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GOING FOR GOLD

TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS

Friday, July 24, 7:30/6:30c, NBC

WE’RE ONLY MONTHS away from the start of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games, and NBC, longtime home of Olympics coverage, is busy training for a record-breaking performance. After July 24’s opening ceremony, NBC and its sister networks will provide viewers with roughly 7,000 hours of action in sports both flashy (gymnastics, track and field, swimming) and eclectic (dressage and Greco-Roman wrestling, anyone?).

Mike Tirico, who is limbering up to return as NBC’s primetime host for the 19-day all-world event, previews six U.S. athletes to watch.

SIMONE BILES

No athlete will

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