SPRINT Part 2

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

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4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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They train for a lifetime, all for ten seconds at glory. But who will take the gold on track’s biggest stage: the Paris Olympiad? Will it be the brash Noah Lyles, the earnest Kenny Bednarek, or the enigmatic Kishane Thompson? Can Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce grab a medal at her fifth games? Or will up-and-comers like Sha’carri Richardson and Shericka Jackson take her place at the top of the sport? Or will Julien Alfred shock the world by earning her tiny island nation’s first ever Olympic medal? The Netflix sports series SPRINT Part 2 delves deep into the psyches of those elite competitors who train to be the fastest person on the planet. It’s an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the high stakes and the mental toughness of the sprinters whose professional futures are decided in just fractions of a second. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews Executive Producer Warren Smith and Showrunner Suemay Oram. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched SPRINT Part 2 yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Levoy, and this is You Can't Make This Up.
0:14.9	You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.
0:21.0	On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix sports series Sprint, Part 2.
0:26.9	You are going to be remembered by how you did at the Olympic Games.
0:32.4	If you don't get it right, you have four years to think about what went wrong.
0:37.2	Today we're talking to executive producer Warren Smith and showrunner Sumei Orum.
0:42.2	They train for a lifetime, all for 10 seconds of glory.
0:46.0	But who will take the gold on track's biggest stage, the Paris Olympiad?
0:50.8	Will it be the brash Noah Lyles, the earnest Kenny Badnerick, or the enigmatic Kishane Thompson?
0:57.0	Can Shelly Ann Fraser Price grab a medal at her fifth games? Or will up-and-comers like
1:01.8	Shakary Richardson and Sharika Jackson take her place at the top of the sport? Or will Julian
1:07.1	Alfred shock the world by earning her Tiny Island nation's first ever Olympic medal.
1:12.4	The Netflix sports series Sprint Part 2 delves deep into the psyches of those elite competitors
1:17.7	who train to be the fastest person on the planet. It's an exclusive behind-the-scenes look
1:22.6	at the high stakes and the mental toughness of the sprinters whose professional futures are
1:27.4	decided in just
1:28.5	fractions of a second. Sprint season two, and I hope you enjoy the show.
1:49.0	And I'm joined now by Warren Smith and Sumay Orum. Welcome to You Can't Make This Up.
2:02.7	Thanks for having us. It's pleasure to be here. Yeah, it's great to be here. Sumay, this season is a follow-up to your very successful inaugural season of Sprint, and it starts in a very meta way. We see Noah Lyiles pull up in Times Square to see the Sprint Billboard. That's a pretty big stage. So was he more excited about it, or were you more
2:07.8	excited about that billboard? I was so excited about that billboard. I think it's the first time ever
2:12.7	to have like a launch in Times Square and to see your film that you've been working on, the series
2:17.4	up in Times Square, as well as the trailer on the other NASDAQ building, it was amazing. And to
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