<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the world gets ready to take part in #OlympicDay, Olympic champions, ranging from Kenya’s 1500m gold medallist Faith Kipyegon, to France’s most decorated Olympian of all-time, Martin Fourcade, teamed up with Tokyo 2020 hopefuls such as Dina Pouryounes, a taekwondo athlete hailing from Iran aiming to represent the Olympic Refugee Team, and the USA’s 13-time Paralympic gold medal-winning swimmer Jessica Long. (The full list of athletes can be found below.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world into lockdown and the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, close to 5,000 Olympians have engaged with a remarkable 243 million people online across more than 50 countries in the IOC’s #StayStrong, #StayActive, #StayHealthy campaign by sharing their daily workouts and uplifting tips on how to stay healthy in body and mind. Olympic Day 2020 will take this campaign to the next level. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Celebrating Olympic Day may feel very different from all previous years, but at the same time, on this Olympic Day, our message of the power of sport to bring hope and optimism to everyone resonates even stronger,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. “Let us join together to use this power of sport to prepare the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 as a moment of solidarity and resilience of humankind,” he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The entire Olympic Movement has been mobilised to join the online activities on 23 June. The IOC and its partners, including Olympic Games Organising Committees for <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Associations/tokyo-2020-organising-committee" target="_blank">Tokyo 2020</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Associations/beijing-2022-organising-committee" target="_blank">Beijing 2022</a></strong>, Paris 2024, Los Angeles 2028 and Milano-Cortina 2026, the <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Associations/association-of-national-olympic-committees-anoc" target="_blank">National Olympic Committees (NOCs)</a></strong>, International Federations (IFs), Worldwide Olympic Partners and rights-holding broadcasters, will be among those encouraging fans to join the virtual workouts. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For example, Worldwide Olympic Partners Coca-Cola, Samsung and Toyota have supported the campaign by encouraging their athlete ambassadors around the world to host workout sessions. In addition, Alibaba will support a #StayStrong live stream organised by the Chinese Olympic Committee and Beijing 2022, featuring over 350 Chinese athletes and medallists of different generations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow all the action throughout the 24 hours on 23 June: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Live workouts on <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/olympics/" target="_blank">@olympics Instagram</a></strong> at 11 a.m. local time in different time zones around the world, with locally relevant athletes hosting the live activations. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- A compilation workout video featuring 23 different Olympians from around the world showcasing their favourite workout moves will be available on the <strong><a href="https://www.olympicchannel.com/stories/features/detail/stay-healthy-strong-active-olympic-home-workouts/" target="_blank">olympicchannel.com/olympicday</a></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Olympic Day 2020 was always set to stand out in the event’s 72-year history. Commemorating the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894, Olympic Day was established in 1948 and is celebrated to promote participation in sport regardless of age, gender or athletic ability, as well as being an opportunity to celebrate the Olympic values around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“We are all in the same situation right now,” added the IOC President, Thomas Bach. “With the global coronavirus crisis, all of us are living with much uncertainty about the future. In these difficult times, we need the values of sport, our shared Olympic values of excellence, friendship, respect and solidarity, more than ever. The Olympic flame can be the light at the end of the dark tunnel that we all find ourselves in now. On Olympic Day, we are sending this Olympic message to everybody. Please stay strong, stay active, stay healthy. In this Olympic spirit, I wish you all a wonderful Olympic Day 2020,” the President concluded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The athletes involved in the Olympic Day workout video are:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Laurie Hernandez (USA, artistic gymnastics)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Lutalo Muhammad (Great Britain, taekwondo)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Sandra Sanchez (Spain, karate)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Meli Derenalagi (Fiji, rugby 7s)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Martin Fourcade (France, biathlon)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Tokashiki Ramu (Japan, basketball)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Eileen Gu (China, freestyle skiing)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Colleen Quigley (USA, athletics)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Zeyad Eashash (Jordan, boxing)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Vinesh Phogat (India, wrestling)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Tobias Wendel and Tobias Arlt (Germany, luge)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Federico Molinari (Argentina, artistic gymnastics)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Dina Pouryounes (Refugee, taekwondo)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Valentina Marchei (Italy, figure skating)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Pita Taufatofua (Tonga, taekwondo/cross-country skiing)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Vivian Kong (Hong Kong China, fencing)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Petra Klingler (Switzerland, sport climbing)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Isaac Makwala (Botswana, athletics)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Pandelela Rinong (Malaysia, diving)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Agatha Rippel (Brazil, beach volleyball)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Jessica Long (USA, para swimming)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The athletes lined up for the live Instagram workouts, scheduled at 11 a.m. local time across 20 time zones on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olympics/" target="_blank">@Olympics Instagram</a> include:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Pita Taufatofua (taekwondo/cross-country skiing) - Tonga</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Tyla Nathan-Wong (rugby 7s) - Wellington, New Zealand</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Melissa Wu (diving) - Brisbane, Australia</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Yamamoto Seito (athletics) - Tokyo, Japan</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Hong Zhang (speed skating) - Beijing, China</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Anthony Ginting and Jonatan Christie (badminton) - Jakarta, Indonesia</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Elizabet Tursynbayeva (figure skating) - Kazakhstan</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- PV Sindhu (badminton) - Hyderabad, India</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Aisam ul Haq Qureshi (tennis) - Pakistan</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Zeyad Eashash (boxing) - Amman, Jordan</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Margarita Mamun (rhythmic gymnastics) - Moscow, Russia</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Cameron van der Burgh (swimming) - Cape Town, South Africa</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/johanne-defay" target="_blank">Johanne Defay</a> (surfing) - Europe</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Abdullah Sediqi (refugee scholarship holder, taekwondo) - Europe</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Desire Operanozie (football) - Lagos, Nigeria</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/cherif-fall" target="_blank">Cherif Fall</a> (surfing) - Dakar, Senegal</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Hugo Calderano (table tennis) - Rio, Brazil</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Mikel Thomas (athletics) - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Rommel Pacheco (diving) - Mexico City, Mexico</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Natalie Spooner (ice hockey) - Calgary, Canada</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Kyla Ross (artistic gymnastics) - Los Angeles, USA</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- TBC - Tahiti/Hawaii</div><p style="text-align: justify;">You can view the full schedule of athlete-led live workouts <strong><a href="https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/features/detail/stay-healthy-strong-active-olympic-home-workouts/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Associations/international-olympic-committee" target="_blank">The International Olympic Committee</a></strong> is a not-for-profit independent international organisation made up of volunteers, which is committed to building a better world through sport. It redistributes more than 90 per cent of its income to the wider sporting movement, which means that every day the equivalent of 3.4 million US dollars goes to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world.</div>