Besides opening her 23rd Season in high-definition, in what is being called an historic television event, Oprah welcomes more than 175 Olympic medalists to the show. Favorites from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games take the stage at Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park for a “Welcome Home Team USA” celebration.
Olympians including Michael Phelps, Nastia Luikin, Shawn Johnson, Dara Torres, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Lisa Leslie, Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh, Jennie Finch and many.
They are:
- Baseball
Jeremy Cummings, Brian Duensing, John Gall, Mike Koplove, Terry Tiffee, Casey Weathers - Basketball (Men’s)
Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Tayshaun Prince, Michael Redd, Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams - Basketball (Women’s)
Tamika Catchings, Sylvia Fowles, Kara Lawson, Lisa Leslie, DeLisha Milton, Candace Parker, Katie Smith - Beach Volleyball (Men’s)
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers - Beach Volleyball (Women’s)
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh - BMX Racing (Men’s)
Mike Day, Donny Robinson - BMX Racing (Women’s)
Jill Kintner - Boxing (Men’s)
Deontay Wilder - Cycling (Women’s)
Kristin Armstrong - Decathlon (Men’s)
Bryan Clay - Equestrian (Men’s)
Will Simpson - Equestrian (Women’s)
Laura Kraut, Gina Miles - Fencing (Men’s)
Tim Morehouse, Jason Rogers, Keeth Smart, James Williams - Fencing (Women’s)
Emily Cross, Erinn Smart, Hannah Thompson, Mariel Zagunis - Gymnastics (Men’s)
Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, Joe Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Kevin Tan - Gymnastics (Women’s)
Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan - Judo (Women’s)
Ronda Rousey - Rowing (Men’s)
Josh Inman, Marcus McElhenney, Dan Walsh - Rowing (Women’s)
Erin Cafaro, Anna Cummins, Susan Francia, Michelle Guerette, Caroline Lind, Elle Logan, Lindsay Shoop, Mary Whipple - Sailing (Men’s)
Zach Railey - Sailing (Women’s)
Anna Tunnicliffe - Shooting (Men’s)
Walton G. Eller, Vincent Hancock, Jason Turner - Shooting (Women’s)
Corey Cogdell, Kim Rhode - Soccer (Women’s)
Nicole Barnhart, Shannon Boxx, Rachel Buehler, Lori Chalupny, Stephanie Cox, Angela Hucles, Carli Lloyd, Kate Markgraf, Heather Mitts, Heather O'Reilly, Christie Rampone, Hope Solo, Lindsay Tarpley, Aly Wagner - Softball
Monica Abbott, Laura Berg, Crystl Bustos, Andrea Duran, Jennie Finch, Tairia Flowers, Victoria Galindo, Lovie Jung, Kelly Kretschman, Caitlin Lowe, Jessica Mendoza, Stacey Nuveman, Natasha Watley - Swimming (Men’s)
Ian Crocker, Mark Gangloff, Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Michael Phelps, Peter Vanderkaay, Garret Weber-Gale - Swimming (Women’s)
Elaine Breeden, Caroline Burckle, Natalie Coughlin, Margaret Hoelzer, Katie Hoff, Megan Jendrick, Kara Lynn Joyce, Christine Magnuson, Christine Marshall, Lacey Nymeyer, Allison Schmitt, Emily Silver, Julia Smit, Rebecca Soni, Dara Torres, Kim Vandenberg - Taekwondo (Men’s)
Steven Lopez, Mark Lopez - Taekwondo (Women’s)
Diana Lopez - Track and Field (Men’s)
Bershawn Jackson - Track and Field (Women’s)
Allyson Felix, Shalane Flanagan, Hyleas Fountain, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Stephanie Brown Trafton, Sheena Tosta - Volleyball (Men’s)
Gabe Gardner, Tom Hoff, Rich Lambourne, David Lee, Ryan Millar, Reid Priddy, Riley Salmon, Scott Touzinsky - Volleyball (Women’s)
Lindsey Berg, Heather Bown, Kim Glass, Tayyiba Haneef-Park, Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Danielle Scott-Arruda, Stacy Sykora, Kim Willoughby - Water Polo (Men’s)
Tony Azevedo, Layne Beaubien, Brandon Brooks, Peter Hudnut, Rick Merlo, Merrill Moses, Jeff Powers, Peter Varellas, Adam Wright - Water Polo (Women’s)
Patricia Cardenas, Natalie Golda, Alison Gregorka, Brittany Hayes, Jaime Hipp, Heather Petri, Jessica Steffens, Moriah Van Norman, Brenda Villa, Elsie Windes - Wrestling (Men’s)
Henry Cejudo - Wrestling (Women’s)
Randi Miller
