Another potential record breaker in the pool is Great Britain’s Adam Peaty. If the run-up to Tokyo is anything to go by, he will set new records here too. He currently holds the world records in the 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 100m individual medley. Caeleb Dressel (2019 Getty Images) Caeleb Dressel (USA), SwimmingĬaeleb Dressel, the first man to swim under 40 seconds in 100m freestyle, is not a record breaker in terms of the Olympics (his two gold medals at Rio 2016 came in the 4×100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relays), but he is a record breaker in every other sense. If he succeeds, he will be the third person in history to win the Olympic marathon twice after Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila (1960, 1964) and East Germany’s Waldemar Cierpinski (1976, 1980). GettyImages-591464872 (2016 Getty Images)Įliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019. Here are a few of them and what they hope to achieve. Sprinter Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps may have retired but there are several athletes who are heading to the Olympics with the potential to make history. Which Olympic stars are on the verge of making history? Throughout the Games, you can find information on the entire Olympic schedule, results, explore the list of all athletes set to compete at the Games and learn more about the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that are taking part in Tokyo 2020.

Where can I find a schedule of Tokyo 2020? Here's a guide to what to expect from the Olympic Games in 2021, including the new medal events. Postponed for a year to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo 2020 will be the second time the city has hosted the Olympic Games after it staged the event in 1964. Running from 23 July to 8 August 2021, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will see medals awarded in 339 events across 33 sports encompassing 46 disciplines. Today (23 July), the curtain lifts on the highly anticipated Games of the XXXII Olympiad with the highly-anticipated Opening Ceremony.

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