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Four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson reveals the three things that make track events 'unmissable'

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00:00Some of the most iconic moments when you think about the Olympic Games are track moments.

00:04It's the one ticket that everybody wants.

00:11Okay. A cappuccino, please.

00:15There's nowhere else I could possibly be at this moment than Paris, France.

00:19Thank you.

00:21I'm like the luckiest person in the world.

00:23Growing up as a kid, I just loved to run.

00:25Just loved to run.

00:26I loved winning even more.

00:28I couldn't imagine not being involved in this sport somehow.

00:31There's no doubt that track and field is the crown jewel of the Olympic Games.

00:35These are my three things that make track unmissable.

00:37One, it's unbelievable drama.

00:40You're going to see athletes who, you know, they're expected to win.

00:45They're not going to win. They're not even going to medal.

00:47And it's disappointing, but it's great entertainment.

00:50That for them, good for us.

00:52It's a simple sport, number two.

00:54It's just, you know, first person across the finish line wins.

00:57You don't have to understand this sport.

00:59You don't have to understand the rules, you know, to get it.

01:02It's just first person across the finish line wins.

01:04And third, it's just amazing athleticism.

01:07The speed of sprinters.

01:08Most people couldn't imagine driving in their car that fast.

01:11You know, it's just that amazing.

01:15Look, every four years, track is front and center.

01:20Everybody's watching track.

01:22They love it. It's amazing drama.

01:24And then it's over, and you have to wait another four years to get that same sort of drama,

01:29that same head-to-head competition between the best of the best.

01:32And that's why I'm so thrilled that we're launching Grand Slam Track.

01:36Now, those people who are going to watch all of these fantastic athletes here in Paris

01:41have the opportunity to watch this again and to see it again and again

01:45and to continue to enjoy the great competition that we'll see here in Paris.

01:50The day before you start competing is probably the most difficult day to manage.

01:56You don't want to overexert yourself.

01:58You don't want to just sit around just winding yourself up,

02:01mentally thinking about the race the whole day.

02:03So you're trying to figure out, you know, sort of what works.

02:06This is not the place to figure that out.

02:09Hopefully you've already figured that out in the past,

02:11sort of, you know, how you manage your day before a race.

02:14And the worst thing a coach can say, and a lot of them do, is like,

02:17oh, it's just any other race. No, it's not.

02:19When you walk out into that stadium, you are going to realize that,

02:22no, this is not like any other race.

02:25And at some point it's going to dawn on you that, no, this is the one.

02:29All right, I'm your man here in Paris on the ground.

02:31If you've got questions, just ask me.

02:33I'll probably have an answer.

02:35If I don't, I'll make one up and it'll probably be 90% true.

02:39Perfect.

02:43Good?

02:44That's a good success rate.

Michael Johnson's Olympics recap - Day One

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