VIDEO: Watch the Cast of DANCING WITH THE STARS: ATHLETES on GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Get ready, sports fans, for the most competitive season of "Dancing with the Stars" ever as the show fires up the scoreboard and welcomes 10 athletes to sparkle up their uniforms and lace up their dancing shoes as they ready themselves for their first dance on the ballroom floor, on the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars: Athletes,"MONDAY, APRIL 30 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. This season's lineup of athletes includes three Olympic figure skaters, a former Los Angeles Lakers superstar, an Olympic gold medal-winning softball player, a Notre Dame women's basketball national championship hero, an American luger, a gold medal-winning Olympic snowboarder, a former World Series-winning Major League Baseball player and an NFL cornerback.

As announced this morning on ABC's "Good Morning America," the athletes with their professional dance partners heading to the ballroom this season are (in alphabetical order):

Adam Rippon with Jenna Johnson

Arike Ogunbowale with Gleb Savchenko

Chris Mazdzer with Witney Carson

Jamie Anderson with Artem Chigvintsev

Jennie Finch Daigle with Keo Motsepe

Johnny Damon with Emma Slater

Josh Norman with Sharna Burgess

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Lindsay Arnold

Mirai Nagasu with Alan Bersten

Tonya Harding with Sasha Farber

Check out the clip below!

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