Tokyo Olympics | Stage set for stars and champions to add to their greatness
Djokovic aiming to complete ‘Golden Slam’; Dressel capable of emulating Phelps; Durant, Fraser-Pryce, and Riner going for a hat-trick
Each Olympics produces its share of champions. Among them, a few attain exalted positions, match or rewrite history while some others join the list of all-time greats.
Over the next fortnight, a few practitioners of their chosen discipline will attempt to add to their greatness. For many, aware with the achievements of tennis star Novak Djokovic or NBA superstar Kevin Durant, names like Simone Biles, Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Wayde van Niekerk, Teddy Riner and Laurel Hubbard, among a few others, could sound familiar in the coming days.
Djokovic is in line to be the first male to complete a ‘Golden Slam’, that denotes winning all the four Majors and the Olympic gold in a calendar year. Steffi Graf showed the way in 1988.
Better known as ‘KD’, Durant will be looking to add a third gold from as many Olympics for the 15-time champion USA.
Swimmer Dressel, who won two relay golds in 2016, could emulate the most decorated feat in Olympic history — winning eight gold medals in a single edition of the Games. Much like what his celebrated American teammate from Rio, the mighty Michael Phelps did at London in 2012.
