The US duo have prominent roles once again in the series, while the Netflix cameras also focus on the likes of Julien Alfred and Letsile Tebogo
The Paris Olympics might’ve ended but fans will soon get a behind the scenes look at the Games.
SPRINT, the track and field documentary series that premiered on July 2, is back again for its second instalment and it will be released on November 13.
The trailer for the series shows a number of athletes preparing for the Olympics and how they battled it out for a gold medal in the French capital.
The second series of SPRINT focuses on: Fred Kerley, Gabby Thomas, Kishane Thompson, Julien Alfred, Letsile Tebogo, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Marcell Jacobs, Kenny Bednarek, Shericka Jackson and Oblique Seville.
Quite a few of them feature in the trailer and Lyles and Thomas are just two of those athletes.
Men’s 100m final (Getty)
Lyles won the Olympic 100m gold medal in scintillating fashion at the Stade de France, clocking 9.79 to beat Thompson by just five-thousandths of a second.
In the 200m it was a slightly different story, with the US athlete – who later revealed he had Covid – finishing second behind Tebogo.
The Motswana also features heavily in the series, who won his country’s first ever gold medal at the Olympics with that victory over half a lap.
Tebogo clocked an incredible 19.46, which put him fifth on the 200m all-time list.
Safe to say, Thomas’ equally impressive win in the 200m will feature in the second season of SPRINT.
The American ran 21.83 to stand on the top of the podium and left the Games with an amazing three gold medals, after helping the US women’s 4x100m and 4x400m teams to glory.
Gabby Thomas wins 200m (Getty)
Alfred, who claimed silver behind Thomas in the 200m, won Olympic 100m gold and secured Saint Lucia’s first ever medal in any sport in the history of the Games.
Her national record of 10.72 in the pouring rain at the Stade de France sparked wild celebrations back on the island and videos of thousands of people watching her 100m glory went viral around the world.
Netflix will now be hoping the global success stories of athletes from the Olympics can help get the sport into new markets and inspire the next generation.
The second season of SPRINT is executively produced by Paul Martin, James Gay-Rees, and Warren Smith at Box to Box Films (Full Swing, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Tour de France: Unchained) in association with the Olympic Channel.
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