NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico speaks with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, IOC President Thomas Bach and USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland about the impact of the Tokyo Games moving to 2021 in “Tokyo Olympics: Dreams Live On,” a two-hour special premiering Thursday.
Tirico spoke with those affected, hours after Tuesday’s decision to postpone the Olympics, for the first time in modern history, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The special features the first interview with Bach after the announcement, plus Hirshland discussing why the USOPC supported the postponement. NBC Olympics swimming analyst Rowdy Gaines offers his perspective as an athlete who missed the 1980 Moscow Games due to the U.