Gold medalists Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin and Kobe Bryant, along with 150 other U.S. Olympic team members, will be on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Winfrey plans to tape the show at Chicago's Millennium Park on Wednesday.
Harpo Productions says Winfrey intends the show as a "receive home celebration" and a chance to showcase Chicago as the city bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Other athletes expected to attend include the beach volleyball gold medal team of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, gold medallion basketball players Carmelo Anthony, Lisa Leslie and Dwyane Wade, and silver medallion swimmer Dara Torres.
The 23rd season premier of Winfrey's talk show will tune September 8th.
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