Federer, Woods and Bolt: These stars are missing from the Olympics

FEDERER & NADAL: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have shaped world sport in the past 15 years like no other rival duo. There will be no further tennis duel in Tokyo because both canceled their participation. “I have found the atmosphere that every athlete should feel at least once,” said Nadal, who also canceled Wimbledon and now wants to celebrate his comeback in the USA in August. Federer, who turns 40 on the final day of the Tokyo Games, explained his retirement with renewed knee problems. Rafael Nadal won gold in Beijing in 2008. © APA/afp / MARTIN BUREAU

The duo, who have won 40 Grand Slam titles together, are not alone. The American Serena Williams (23 Grand Slams) and South Tyrol's tennis star Jannik Sinner are also not taking part in the tournament. Serbia's star player Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, is there and still has the chance of the “Golden Slam”, which includes all four Grand Slams and Olympic individual gold in one season.

100 METER WORLD CHAMPION: The fastest sprinter in the world is not allowed to take part. The American Christian Coleman, who won gold in the 2019 meters at the World Championships in Doha in 100, missed three doping tests in one year and was subsequently banned. The fact that the ban was shortened from 24 to 18 months by the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) did not help the 25-year-old's high point of the year.

Sha'Carri Richardson has to watch the Olympics. © APA/afp / OLI SCARFF

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is also not there after consuming cannabis. The US association decided not to nominate the athlete, who had actually qualified athletically. Because the gold candidate subsequently tested positive for the substance THC contained in marijuana, her success at the trials in Eugene was canceled and she was suspended for 30 days.

GOLF LEGEND: Tiger Woods' collection of titles is seemingly endless. The Masters, the US Open, the PGA Championship: the 45-year-old won all of these titles several times. What he still needs is gold at the Olympics. It won't work in 2021, because Woods is not yet back after his serious car accident in February and was recently missing from the British Open.

OLYMPIC HEROES: Anyone who has been following the Summer Olympics since Beijing will not know the competitions without the sprinter Usain Bolt and the swimmer Michael Phelps. The duo shaped the competitions in 2008, 2012 and 2016. The American secured a total of 23 gold medals and is miles ahead of his entire competition in the all-time medal table, none of whom can boast a double-digit number of gold medals so far. Bolt won the triple three times (100, 200 and 4x100 meters), although a title from Beijing was subsequently stripped of him because teammate Nesta Carter was convicted of doping.

Tokyo 2021 will actually take place without Phelps and Bolt, both of whom have now ended their careers. The now 36-year-old American swimmer quit right in the Rio year, Jamaica's superstar Bolt (35) still held on to the titleless World Championships in London 2017 and then left the big stage.

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Federer, Woods and Bolt: These stars are missing from the Olympics

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