The Olympics are on!
Get excited as the Olympics are back! Although there will be no spectators allowed at the events in Tokyo because of COVID-19, the world will be cheering on their nation’s competitors in bars, gardens or at home, while hoping for gold medals and recordbreaking moments. Five new sports – surfing, skateboarding, baseball, karate and sport climbing – have been added to the roster, to give an exciting twist to the games we love.
And Tokyo 2020 is brought to us via over 350 hours of coverage on BBC1 and BBC2 from 23 July to 8 August, with former sports stars joining the presenting team to give their valuable insight. Among them will be Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis-hill, Katherine Grainger, Nicola Adams, Rebecca Adlington and Victoria Pendleton. And main presenters Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Scott also know what the sportspeople taking part are going through, thanks to their competing backgrounds.