Sprint Review 2024 Tv Show Series Cast Crew Online
There’s a lot packed into a small space here–interviews with and competition footage of a deep roster of the world’s best sprinters, including Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Shericka Jackson, Zharnel Hughes, Gabby Thomas, Marcell Jacobs, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Elaine Thompson-Herah and more–along with context-setting interviews from retired stars like Michael Johnson, Ato Boldon and Usain Bolt. We’re here to learn who these people are, what makes them tick, and what it takes to be the absolute fastest people on Earth.
The six episodes of Sprint promise to introduce us to a deep roster of the sport’s best–the introductory montage makes this much clear–but the bulk of the first episode focuses on competition between American sprinter Noah Lyles and Italian Marcell Jacobs.
Lyles talks about becoming the “next Usain Bolt,” and promises to be a major player in the upcoming Paris Olympics. He’s brash, bold and supremely confident, as one has to be when vying to be the world’s fastest runner, but swaggering image is softened by scenes with his mother, describing his childhood struggles with asthma.
The big drama surrounding Lyles is his step into the 100-meter fray; traditionally the most competitive event in sprinting, the 100m is, as Lyles notes “where the dogs go”, and a major shift from the 200m that he’s previously focused on.
As the athletes gather for a Diamond League event in Paris, Lyles’ biggest competition is Jacobs, the reigning Olympic gold medalist. We pivot to a home-life profile of Jacobs, who’s gone from a relative unknown to supremely-famous in the three years since his win in Tokyo, but also faces doubters who suggest his gold-medal performance was a fluke.
“When he is healthy, and when he is firing on all cylinders, he’s the best in the world,” commentator Boldon notes about Marcell Jacobs. “That’s why he’s the Olympic champ. But he hasn’t been close to that form since.” It’s a real tone-setting statement ahead of the competition to come.
