{"id":279319,"date":"2021-06-20T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/"},"modified":"2021-06-20T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T14:00:13","slug":"11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"#11 Athletes Who Could Make the Tokyo Olympics Must-See TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcd2e622c4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Hend_Zaza\" >Hend Zaza<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Sky_Brown\" >Sky Brown<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Nyjah_Huston\" >Nyjah Huston<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Noah_Lyles\" >Noah Lyles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Shelly-Ann_Fraser-Pryce\" >Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Naomi_Osaka\" >Naomi Osaka<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Nikita_Nagornyy\" >Nikita Nagornyy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Laurel_Hubbard\" >Laurel Hubbard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Caeleb_Dressel\" >Caeleb Dressel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Zhu_Ting\" >Zhu Ting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-athletes-who-could-make-the-tokyo-olympics-must-see-tv\/#Simone_Biles\" >Simone Biles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#11 Athletes Who Could Make the Tokyo Olympics Must-See TV<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/simone-biles-sky-brown-noah-lyles.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s of the XXXII Olympiad are just weeks away, with Tokyo finally getting its chance to host the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>From July 23 to August 8, the NBC networks and NBCOlympics.com will provide coverage of all the events\u2014including the Olympic debuts of surfing, sport climbing and skateboarding, among other sports.<\/p>\n<p>But which Olympians will be the talk of Tokyo and the world at large? We\u2019d put good money on the 11 athletes below, who are bound for golden TV moments if not gold medals.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hend_Zaza\"><\/span>Hend Zaza<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"11-year-old Syrian table tennis player qualifies for Tokyo 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8xvCjgcPmI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Had the Tokyo Olympics taken place as scheduled last year, this 12-year-old Syrian table tennis star would have been the youngest Olympian in more than a half century. Now she\u2019s a year older, of course, and probably even better!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sky_Brown\"><\/span>Sky Brown<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sky Brown Overcomes Fall to Become Youngest Olympian Skateboarder \/ Drew Barrymore Show\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6sLNy9dreLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not far behind Zaza in age is this 12-year-old skateboarding star competing for Great Britain. She\u2019s been studying under legend Tony Hawk, and she was the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/international-athletes-to-watch-tokyo-olympics\">first female skater to land a frontside 540<\/a> at the X Games.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nyjah_Huston\"><\/span>Nyjah Huston<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NcaZPwzhmO8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NcaZPwzhmO8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of skateboarding, one of the skaters repping the U.S. is this 13-time X Games gold medalist with $1 million in career contest winnings to his name.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Noah_Lyles\"><\/span>Noah Lyles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xu3YLzFiD-Q\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xu3YLzFiD-Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2019, this American sprinter ran 200 meters in 19.5 seconds, clocking the fourth-best speed in history and the fastest time in the event since the 2012 Olympics. He\u2019s also the current world champion.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shelly-Ann_Fraser-Pryce\"><\/span>Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hu_BvqxKIRw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hu_BvqxKIRw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fraser-Pryce is hoping to win her fourth straight Olympic medal in the 100-meter event. If so, she\u2019d one-up fellow Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who took gold in the men\u2019s field three Olympics in a row.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Naomi_Osaka\"><\/span>Naomi Osaka<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Naomi Osaka | Top 10 points of US Open 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C8Ie_JhWS6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/japan-athletes-to-watch-tokyo-olympics\">becoming the highest-paid female athlete ever<\/a>\u2014and making waves by prioritizing her mental health at the French Open\u2014this tennis champ is set to make her Olympics debut, representing the host country Japan.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nikita_Nagornyy\"><\/span>Nikita Nagornyy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k6l59SSWj1E\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k6l59SSWj1E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Russian gymnast, who earned silver in Rio, became the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/nikita-nagornyy-hits-historic-triple-back-pike-european-championships\">first man to perform the triple back pike somersault<\/a> in competition last April.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laurel_Hubbard\"><\/span>Laurel Hubbard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard asks critics to &#039;treat people like me with respect&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-UMk95QasI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hubbard, a weightlifter from New Zealand who won silver at the 2017 world championships, is set to become the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/may\/05\/trans-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-set-to-make-history-at-tokyo-olympics\">first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caeleb_Dressel\"><\/span>Caeleb Dressel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caeleb Dressel breaks Michael Phelps&#039; 100m butterfly World Record | NBC Sports\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ov7gXYXg5_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This American swimmer and 13-time world champion has \u201cthe potential to win a half-dozen gold medals or more in Tokyo\u201d and \u201creal Phelpsian heights of stardom,\u201d per <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/team-usa-athletes-to-watch-tokyo-olympics\">NBC Olympics<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zhu_Ting\"><\/span>Zhu Ting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zhu Ting \u6731\u5a77 - THE QUEEN of Volleyball! | Best of the Volleyball World | HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bsjbb7vqShg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Zhu, who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/international-athletes-to-watch-tokyo-olympics\">racked up 500 points at the last four major volleyball tournaments<\/a>, could lead China\u2019s women\u2019s volleyball team to a record-tying fourth gold medal.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Simone_Biles\"><\/span>Simone Biles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simone Biles wins HISTORIC SEVENTH national title in dominating fashion | NBC Sports\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sZN4OfgSyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This list wouldn\u2019t be complete, of course, without the greatest gymnast ever, who recently became the first woman to perform a Yurchenko double pike vault in competition. 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