Curiously though, the 37-year-old Djokovic is yet to win an Olympic medal.
The Paris Olympics is beginning on 26th July. The vast array of sports and the sheer number of athletes taking part means that spectators get to see some new names making a name, some regular ones cementing their reputations, and some old and seasoned ones possibly making their final appearance.
Let us see the probability among the legends who could say good bye after the Olympics.
Simone Biles: Simone Biles is 27, she took a two-year break after the Tokyo Olympics and returned to what she does best by winning a slew of gold medals around the world, including four at the 2023 Antwerp World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She can add to the seven Olympic medals she has to her name, including four gold medals that came at Rio 2016, and break a plethora of records in Paris.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: The Jamaican sprint legend has announced that this will be her final Olympics. She will be making her fifth Games appearance and is looking to add to the eight medals, she has to her name, which includes three gold medals.
Lebron James: He has won it all and he wants one more hurrah with his country at the Olympics before he calls it a day. LeBron James has officially announced that Paris 2024 will be the last time he makes an appearance at the Olympics.
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray: Two of the three tennis greats featuring in Paris have officially announced that this will be their last.
Nadal announced in June that this would be his last appearance at the Games while Andy Murray pretty much announced at various points in the last two months that every tournament he plays this year will be a farewell tour. Nadal has won two Olympic gold medals, one in singles in Beijing 2008 and then in men's doubles with Marc Lopez in Rio 2016. Murray has won two gold medals as well, both in men's singles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and silver in the mixed doubles at London 2012 with Laura Robson.
Djokovic, of course, has no talks of retirement as the Serb continues to be a dominant figure in men's tennis. Curiously though, the 37-year-old is yet to win an Olympic medal. Djokovic was chasing a possible Golden Slam at Tokyo 2020 but ended up losing in the semifinal to eventual gold medallist Alexander Zverev.
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