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Follow athletes from all around the world and dive inside the minds of those top athletes who practice to become the world's fastest person. It provides an insider's perspective on the high ... Read allFollow athletes from all around the world and dive inside the minds of those top athletes who practice to become the world's fastest person. It provides an insider's perspective on the high stakes and mental toughness of sprinters.Follow athletes from all around the world and dive inside the minds of those top athletes who practice to become the world's fastest person. It provides an insider's perspective on the high stakes and mental toughness of sprinters.
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All I know is these Olympic athletes have one of the most stressful jobs. They have the weight of the world on their backs. I couldn't handle the stress. I loved how this documentary showed the grit and heart it takes to prep for literally 10 to 20 seconds of your life. Parts of the series that stood out to me include:
1. Noah Lyles is one cocky son of a b*tch, which I guess he has the right to be at the moment being the current fastest man alive. I did find it so sweet when he started to cry post winning the 2023 100m World Champion.
2. I really liked learning about British sprinter Zharnell Hughes's journey and didn't know the term "Plastic Brit" was even a thing. Basically they call him a fake Brit because he is actually from Anguilla, which is a British colony.
3. Shelly Ann Fisher being 36 years old and racing these girls in their young 20s is mind boggling.
4. Although he is hot, it does seem like Italian Lamont Marcel Jacobs's 2020 Tokoyo Olympics 100m gold metal win does appear to have been a fluke.
5. Watching Sha'Carri Richardson winning the 2023 100m World Championships made me emotional. She didn't expect it and was so surprised.
I'm eager to see season 2 which is suppose to surround the events of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
2. I really liked learning about British sprinter Zharnell Hughes's journey and didn't know the term "Plastic Brit" was even a thing. Basically they call him a fake Brit because he is actually from Anguilla, which is a British colony.
3. Shelly Ann Fisher being 36 years old and racing these girls in their young 20s is mind boggling.
4. Although he is hot, it does seem like Italian Lamont Marcel Jacobs's 2020 Tokoyo Olympics 100m gold metal win does appear to have been a fluke.
5. Watching Sha'Carri Richardson winning the 2023 100m World Championships made me emotional. She didn't expect it and was so surprised.
I'm eager to see season 2 which is suppose to surround the events of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Season 1..an amazing insight to athletics throughout the world of athletics. Lets you into the mindset of the athletes competing from multiple countries which was fantastic to see. A very well rounded watch and intelligently put together with a fair amount of air time to each country and athlete 8.5π..but season two simple concentrate on/mostly the US team with very little time to other nations it more like the Noah lyles show,and as great as US team proved to be.there was more,i wanted to find out from others nations with massively impressive proformance and person stories from counties smaller like Saint Kitts and Botswana athletes with Inspiring stories to discover..please the underdog story is do much more impressive than the louder individuals(we all know who they are)
Netflix is too focused on talking to US audiences, often at the expense of viewers around the rest of the world. But what is really frustrating here is that the US characters are also awful -- they are focussed as much on putting the other competitors off as they are on being their absolute best. They're happy winning by messing with a competitor's head rather than winning fair and square. It's an ugly form of bad sportsmanship from the empire with the most resources. This series does not have the warmth needed to care about the struggle and grit of the egomaniacs they've chosen to focus on. Disappointing.
Season 1 was exciting but Season 2 is down right lazy and not a true reflection of what we witnessed in Athletics in 2023/24. Too much attntion is given to the same athletes even when they fail the spotlight never goes to the deserving athletes like Tebogo.
We get that Africa is some place over there for the producers and probably not of any interest or focus for the audience they are chasing and that's okay but don't put Tebogo on the poster of the entire season and barely have him there n any of the episodes.
I was underwhelmed by season 2, I've seen better YouTube documentaries on athletics for 2024 with zero budget and comprehensively cover and profile all events and athletes fairly.
We get that Africa is some place over there for the producers and probably not of any interest or focus for the audience they are chasing and that's okay but don't put Tebogo on the poster of the entire season and barely have him there n any of the episodes.
I was underwhelmed by season 2, I've seen better YouTube documentaries on athletics for 2024 with zero budget and comprehensively cover and profile all events and athletes fairly.
This was such a compelling watch! I have seen a number of sports documentaries but this was one of my favorites. I started my first episode thinking I would watch a few minutes and ended up finishing the entire series in a single day.
This series does a good job of taking you behind the scenes and giving you a glimpse into the lives and training of the world's best sprinters. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the various male and female athletes. At first some in particular do not seem very likeable, but by the end of the series I found myself cheering for sprinters I initially disliked.
I hope there are more seasons to come.
This series does a good job of taking you behind the scenes and giving you a glimpse into the lives and training of the world's best sprinters. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the various male and female athletes. At first some in particular do not seem very likeable, but by the end of the series I found myself cheering for sprinters I initially disliked.
I hope there are more seasons to come.
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