Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is now underway - but fans will missing an iconic athlete this year.
Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not be competing in the Olympic Games held in the Japanese capital. Bolt took the 100m and 200m Olympic gold medals in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Games - but the Rio edition of the competition was his last.
The sprinter, widely considered to be the world's greatest, retired after the 2017 World Championships, where his final event saw him pull up at the last 50 metres with a hamstring injury.
He currently holds the world record for the fastest 100m sprint at 9.58 seconds, which he set at the Berlin World Championships in
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