Olympic legends when they won their FIRST gold medals | Top Moments

Everyone has to start somewhere. Do you remember when legends like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Serena Williams or LeBron James claimed their first Olympic gold medal? We tell you their stories!

1. USAIN BOLT - Beijing 2008
Athletics: Men's 100m
2. MICHAEL PHELPS - Athens 2004
Swimming: Men's 400m individual medley
3. ALLYSON FELIX - Beijing 2008
Athletics: Women's 4×400 m relay
4. LEBRON JAMES - Beijing 2008
Men's Basketball
5. SERENA WILLIAMS - Sydney 2000
Tennis: Women's Doubles
6. CHRIS HOY - Athens 2004
Track Cycling : 1 km time trial
7. SVETLANA KHORKINA- 1996 Atlanta
Artistic Gymnastics: Uneven Bars
8. RAFAEL NADAL - Beijing 2008
Tennis: Men's Singles
9. NADIA CAMANECI - Montreal 1976
Artistic Gymnastics: Women's individual all-around
10. IAN THORPE - Sydney 2000
Swimming: Men's 400m freestyle


_____________________________________________________

[devilmaycarebutGODdonot]

Usain Bolt and Michael Philips are true legends, it's surreal to think they have more gold medal than entire countries.

[RunningIntoMyself]

This reminds me of when I won my first gold medal. It was a glorious day that never happened.

[zagros]

Olympic athletes are one of the kind, the most incredible men & women who do not complete for money or fame but for honor and the glory of sport, they represent their country & culture, they're living legends! Respect.

[littleb]

Damn, usain got a world record in his *first* olympic gold

[localasian]

If Usain was focusing on the race without blowing kisses at the end, his time would be less than 9.68

[abm]

Usain really held his arms out and patted his chest before finishing and still whipped out a world record

[mariahterrelonge]

Usain was celebrating before he even crossed the finish line😂

[ashleetyler]

SERENA WON HER FIRST GOLD WITH HER SISTER!! how cute

[bottlerocket]

Fun fact for you: when you bite into a gold medal, you'll discover it has a tasty milk chocolate center.

[sady]

Imagine winning your first Olympic gold side by side with your sister. Venus and Serena were a legendary duo (approx 2:55 )

[elizaheathen]

how are you going to put "Serena Williams" when her first gold was in doubles with Queen Venus.
fix that plz

[smallfire]

We're just gonna forget Venus Williams too? That is so disrespectful.

[Kwame_Baroown]

Kind of unfair to call Lebron james an "Olympic" legend when there are so many more athletes who went unmentioned here. Let's be honest, he's an NBA superstar in an extremely stacked country where losing is virtually impossible. It's so stacked that even without Lebron James in every single Olympics he won, USA would've still got the gold. He's an NBA legend, NOT an Olympic legend.

[nardiamcphee]

The way that Nadia grabbed the bars made it look flawless like she was going to miss but didn’t amazing. I remember seeing thorpie winning gold in Sydney first night and later that night the Aussies broke the drought by beating the Americans in the relay 🎸🎸🎸

[geetadhumane]

Well in Micheal Phelps's final it looked that no one was even competing

[TheSpookyDuke]

Nadia Comaneci was just wow, from another planet. One of the top sports legends of all time.

[kreisligaronaldo]

0:29 i didn't know Zlatan was a swimmer back then

[brandonledesmamejia]

Usain Bolt
And serena Williams. The BEST 🥂

[drewacabu]

nadal, serena, venus and lebron playing in Olympics? just wow... super star studded

[almudenasouto]

Rafa: *wins gold*
Rafa immediately after: it's lying on the floor time