It’s time to go back to Paris.
Track and field fans looking to relive the magic of the 2024 Olympics will have the opportunity to do just that, as Netflix is releasing Sprint Part 2. The second part of the docuseries will premiere on Nov. 13, but the streaming service released a trailer starring Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and others Thursday:
Lyles and Thomas are the headliners, but the series will also feature a number of athletes, including Fred Kerley, Kishane Thompson, Julien Alfred, Kenny Bednarek, Shericka Jackson and others.
Fans will get to see the elite athletes battle for gold in the Games on the track while also getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse at their overall preparation and lives off the track.
There will be four episodes, which are 45-minutes each.
Netflix is following a similar pattern with this docuseries as it did with the Simone Biles Rising docuseries. The first part focused on the all-time great’s build up toward the Olympics and was released before the Games, while the second part will premiere on Oct. 25 and include footage from Paris as the gymnast added to her illustrious resume.
The first part of Sprint was released in July ahead of the Olympics and captured the journey to Paris while focusing on Lyles, Sha’carri Richardson, Jackson, Zharnel Hughes, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson, among others.
Lyles will surely be a major focus of the second part as well, as he had quite the journey in Paris.
He became the world’s fastest man by winning gold in the men’s 100-meter race in one of the most memorable moments of the entire Olympics. He outlasted Thompson and Kerley in a photo finish.
However, he missed pulling off the double and instead settled for bronze in the men’s 200-meter race. Letsile Tebogo and Bednarek defeated him, although the race took a temporary backseat when he was taken off the track in a wheelchair and then later revealed he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
As for Thomas, she had a triumphant showing in Paris and became a household name among American fans.
She earned three gold medals with wins in the women’s 200-meter race and as part of the relay teams in the women’s 4x100m and 4x400m races.
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