In early June, the majority of sports conferences under U Sports, the governing body of university sports in Canada, cancelled games and championships for the fall semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for the athletes affected, the routines built do not stop. Instead, they had to find creative solutions around the restrictions. “We were forced to develop a new way of training virtual online as a team, but even then, it just didn’t feel good enough as an athlete to be training from inside your home,” said Abdallah El-Chanti, a midfielder with Ryerson University’s men’s soccer team.  In addition to soccer, some of the sports cancelled are football, rugby,…