Daniel Sturridge

Plenty of us are facing up to the prospect of having some DIY haircuts due to the coronavirus lockdown, and Daniel Sturridge is no different.

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