FT SeriesMeet the OlympiansThe Financial Times looks back at past encounters with nine Tokyo hopefuls© Chantal Anderson | Naomi Osaka, photographed for FT Weekend Magazine in Los Angeles in April 2019Olympian Adam Peaty has a plan to be the greatest of all timeTeam GB’s swimming phenomenon on what it takes to reach greatness in Tokyo — and beyondWhy the boxer Ramla Ali is a force for goodThe former refugee fought every step of the way to become a champion boxer. But she wants to be known ‘as a person who was able to give back’Mutaz Essa Barshim on Monopoly, vinyl and channelling Jackie ChanThe Qatari high-jumping world champion opens his black book of styleOlympian, interrupted: Max Whitlock on waiting another year for the gamesThe British double gold gymnast on mindset, medals and the challenges of staying on topSimone Biles: ‘Sometimes it’s like: how did I just do that?’Her gravity-defying performances electrified audiences at the Rio Olympics. Now America’s most decorated gymnast is getting used to life back homeTennis star Naomi Osaka on success, Serena and Grand SlamsThe 21-year-old athlete talks to the FT about her route to the top of the gameMore from this SeriesKimia Alizadeh, the Iranian Olympic medallist fighting inequalityWomen and competitive sport have been an uneasy mix in this society but the teenage martial artist who fought her way to glory has become a role modelThe Pursuits Interview: Laura TrottThe double-Olympic cycling champion sets her sights on her first Commonwealth Games gold medal in GlasgowKatarina Johnson-Thompson: my journey to becoming a world championThe heptathlete on overcoming setbacks, the moment that changed everything and her quest for Olympic gold
