After months of anticipation, the full first series of SPRINT hits screens around the globe today (2 July) as the six-part docuseries officially launches worldwide on Netflix.
Created by the team behind Drive to Survive, SPRINT follows the lives of top athletes such as Noah Lyles, Marcell Jacobs and Shericka Jackson as they navigate the rollercoaster ride of being among the fastest sprinters of all time. It shines a spotlight on their lives – on and off the track – as never seen before.
Delving deep into the relationships, rivalries, trials and tribulations behind the race to become a global champion in the 100m and 200m, the series provides unique insight into the exhilarating realm of sprinting, where every millisecond counts.
The series takes viewers across the world on the sport’s premier one-day meeting circuit – the Wanda Diamond League – as athletes battle it out towards the pinnacle of the 2023 season: the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
Many of the stars of SPRINT have already made their marks this season and the new series shows how they got to this stage. Fresh from national championships action and with sights now set on the Paris Games, the story continues over the next few weeks as athletes aim to state their case ahead of their battle for glory in the No.1 Olympic sport. Against the odds. Against uncertainty. Against the world.
Lyles has already been announced for the 200m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on 12 July and the 100m at the meeting in London eight days later. Some of the world’s biggest names will also clash in the women’s 100m in Monaco and women’s 200m in London before athletics at the Olympic Games kicks off on 1 August.
“It takes a different mindset to be a track athlete,” asserts Lyles. “If you don’t have main character energy, track and field ain’t for you.”
The only question that remains is: “who wants it more?” Find out on SPRINT.
