The Netflix documentary series Sprint will return for Season 2 with a focus on Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and other members of the World Athletics contingent from the 2024 Olympics.
Netflix announced on Thursday that the second season will premiere on November 13.
"Following athletes from all over the world, this series delves deep into the psyches of those elite competitors who train to be the fastest person on the planet," the show's synopsis states. "We take an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the high stakes, and mental toughness of the sprinters who devote their entire lives to crossing the finish line in record time, where their professional futures are decided in just fractions of a second."
Season 2 will cover the Olympic trials through the 2024 Paris Games on more than 12 stars from around the world in their quest to make history.
This continues Netflix's expansion into Olympic coverage. The streamer announced on Wednesday that Simone Biles Rising: Part Two will be released on Oct. 25.
Lyles won two medals at the Paris Games, including gold in the men's 100 meters. He edged Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by .005 seconds to become the first American to win this event at the Olympics since Justin Gatlin in 2004.
Thomas ended her stellar run in Paris as a three-time gold medalist with wins in the women's 100 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. The U.S. team ran the second-fastest time ever in the 4x400-meter relay en route to capturing gold.
The 27-year-old Thomas led all track-and-field athletes at the 2024 Games with her three gold medals. She is one of only two American track-and-field athletes to win at least three gold medals at a single Olympics, joining Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Fred Kerley, Kishane Thompson, Julien Alfred, Letsile Tebogo, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Marcell Jacobs, Kenny Bednarek, Shericka Jackson and Oblique Seville are among the other athletes who will be featured in the second season.
The six-episode first season of Sprint dropped on July 2. It covered the 2023 Diamond League season through the World Athletics Championships.
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