Usain Bolt and Simone Biles lead countdown to Tokyo 2020's Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony is today! We have two of the biggest stars in the Olympic world to kickstart our countdown to the big show. We look back at Rio 2016 with four-time Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles. And sprint legend Usain Bolt opens up about his career, advice for athletes on the way up, and who to look out for in the men's 100m.

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It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. Your host Tom Kirkland has worked at 13 Olympics, reporting, hosting, and doing live commentary.The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content.We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms.So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!