Top 10 Superstars at Tokyo Olympics 2021

With more than 11,000 athletes competing across 339 events at the Tokyo Olympics, keeping track of each and every one can be a challenge for fans. Now that the Games have started, here is a list of 10 Olympians considered to be the best of the best in their field who you simply must know about. 1.Simone Biles Showing unparalleled dominance at the 2016 Rio Olympics with four gold and one bronze medal, Simone Biles returns to the sport’s biggest stage to defend her all-around, vault, floor and team event titles. The living gymnastic legend has won a record number of 25 world championships medals, including 19 golds. 2.Zhu Ting China’s “Queen of Volleyball” will captain the national women’s team in Tokyo and hopes to replicate the success from Rio 2016, where she scooped gold and the MVP title. She is also set to become the first Chinese woman to carry the national flag at the Olympics at the opening ceremony. 3.Kevin Durant History has shown that the US basketball team are guaranteed a medal in the Olympics –Although this year’s roster is missing many big names like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Love, it features Brooklyn Nets star Durant, the two-time Olympic, NBA and MVP winner, who is considered one of the best players in NBA history. 4.Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce As one of the world’s most celebrated track athletes, Fraser-Pryce has six Olympic medals and nine world championship titles under her belt – a testament to her timelessly explosive starts and textbook form. This 34-year-old Jamaican sprinter will settle for nothing but gold ahead of her 100m and 200m events, as well as the women’s 4×100m relay. 5.Chen Aisen This Guangzhou native returns to defend his Rio Olympics gold in the individual and synchronised 10m platform events. Aisen maintained his success by capturing the world titles in 2017 and 2019 and winning a World Cup gold in Wuhan in between. This time around, the 25-year-old will only be competing in the 10m synchronised event with Cao Yuan. 6.Allyson Felix Tokyo will be the fifth Olympics for the 35-year-old US athlete who won her 12th gold medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships, surpassing the legendary Usain Bolt‘s record for the most track-and-field world championship titles. 7.Naomi Osaka This 23-year-old Japanese tennis star makes her Olympic debut in Tokyo in women’s singles. The world No 2 started the year with a formidable win at the Australian Open in February – her fourth grand slam victory. She won her first at the 2018 US Open against her idol Serena Williams! 8. Caeleb Dressel After Michael Phelps bade farewell to his record-breaking career after the 2016 Rio Games, Dressel led the way for the US men’s swimming team. This freestyle and butterfly specialist won two golds at Rio 2016, before clocking a remarkable 49.50 to break predecessor Phelps’ 10-year 100m butterfly record – twice – at the 2019 World Championships. 9.Karsten Warholm All eyes are on Karsten Warholm for the men’s 400m hurdles after he broke the world record in July, and the 300m edition a month before. The 25-year-old Norwegian is in tip-top shape and has held the No 1 title for men’s 400m hurdles for 106 weeks and counting. 10. Katie Ledecky The 24-year-old American swimmer boasts a stellar record of five Olympic golds and 15 world championships, making her one of the most decorated women’s swimmers in history. As the youngest athlete on the US Olympic swimming team in 2012, she surprised the world by taking gold in the 800-metre freestyle. She swept four more golds and one silver medal in Rio. Ledecky will compete in four individual events including the 4×200m freestyle relay.