Athletics in Tokyo: Who to pay attention to?

Certainly, the most exciting competitions at every Olympic Games are athletics competitions.
And at these Olympic Games, we will have the opportunity to see numerous athletic stars who
will compete in a total of 48 disciplines. In the past, we have had the opportunity to watch stars
like Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, etc. At these Olympic Games, we will have the
opportunity to watch some new stars, and we are paying attention to some of them on this
occasion. We will talk about several athletes who are the main favorites to win gold medals in
the disciplines in which they compete. One of them is definitely Ryan Crouser, a guy from the
USA who is the first favorite to win a gold medal in throwing the ball. Throwing the ball is
always one of the most interesting competitions at the Olympic Games.

Crouser qualified for this year's Olympics in a great way. In the American trials, he broke the
world record held for years by his compatriot Randy Barnes. The new record is now 23 meters
and 37 centimeters, and we will see if Crouser could improve that result at the upcoming
Olympic Games, where he is defending the gold from Rio from the previous Olympic Games. In
javelin throwing, the first favorite to win the gold medal will be the world champion from 2017,
Johannes Vetter, who is recording great results this season. This season, the German threw an
incredible shot of 96 meters and 29 centimeters. No other competitor this year managed to throw
the spear beyond 90 meters, so Vetter is justifiably the main favorite for the brightest medal at
the games.

At the upcoming Olympic Games, attention should be paid to one girl. It is the Venezuelan triple
jumper Yulimar Rojas who won a silver medal at the previous Olympic Games. After those
games, she took over the dominance in this sport. She has not actually suffered a defeat since the
Olympic Games in Rio. Rojas, who is a two-time world champion, is getting closer to breaking
the current world record in the mentioned discipline, and her best result so far, 15 meters and 43
centimeters, is only seven centimeters weaker than the current world record. The first star of this
year's competition at the Olympic Games in pole vault will be the Swede Armand Duplantis, the
current world record holder in that discipline.

Last year, Duplantis managed to break the record held by the legendary Sergey Bubka
throughout the year. Duplantis really won’t have any serious competition in this competition and
everything but his gold medal will be a big surprise. In the end, we will mention the guy who is
dominant in the 100-meter races. Since Usain Bolt, there has not been such a dominant guy who
has not lost a single race in the 100 meters this season, and he also holds the best time this
season, which is 9.77. With his material, he is completely in contradiction with the mentioned
Bolt, but he is certainly a big favorite to win a gold medal at the upcoming games.