''Sprint'' is a
television documentary
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series produced in a collaboration between
Netflix
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and
World Athletics
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, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the athletes and races of the
Diamond League
The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meet competitions.
The inaugural season was ...
,
World Athletics Championships
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, and
Olympic Games
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. The series debuted with six episodes on 2 July 2024 covering the
2023 Diamond League
The 2023 Diamond League was the 14th season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The number of Diamond Discipline events is 32, and the series ended with a single final at the Prefontaine Classi ...
and
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships (), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre (Budapest), National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. The tourna ...
. The series was renewed for a second season which covered
athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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, released on 13 November 2024.
Production and concept
The series was produced by Box to Box Films, the same organization that produced the popular ''
Formula 1: Drive to Survive'' series since 2019.
Cast
Sprinters
Main cast
Season 1 (S1) and season 2 (S2) appearances are denoted.
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (''née'' Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 metres, 200 m. She is widely regarded as ...
(S1, S2)
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Zharnel Hughes
Zharnel Hughes (born 13 July 1995) is an Anguilla-born British Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great ...
(S1)
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Shericka Jackson
Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 m, 100 metres, 100 m, 200 metres, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she’s the fifth fastest woman of all time, ...
(S1, S2)
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Marcell Jacobs
Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. (; born 26 September 1994) is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, the 2022 60 metres world champion, the 2022 and 2024 European 100 metres champi ...
(S1, S2)
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Fred Kerley
Fredrick Lee Kerley ( ; born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter. He was the Olympic silver medalist over 100 m at the 2020 Olympics and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics in the same event. Kerley has earned an additional s ...
(S1, S2)
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Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles (born July 18, 1997) is an American track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 metres, 100 meters and 200 metres, 200 meters events. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200 m is the List of Un ...
(S1, S2)
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Sha'Carri Richardson
Sha'Carri Richardson ( ; born March 25, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break th ...
(S1, S2)
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Gabby Thomas (S1, S2)
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Elaine Thompson-Herah
Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest wom ...
(S1)
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Kishane Thompson (S2)
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Oblique Seville
Oblique Seville (born 16 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He finished fourth in the men's 100 metres at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Career
Seville attended Calabar High School and ...
(S2)
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Kenny Bednarek
Kenneth Bednarek (born October 14, 1998) is an American track and field sprinter from Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He specializes in the 200-meter distance, having won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 World Championships, and at the 2 ...
(S2)
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Christian Coleman
Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. The 2019 world champion in the 100 meters, he also won gold as part of men's 4 × 100-meter relay. He ...
(S2)
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Letsile Tebogo
Letsile Tebogo (; born 7 June 2003) is a Botswana sprinter. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres event, with his win earning the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Botswana. He also won the silver medal at th ...
(S2)
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Twanisha Terry (S2)
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Melissa Jefferson (S2)
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Julien Alfred
Julien Alfred (born 10 June 2001) is a Saint Lucian Sprint (running), sprinter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, 100 metres event, setting a new List of Saint ...
(S2)
Secondary cast
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Ferdinand Omanyala
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Junelle Bromfield
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Twanisha Terry
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Christian Coleman
Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. The 2019 world champion in the 100 meters, he also won gold as part of men's 4 × 100-meter relay. He ...
Personnel
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Keisha Caine (mother of Noah Lyles)
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Lance Brauman (coach of Noah Lyles)
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Nicole Daza (wife of Marcell Jacobs)
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Paolo Camossi
Paolo Camossi (born 6 January 1974) is an Italian coach and former triple jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2001 World Indoor Championships.
From September 2015 he is the coach of Marcell Jacobs.
Biography
Paolo Camossi won four m ...
(coach of Marcell Jacobs)
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Dennis Mitchell
Dennis Allen Mitchell (born February 20, 1966) is an American former college and international track and field athlete, who was a member of the gold medal-winning team in the 4 × 100 metres relay race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Athletics car ...
(coach of
Star Athletics)
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Paul Francis
Paul Francis is an American business executive and politician who has served under three Governors of New York, holding such positions as the Director of State Operations for the State of New York. In that position he oversaw the state's eight ma ...
(coach of
MVP Track Club)
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Stephen Francis (coach of
MVP Track Club)
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Linford Christie
Linford Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former Sprint (running), sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes ...
(former British 100 m record-holder)
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Shenel Francis (girlfriend of Zharnel Hughes)
Pundits
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Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt (; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, ...
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Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meter ...
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Ato Boldon
Ato Jabari Boldon (born 30 December 1973) is a Trinidadian former track and field athlete, politician, and four-time Olympic medal winner. He holds the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64 ...
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Michael Johnson
Episode lists
Season 1 (2024)
Season 2
Reception
Cathal Dennehy of ''
Athletics Weekly
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'' wrote that the series would be good for the
sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking.
...
, but not to expect the same level of interest that ''
Formula 1: Drive to Survive'' generated.
Noah Lyles' portrayal in the documentary received criticism, with some accusing the documentary makers of focusing too much on Lyles at the expense of other athletes. Some also argued that Lyles appeared arrogant and "not likable at all".
See also
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I Am Bolt
References
External links
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{{Netflix original series
Sprint (running)
2020s American documentary television series
2024 American television series debuts
Documentary television series about sports
American English-language television shows
Athletics mass media
Netflix original documentary television series