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Even world leaders find time to stay in shape

Last updated on: November 19, 2010 09:51 IST


Photographs: Stefan Rousseau/POOL/Reuters

Meetings, appointments, speeches, policy-making, tours world leaders have a lot on their palate. Yet some of them find time to stay in shape. Let's take a look at them

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron runs along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal

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Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Pete Souza/The White House/Handout/Reuters
US President Barack Obama plays basketball along with cabinet secretaries and members of Congress on the White House court

Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Jorge Silva/Reuters
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez runs between second and third base during a friendly softball game between teams comprising Venezuelan MLB players, retired veterans and government staff, in Caracas


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Anders Debel Hansen/Scanpix/Reuters
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger works out at a fitness centre in central Copenhagen

Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: icardo Stuckert/Presidency of Republic/Handout/Reuters
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dives during his vacation on Fernando de Noronha's island

Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov/Reuters
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plays badminton with President Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting in the official vacation residence of Bocharov Ruchei in the Black Sea resort of Sochi

Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Vincent Kessler/Reuters
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy jogs in Strasbourg


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao practices tai chi with local residents at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo.


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Pilar Olivares/Reuter
Bolivia's President Evo Morales practices before a soccer match against foreign media in the heart of the coca-growing Chapare region in Cochabamba


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Reuters
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev does a pull up at the gym during his visit to his school in St Petersburg


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Serbian President Boris Tadic plays basketball with local youth during his visit to the isolated village of Cernica in Kosovo


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Alfredo Guerrero/Presidencia de Mexico/Reuters
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon throws a ball during the opening of a sport arena in Cancun in Mexico's state of Quintana Roo

Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Kerek Wongsa/Reuters
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva controls the ball during a friendly soccer match with foreign diplomats at Crystal Football Park Club in Bangkok


Even world leaders find time to stay in shape


Photographs: Jorge Adorno/Reuters
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo plays a game of volleyball with the former national team in Asuncion