Sprint: The World's Fastest Humans (2024) s02e01 Episode Script
All American
1
[dramatic hip-hop music playing]
[horn honks]
[man] Yeah, Noah!
Whoo! Yee-hoo!
That's pretty cool.
[Noah] It's Olympic year.
Ooh, I've been waiting for Paris.
[crowd cheering]
[man] As a sprinter,
you are going to be remembered
by how you did at the Olympic Games.
If you don't get it right,
you have four years
to think about what went wrong.
[woman] You can't second-guess anything
when the gun goes off.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] The Olympic Games.
[commentator 2] What an occasion.
The greatest sporting show on Earth.
[man] There are
billions of people watching.
[man 2] Everybody
is representing their country.
They are all somebody's hero somewhere.
[commentator 3] Jamaica reigns supreme.
[man] The last time
an American man won the 100 was 2004.
The last time
an American woman won was 1996.
There can't be a rivalry
if only one side is winning.
America! I'm bringing it home!
Four golds would be very nice.
Sprint, baby.
[man 3] I know what I got to do
to be the Olympic champ.
[exhales sharply]
I'm going to break
the world record in the 100.
I wanna show myself
as an Olympic medal contender this year.
We are ready to go.
[woman 2] I've never gotten
a gold medal at the Olympics.
I have been working hard, and I'm ready.
[man 4] I can manifest greatness.
I will shock this world.
[woman 3] I am the dark horse.
Nobody's minding me, and I love that.
[man 5] I have the crown on my head.
[in Italian] Finally, Paris.
[in English] Everybody wanna
come to take it, but it's mine, guys.
[woman 2] Once you come
to that start line, you're a rival.
[man 6] You gotta be a savage
when you get out there.
Never underestimate anyone.
[commentator 2] Oblique Seville upstaging
world champion Noah Lyles.
When I get beat,
y'all gonna be scared as shit.
[man 7] Don't care what you dealing with.
You gotta have that fight to keep going.
- [commentator 2] Oh.
- [man] I don't know what that was.
[man 3] Like, come on, man!
That shit dumb!
[hip-hop music playing]
[commentator 3] Paris 2024 is underway.
[man 2] The stage is set.
[commentator 4] It doesn't get
much better than this.
[whistle blows]
[man 4] Everyone will be coming out
guns blazing.
Yeah!
All the way! All the way!
Who's the king?
[man] Everything is on the line.
[commentator 2] Here we go!
[man 8] You wanna be the champion.
Everybody does.
But who's the fastest?
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen
[commentator 2] The Olympic champion
[boom]
[boom]
[woman] Lock in on three?
[man] Lock in on three. One, two, three!
[all] Lock in!
- [man 2] One, two three.
- [all] Go Tigers! Whoo!
The hardest team to make.
No other team is harder to make than this.
[commentator] Welcome to Eugene, Oregon
for the 2024 Track & Field Olympic Trials.
Can't stop, won't stop ♪
[commentator] The Paris Olympic Games
are only a month away.
Team USA's select group of stars
will be decided here.
Let's ball game, baby.
- Let's get it, yeah ♪
- [whistle blows]
All jump, yeah, we all in ♪
Million-dollar mindset, money calling ♪
To the top, ain't no falling
Gotta get it right now ♪
Ain't no stalling, yeah ♪
If we talking who the fakes
And who the realest ♪
We don't want to
Finna take it to the finish ♪
Debt to the broke
Only down to talk business ♪
To the top
Can't come down, ain't no physics ♪
[man] US Olympic Trials are tough.
I've been there three times,
and it is the most anxiety-inducing
[chuckles]track meet you could
possibly take part in.
It's top three to get on that team.
You have to finish top three on the day.
Hey, hey, hey ♪
All in ♪
We all in ♪
We all in ♪
Yeah, all in ♪
[man] Hey, watch lane six.
Lane six! Lane six!
Go!
Now, go with them arms!
Come on, guys. Now, big push!
Now, big push!
Come on. Let's start this thing off
right now. Start it off right.
Come on, Sha'Carri.
Push off with them now.
[man 2] For us as Americans,
we can't look past the Olympic Trials.
Our sport in this country
is just so very competitive.
Set!
Go! Come on!
There you go!
Anyone at any time can win any race.
[Sha'Carri] That was within the ten!
- You was not within the ten. Come on.
- [Sha'Carri] Yes, I was.
- I don't know what universe you be in.
- I was running the ten.
The world better watch out, baby.
[Kerley] The world
pay attention to our trials
because we're all American.
We're the greatest country in the world.
Ha, I made it now ♪
I'm all American ♪
But I'm feeling like
The whole world needs me ♪
[woman] All right, Gabby. Pick your mark.
[woman 2] US Trials,
the stakes are pretty high.
[whistle blows]
[woman 2] At this point in the season,
I'm happy to be fit, healthy, sharp.
I wanna show myself as
a big Olympic medal contender this year.
That's the one I wanted to see. Nice work.
[Noah] Let's go.
[Snoop] Oh yeah, this is beautiful.
It's a beautiful day to run some track.
Dang, I was told there was gonna be music.
Disappointing.
No music? No theme music?
'Cause I could've provided music
if that's what you need, you know?
- [Noah] Ooh, that's what I like to hear.
- [Snoop] Yeah. I got you, champ.
["Who Am I (What's My Name)" playing]
I say, you sharp, boy. You suited
and booted right now. I'm loving that.
Loving it. I'm gonna have to go after you.
You too fly, baby.
- Snoop Doggy Dogg ♪
- Dogg pound ♪
What's your favorite pose?
[laughs]
From the depths of the sea
Back to the block ♪
Snoop Doggy Dogg funky
As the the the DOC ♪
[woman] Going into Olympic Trials,
Noah has all the momentum.
He's coming off
of the World Championships.
He is double World Champion.
He is the person to beat right now.
So go get your money.
- Yes, sir. Appreciate you, man.
- Love you, bro.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Noah] The leverage that I'm bringing
at the Olympic Trials is, I am the man.
I wanna come first.
Win everything. Take no prisoners.
[boom]
[Noah] All right, let's go get to work.
Oh, that looks way better than it feels.
[woman] Let me grab the shoes.
I feel like Cinderella.
[woman] Full service.
[hip-hop music playing]
[Junelle gasps]
[Junelle] Looks like some disco pants.
[man] Beautiful.
You missed 'em ♪
Look, youse ready to dance ♪
I got so many pairs of suspenders ♪
So me the option ♪
[Malik] Very nice, Noah. Very nice.
I did not teach him that. [laughs]
Two hands, I'mma grip that force ♪
Like I said, youse ready to dance ♪
Noah
Lyles
in the flesh.
Sprint season two,
and I hope you enjoy the show.
[commentator] Noah Lyles
has a shot to do the double!
[Noah] I always knew the title was mine.
[commentator] It's Noah Lyles!
And I was just letting people borrow it.
[chuckles]
[commentator] It's gold again!
The greatest showman delivers
a blockbuster finish in Budapest,
but he's proved once again
that he is the man to beat.
[Noah] Everybody wants to be
the fastest man in the world!
People see you as a superhero.
Now I go into a room, and it's,
"Fastest man in the world!" "Champ!"
"Yo, what's good?"
Go ahead and give my back a rub.
[Junelle] Your back
won't get photographed.
[Noah] That's what you think!
Everything gets videoed!
All right, get ready.
[Noah] Every time I start a new season,
it's like Beyoncé
getting ready to go on tour.
[man] Very cool.
Very, very cool.
[Noah] No matter what I'd be doing,
it would be a performance.
I would say this is where I carry
most of my my muscle.
It's definitely, uh
nah, it's definitely in the abs.
[man] Beautiful light.
I think it's more entertaining over there.
[laughs]
[Noah] The Olympics
comes every four years.
This is the moment
that God created me for.
I'm all too excited!
- [Noah] Yes!
- [Junelle] Oh my God.
- [man] He should look into the camera.
- Like a ballerina.
[Noah] I'm extremely ambitious.
Gonna have to fix that collar.
[Noah] So four golds would be very nice.
[man] Very nice, Noah. Very nice.
[Noah] We have the 100 meters,
the 200 meters,
the 4x1, and the 4x4,
and, dang, I can't picture
a better stage to do it on.
[man 2] Noah came into 2024
as a different sprinter.
The 100-meter Noah.
The flamboyant Noah.
He has talked the talk,
and now he is literally walking the walk.
- [Junelle] You going to change again?
- [Noah] Yep!
[Ato] But once you have become the man,
there are going to be more distractions,
and if you don't show up ready to perform,
you're not gonna be the champion for long.
[Noah] Whoo!
Good job, everybody.
[boom]
[hip-hop music playing]
I can do this in my sleep ♪
You gotta show up ♪
If you want it, gotta get it ♪
We gon' show up ♪
For the money, yeah, we with it ♪
'Bout to blow up ♪
Go do your work and keep the bag ♪
Then we go up ♪
Yeah, we get it every ♪
[man] There's the main man.
[Noah humming]
[Noah] Morning, morning.
[man] Is this a normal training, Lance,
or does this feel different?
No, I mean, it's normal training as well
as it can be with all these people here.
My name's Lance Brauman.
I'm a sprint coach.
I coach Noah Lyles
and a few other athletes.
[rolls tongue] Pow!
[Lance] For Noah, he's the talent.
He's the star.
But yeah, I mean, you obviously
worry about any outside distractions that
that are gonna affect training.
You know, sometimes it pulls at him
in a few different directions,
and part of my job
is to help pull him back.
Got everything I needed.
[Lance] We're like 15 minutes
before drills, so
[Noah] Now that's the problem.
[Lance] Nobody knows your name,
and you're not successful
if you don't run fast first.
The actual performance
is the most important part of this.
Everything's geared for Trials, yes.
Everything we do.
[Noah] All right,
all cameras off the track!
[Lance] Everybody in the world
watches the Olympics,
but you gotta make the team first.
So the Olympic Trials, right this minute,
are the most important meet in the world.
Yeah, glow.
[woman] Noah wants to be this showman.
[Noah] Yeah, glow.
[Allyson] Everyone has
all eyes on him to perform,
but I feel like a lot of the pressure
that Noah has,
he puts on himself
because of the talking that he does.
[man] Is this the most cameras
you've ever had at training?
It definitely is! It definitely is.
[whistle blows]
[man 2] Noah tries to use
every opportunity he can
to promote Noah,
but all of this celebrity status,
it's a lot,
and there are people
who came into the Olympic year
as a heavy favorite
and didn't make the Olympic team.
[Noah] Oh. Shoot.
I was trying.
I promise you that. [chuckles]
Yeah.
[boom]
[upbeat music playing]
[man] A lot of track athletes
are different,
but just for me personally,
I try to just stay out the way.
[whistle blows]
[man] And I feel like people see that
and respect it.
Christian Coleman. I'm a short sprinter,
60, 100, 200.
Yeah.
Heaven couldn't save me ♪
They don't want it with me ♪
Got that darkness in me ♪
[Ato] Christian Coleman,
he doesn't do a lot of talking.
He's like, "I'm doing my talking
when that gun goes off."
Fine
I'll make your bubble burst right now ♪
[Christian] I mean, you say,
have I always known I was fast?
I would say, yeah, honestly.
I think everybody knows
what I'm capable of.
If I'm there on that day,
you gotta come with your A game.
[whistle blows]
I want it, I zone it ♪
I turn the focus up a notch ♪
[Ato] The acceleration.
- The reaction to the gun.
- [whistle blows]
If you give him the lead,
good luck.
[man] That one looked good.
It's not bad. It's definitely a good push,
but I could smooth it out. For sure.
- I feel good, though.
- [man] All right.
Good.
Pack it up.
- One more, and that's it.
- [man] Okay.
[Christian] Definitely winning
the World Championships in 2019
gotta be the, you know,
highlight of my career.
But I came into it, like, really young.
[whistle blows]
My first, like, time running
in a World Championship Final, 2017,
Usain Bolt was in that race.
I was 21.
[commentator] Listen to the roar.
The familiar smile
of the fastest man
the world has ever seen.
Christian Coleman, the fastest man
in the world this year from the USA.
[commentator 2] And this is it.
[gunshot]
[commentator] It's a clean start.
It's a good start by Coleman.
The American's flying in lane number five.
It's the American leading the Jamaican.
It's gonna be Coleman!
I lost the race to a great competitor,
to a young kid that's coming up.
He has a great great talent
and great future ahead of me.
[Christian] That was
a pretty, you know, big moment.
Coming into this sport, you just
kind of get thrown into the deep end.
Now I'm still, like, doing my thing,
and I'm part of, like,
the new generation of guys.
There's some dogs in track and field,
and, like,
you gotta be a savage
when you get out there.
But I still just feel like I have,
like, new heights to reach.
[Ato] Going into the Olympic Trials,
you have the best starter in history
versus one of
the best finishers in history.
Stay on top!
It's like there's fire,
and there's ice.
[Lance] Elbows!
[Noah] I came more to his playground
than he came to mine.
His event was mainly the 100,
mine was the 200.
I wouldn't say we're friends. [laughs]
Bitch!
[Christian] I've been knowing Noah
for a long time.
We've competed over the years.
[energetic music playing]
[Christian] Honestly,
I try not to buy into or feed into, like,
other people's antics
and everything like that.
Like that's just not really me.
I'm not that type of guy.
[commentator] Coleman gets
that characteristic fantastic start!
[Ato] Noah beats Christian
in that 100 at the World Championships.
[commentator] Noah Lyles is going to have
to find something special!
Stepping into his domain?
Like, how dare you, Mr. 200 guy?
[commentator] It's Noah Lyles!
He earned it, you know? It was his moment.
[woman] Christian really doesn't like
talking about Noah.
[Ato laughs]
[reporter] Noah, last week, ran a good 60.
Have a good day.
Some people just don't like you,
and you can't do nothing about it.
[Ato] I think they irritate each other
because I think
their personalities are so different.
[crowd cheering]
[man] We gonna talk about
the rematch of Coleman and Noah.
[commentator] Is the American lion
going to deliver once more?
I'll say, Coleman and Noah?
- [man 2] Say it.
- It's a rivalry.
[gunshot]
[commentator] The start is absolutely key.
Coleman's got away well.
And this time, perhaps,
it's not going to be Lyles. Or is it?
Coleman!
Coleman reclaims the crown.
He got the start he needed.
This time he does deny
his younger compatriot.
[man 3] He handled business,
which he should have.
To stop someone like Noah,
you gonna have to punch him in the mouth.
[Christian] It is dog-eat-dog out there.
We're fighting for the same thing,
and I want it,
and I like my odds, for sure.
[Ato] Now that rivalry
continues going into the Trials.
Something's gotta give.
[Noah] He's definitely put
a fire under my belly. I'll tell you that.
But, I mean, I'm not here
to talk about him.
I'm here to talk about me. [chuckles]
[boom]
[soft boom]
[man] Engage the core. Engage the core.
There we go. There there you go.
Mmm. Mmm.
- That's it.
- All right.
- [stopwatch beeps]
- Three minutes. [clears throat]
- Next segment, we're going hurdle hops.
- [Fred] All right.
[Fred] Everybody want to be
the world's fastest.
Winning is everything.
Ooh.
But if you just scared to lose,
then you in the wrong game.
[commentator] Can Fred defend
his world title?
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] Fred Kerley takes a while
to get into his running.
And Kerley's gotta work for it!
Oh boy!
That is close,
but where was the world champ?
[Fred] The first round was cool.
The second round,
I ain't get the shit done.
[commentator] Kerley, at 10.02,
does not make the final.
[Fred] You win some, you lose some.
That's a part of the game.
[commentator] The world champion is out.
[sighs] The business. The game.
Top of the motherfucking world.
They ain't ready, but I am.
All right. We up.
- Which one I'm doing?
- [JB] Hurdle hops.
Boom. And come up.
- Ooh shit.
- No.
Now, there you go. Re-squat again.
There we go. Good. There.
Again, squat, push. Get down.
[Ato] Fred was World Champion in '22,
didn't make the finals in '23.
All right, now B skip.
[Ato] But over the years
[commentator] Kerley's done it!
[Ato]I think he's shown
flashes of brilliance.
[commentator] And it is all gold here
for Fred Kerley.
[Ato] He has the talent.
He has the ability.
[commentator] Kerley hung on
for the silver.
[Ato] He's a big-meet performer.
[JB] Keep the big toe up.
[Fred] They ain't going through this.
Ooh!
[Ato] And for some reason, I think a lot
of his competitors are writing him off.
All right, straight leg bound.
But the more you write Fred off,
the more dangerous he is.
[Fred panting]
[JB] Five minutes.
My heart beating
faster than a motherfucker, man.
[commentator] Welcome to coverage
of the USATF New York City Grand Prix.
Time for one last chance
to dial it in before the curtain goes up
on this summer's Olympic Trials.
[Noah] Artie, Cathy's supposed
to be calling the car, right?
Oh, is that her outside?
I see her outside. Never mind.
I'm running the 200 today.
It's been fun to do it in practice,
but it's nothing like the real thing.
I love it.
[Michael] In an Olympic year,
you want to compete
against some of your primary rivals
to see where you are, but not every week.
- Do your thing.
- Appreciate it.
[Michael] So New York Grand Prix,
you've got Fred competing
in the 100 meters.
Noah's competing in the 200 meters.
Nice to meet you. Doing well.
Oh my God. What is going on here?
[man] Dude, just walk in.
[Fred] I don't think I came here
for a fashion show. That's Noah's style.
[woman] You look cute.
[Fred] It's weird,
but that's his personality.
Cocky, arrogant, and all that stuff.
- [woman] It kind of looks Native American.
- [woman 2] Well, it's like a cow.
[Fred] I don't do nothing for attention.
I'm here to run fast
and go on about my business.
[Noah] All four of us go together.
Yeah, we're just all gonna go in.
Let's go.
[crowd cheering]
[intriguing music playing]
[Fred] I ain't come here
to be second to nobody.
I know how to bounce back.
I'm going to break the world record
in the 100.
Just gotta keep on pushing.
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen!
The competitors of
the ASICS men's 100-meter dash!
[upbeat music playing]
[Ato] So Fred Kerley has been
very vocal about his ambitions.
"World record next time I touch the 100."
[Michael] Usain Bolt has the world record,
9.58, which is just a ridiculous time.
Surely Fred is not suggesting
that he's gonna run faster than 9.58?
[announcer] Fred Kerley!
[cheering]
[Noah] Fred said
he was gonna break the world record.
Let's see how that goes.
[commentator] Really Fred Kerley's show
here to back up what he posted.
[Fred] I believe in myself 100%,
and no one can tell me
what I can and cannot do.
I want what's mines.
Simple.
[suspenseful music playing]
[announcer] Set.
- [buzzer]
- [gunshot]
[crowd clamors]
[Ato] I don't know what that was.
That's a that's as clear a false start
as you can have in any sport.
I think he jumped and then he stumbled.
To add, sort of, insult to injury.
So Fred Kerley's New York Grand Prix
has not gotten off to a great start,
to say the least.
[reporter] Is he out?
[man] No, the blocks slipped.
There was no false start.
I'm being told no no false start.
A pair of blocks slipped.
- Fred said he needs blocks.
- [reporter] Look right now.
Fred is asking for a new set of blocks.
Show them where his blocks slipped.
[commentator] So two things can be true.
Fred Kerley false started.
Fred Kerley's blocks slipped.
[commentator 2] And Kerley
is taking off his shoe.
[man yells indistinctly]
Yo, this shit dumb.
I'm walking off. We all
we all we getting cold.
[crowd booing]
[Fred] Yo.
[Ato] Here's the thing.
Where else is he going to run
to get a sense
of how he's competing before Eugene?
[Fred] We getting cold.
[Michael] He's complaining
about the blocks.
Then he ends up deciding,
"I'm not running."
And I wasn't expecting that.
[indistinct chatter]
- [man] Fred, what happened out there?
- They was just taking too long.
I was asking
requesting for some new blocks.
Like, we getting cold.
Like like, this is a small meet.
The bigger meet is in two weeks.
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
In the Olympic year,
you don't worry about times,
'cause times don't get you on the team.
[cheering]
[Ato] The focus needs to be
on what is most important.
Win the races that you are in.
[commentator] Noah Lyles has arrived
for his season opener in the 200.
[announcer] On your mark. Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
Next stop ♪
[commentator 2] So Noah Lyles
responds well to the sound of the gun.
He has already caught
the athlete to his outside.
Now the world champion is in full control.
[commentator] It is all Noah Lyles!
And he wins.
Next stop ♪
[announcer 2] Fans,
I need you to make some noise.
Give it up for the man,
the myth, the legend,
Noah Lyles! Come on!
[cheering]
[Noah] America! We got this!
I'm bringing it home. It's ours!
It's ours! We're taking this! Let's go!
[woman] What about Fred?
[Noah] Right now,
he's not in the top three.
That's a battle
that he's gonna have to face by himself.
Just saying, it's an uphill battle.
[Michael] This year is critical for him
to be able to signal to the world
and to all of his competitors,
"I'm still that same Fred Kerley."
[crowd chanting] Noah! Noah!
[Fred] New York can't break me.
I love the doubters.
I love what they say.
But, hey, once you doubt me,
I'm gonna go get it.
And I'm not done in this sport.
[car horn honking]
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
[man] Gabby, first, thank you for taking
time from a busy schedule.
You're getting ready
for a little thing in Paris, the Olympics.
But talk just a little bit
about your journey.
The fact that you've had this success.
It had to have started somewhere.
Talk about the origin story.
[Gabby] So I pursued my education first,
but then I fell in love
with track in college,
and what I did not expect
was how much opportunity
track and field would offer me.
I just came back last year
from World Championships in Budapest.
Um, and it went really well.
I got a silver and a gold there.
- [cheering and applause]
- But Thank you.
[chuckles] Thank you.
There's a lot between now
and when that first gun goes off.
How are you getting
yourself right mentally, physically?
The fun part about the Olympics is
everyone's very excited,
we're all amped up, and there are
just really high expectations.
So I know what I'm capable of.
I know what needs to be done.
And it's just an amazing group of women
who are competing in track and field
right now, so it's intense.
Yes, well everyone,
give Gabby a huge send-off
as she prepares to take on the world
at the Paris Games this summer.
Yeah ♪
Roll the dice ♪
I hit the double rack ♪
Ten thousand piles stolen
In a written check ♪
We have the Olympics coming up.
I have high expectations for myself.
I think I'm ready
to do something big in the sport.
I'm definitely feeling the pressure.
It's really intense.
I do love it, but I mean [chuckles]
it's definitely anxiety inducing.
For me, I'm gonna get on the track
as many times as I can,
and I'm gonna get better and learn
and figure out what I need to do
so I'm ready to compete in Paris.
Fit everything in here.
This week has been really crazy.
I cannot wait to go back to Austin
and just, like, sit down for a second.
- [woman] And not answer questions?
- [Gabby] Not answer questions.
Yeah, we do all this Olympic promo,
and it's so funny
because none of us
have officially made the team yet.
Honestly, Olympic Trials
is like my Olympics
'cause I'm like, "This is what
I need to be ready for."
It's important to get yourself out there,
but at the end of the day,
qualifying and winning
a medal is the goal.
[Gabby] They only care when you qualify
and win a medal, so I have to do that.
I did hear a rumor that in Paris,
Vogue might want to do stuff.
That would be a no-brainer. [chuckles]
I think this is probably
the most important year of my career.
I'm 27. I'm fit. I'm healthy.
Um, people are excited to see me run.
Um, so yeah, this is really
a really big year for me.
This is probably, you know, the biggest
and most important it'll ever get.
The most eyes on me.
[Ato] Gabby Thomas looks like somebody
who is going to make the team,
but as long as the 200 is her main event,
it means that she's going to
have to deal with the Jamaicans.
We are ready to go.
[Ato] So Gabby's America's best,
but America's best has only
been second best in the world.
[energetic music playing]
2020, when I take a hit, that's a miss ♪
Win, win ♪
Never miss, never miss ♪
Never, never miss ♪
[man] So I bring them in in the morning,
and the walk is just
to get the blood flowing.
It also builds
a little bit of camaraderie.
- We do that every single day. Yeah.
- [man 2] Day? Oh wow.
[man] I'm gonna get a couple laps in.
- Cool.
- [man] We all can't be buff like you.
Maybe I'll walk
some calories off and shit.
Man, shit. My bones are brittle, man!
My name is Dennis Mitchell,
and I am the head coach
of Star Athletics Track Club.
Bitch, you getting them hands up, man!
[laughs] Sprint series two!
Let's go, baby. Here we go.
Bomb! [laughs]
I think we run this better ♪
[Dennis] Well, at Star Athletics
Track Club, it's a family.
My guys have a good time together.
Better, better ♪
They stick together.
We hunt in packs.
Little things start in the big wings ♪
Sit back and watch
I'm spreading my wings ♪
[Dennis] On my female side,
I have Melissa Jefferson,
TeeTee Terry,
and Sha'Carri Richardson.
When you get on the track
with Star Athletics,
we're gonna be something
that you're gonna have to deal with.
[commentator] Good start
from Sha'Carri Richardson.
[Dennis] Sha'Carri, she went
on a rampage last year.
[commentator] Richardson getting ahead!
[Dennis] She was our number one athlete.
[commentator] Richardson
coming better and winning comfortably.
A win there for Sha'Carri Richardson!
What a season could unfold for her
[chuckles]
I call her my little bit, but she's a lot.
[Dennis] Ladies, looking good now. Hey!
And then we got TeeTee Terry.
She's the group mom.
If something's going down,
I'm calling TeeTee.
[commentator] It's Shericka Jackson
versus Twanisha Terry!
I'm definitely looking forward
to running in Trials.
I've seen myself getting stronger.
[commentator] Can she hold off Jackson?
Yes, she can!
[TeeTee] I'm just ready to go
and lay it all out.
[commentator] TeeTee Terry
ignites this crowd!
[Dennis] And finally, Melissa Jefferson.
She is almost like your little sister.
[commentator] Melissa Jefferson
down the homestretch.
[Dennis] But a fierce competitor.
[Melissa] I'm not about
participation at all.
If I'm gonna do something,
I'm gonna do it to win it.
I want to make the team in the 100.
I'm going to kill, kill, kill
every single day,
until I get the job done.
Looking good, though, ladies.
Looking very competitive, man.
My athletes are some of
the toughest trained in the world,
and we wanna be first,
second, third at our Olympic Trials.
You know, that'll be
a great accomplishment.
Gonna be like bah, bah
[Allyson] For Dennis,
the objective is to qualify
all three of his athletes
in the women's 100.
[Dennis] She must be ready.
[Allyson] But getting three women
in the Olympic team,
that's something that's very rare.
[Dennis] Come on, guys. Now, big push!
Now, big push.
Minimize those mistakes.
So that is the big challenge.
Set!
Go! Come on!
[boom]
[Dennis] We are at the Olympic Trials.
You know, this is a nervous time for me.
I mean
The only thing that combats nervousness
is being prepared.
And we are that.
First and foremost,
my job as a coach is to set the tone.
Setting the tone means that everybody
needs to come with the proper attitude.
Both mentally and emotionally
get ready to do this job.
- How you doing?
- [woman] Good. How are you?
[Dennis] Man, we all right.
- You coming in?
- [Melissa] Yeah.
[Dennis] With us as a family,
we've already established that bond
that I'm gonna be there
with you through thick and through thin.
And my job is
to assist them through that journey.
[man] Are your folks
from South Carolina here?
[Melissa] My mom, my dad,
and then my Aunt Sonia.
They got Melissa Jefferson T-shirts?
Shoot. I think so.
[Dennis chuckles]
[Melissa] Running over here
in the United States, it's very stacked.
Everyone can run fast,
but it's a matter of
who wants it that bad
on that day at that given time.
It's always gonna
be a dogfight to make a team.
[Melissa] I know my cousins,
they got some pins with my face on it.
That sound more like them.
[chuckles]
[Melissa] You come into this meet,
and you know there's no playing around.
There's no "gimme."
I feel like that's the thing about USA,
is that makes it that intense.
[upbeat music playing]
[commentator] We're on the campus
of the University of Oregon.
[woman] Noah! Noah!
[commentator] Not a cloud
in the sky in Eugene, Oregon,
the city in America
when it comes to track and field.
[crowd cheering]
No sleep, be on top ♪
Thing I know, all I know is be on top ♪
Be on top, be on top ♪
[commentator] The final
of the women's 200.
[announcer] Set.
- [gunshot]
- [crowd cheering]
[commentator 2] Gabby Thomas
on the outside has caught and passed
the person to her outside.
She has the lead!
[commentator] Gabby Thomas has the lead!
Gabby Thomas out in front!
[commentator 2] Gabby Thomas
is going back to the Olympics.
[Gabby] I'm really hungry
and love that I've come so far
in just a short few years.
[man] Whoo!
We got it.
[Gabby] This is where you want
to have your peak. I wanna go for gold.
I think this is my year to do it.
[Lance] Set.
Hut!
- You ready to go?
- Mm-hmm.
All right.
Everything else is there.
Don't forget to lean when you're in there.
Got you.
[JB] Push forward.
Push forward. Push forward.
[Fred] I'm not the person
that just give up.
You gotta get back up and play.
Everybody wanna be the top.
I gotta take them down one by one,
and that's what I'm gonna continue to do.
[man] All right, guys. I'm gonna put
you on the track in one minute.
[boom]
[commentator] Welcome
to the men's 100-meter final.
Snoop Dogg is in the house.
We couldn't ask for much more, could we?
[commentator 2] Leading the charge will be
double World Champion Noah Lyles
going head-to-head
with the likes of Fred Kerley
Ooh.
[commentator 2] and Christian Coleman.
[Christian] I'm grateful and blessed
to be a part of that group of guys
who even has a chance of making that team.
But once you step into the call room,
it's on you.
Whoever you say that you are,
like, it's time to show that.
[commentator 2] Lyles might be
World Champion,
but Christian Coleman got the better
of him at this same event last year.
[Christian] Making that US team,
that's just what it's all about.
[woman] I need you
on the track in about a minute.
[man] All right.
[Christian] I've started this journey.
I'm gonna finish it.
[commentator] Everybody knows
Christian Coleman
is going to be tough
to keep off the US team.
[cheering]
[announcer] World Champion Noah Lyles!
- [crowd cheers]
- [Noah] Yeah!
[Noah] I'm not worried about anybody.
I'm the fastest,
and I got the medals to prove it.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] The men's 100 final.
[woman] Okay, here we go.
[commentator] Noah Lyles' mother.
She can't watch.
This is gonna be dynamite.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] How about Christian Coleman?
[Ato] He is pushing down the track.
[commentator] Now here comes Noah Lyles!
[cheering and applause]
Come on!
[commentator] Noah Lyles!
The World Champ
is going to the Olympic Games.
[Ato] Wow.
That's me! That's me!
[commentator] Joining him
is Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley.
Coleman is out.
That's the first team
that Christian Coleman has missed
in seven years.
That's just the nature of the sport.
It just is what it is.
[commentator 2] Fred Kerley.
All the turmoil,
all the drama of 2024 ends well
because he is going
back to the Olympic Games.
[Fred] New York needed to happen
for this moment right here.
I'm gonna keep on showing people
what I am capable of doing.
Being an Olympic champ
would be everything to me.
- [Noah] Whoo!
- Yes! Good job, you hear me?
Yes, sir!
[Noah] When the biggest moment arrives,
I'll be ready.
Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon.
[Dennis] Set!
- Go!
- [TeeTee grunts]
[Dennis] Get that trail leg
off the ground, now!
[Dennis] When the gun goes off
and the finals are run,
you gotta whittle 36 people down to three.
Looking good, ladies.
Looking very competitive, man.
And not until we get there
will I think that,
for one moment, that we're the best.
[Michael] So let's talk about
the women's 100 meters.
The women's 100 meters
is where it's at right now.
- Yeah.
- Period.
There are some great athletes there.
They don't have to talk,
because they're all such dynamic
personalities in their own right,
and they make it known,
"Yeah, I wanna win."
It's amazing to watch.
This is special.
- Start to finish pressure. Okay?
- Okay.
[Michael] For Dennis,
coming into the 100-meter final,
it's possible that
all three could get on the team.
[Dennis] Let's go, guys. Set 'em up!
[Michael] Melissa Jefferson
is a fantastic athlete.
Sha'Carri could run
less than her best and still win races.
[Dennis] Hey, you looking smooth!
But you don't get the sense
from TeeTee that she ever feels like,
"I can be the champion."
And so Dennis has to
get the best out of TeeTee.
Hey, that first step you pushed up,
that's what made you cycle a little bit.
- Once we in it, you drive. Okay?
- Okay.
[TeeTee] This year hasn't really gone
the way I wanted.
It's an internal battle with myself.
Putting a race together when it counts.
[Dennis] Let's work that track,
first ten meters.
[TeeTee] I'm not putting it together
when I need to put it together.
[Dennis] Set!
Go!
[TeeTee grunts]
[TeeTee] But end of the day,
we know it's us against them.
[Dennis] Guys.
We up.
You guys go out there
and get what you want.
- You got me?
- Yes, sir.
Let's ride, ladies.
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen,
the women's 100-meter final.
Been a long time ♪
[commentator 2] We await the women
in the final of the 100 meters.
Yeah, first off, it's simple ♪
They cannot get to my mental ♪
All or nothing, gotta get to the top ♪
We cannot end in the middle ♪
[Dennis] You have to be at your best
when it's time to be at your best.
You know, you have
to be the ultimate warrior.
[Dennis] All you got.
Come on. You got this.
All you got.
[Dennis] We secretly
live through our athletes.
We feel the same tension
and the the fire and the competitiveness.
We feel those same things.
We just don't get a chance to race.
When my athletes go into the call room,
it's what I call a non-coachable moment.
Every single time, I've always thought
that I haven't done enough,
and you can't call them on the phone
and say, "Hey, I forgot to tell you this."
Okay, athletes. We're gonna
head down to the start.
[Dennis] But you have to be comfortable
in the process that you've put in place
and the things that you've done
to get your athletes there.
I can't worry about that.
We up next?
Yes, sir.
Three minutes.
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] Congratulations
on making it to the finals.
[announcer] Our first athlete,
TeeTee Terry!
[TeeTee] Coach told me I'm a Ferrari,
but I have to drive the Ferrari,
so you gotta put this little Ferrari
on the track and get things going
and see how everything turns out.
[announcer] And competing
out of lane five,
Melissa Jefferson.
[cheering and applause]
[Dennis] All you got, ladies.
[Melissa] The mantra that we have
is that nobody's better than us.
To the finish line we go. [chuckles]
[announcer] And our final competitor.
She is the reigning World Champion,
Sha'Carri Richardson!
Let's go, ladies.
[Dennis] When that gun goes off,
anything can happen.
If my athletes get first,
second, and third, they go.
But those people
that you're running against
are all representing
something that's bigger than themselves.
[announcer 2] On your mark.
[Dennis] Everyone wants to be sure
that they'll make the team,
and there's no such thing.
So you can never underestimate
the person that's next to you.
All you got, ladies.
All you got.
Come on. You got this.
[commentator] Final of the women's 100.
- Here it is.
- [announcer 2] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] It wasn't the best start
from Sha'Carri Richardson.
Tamari Davis got out better.
Now Sha'Carri starts to wind up.
She goes past Jefferson.
Sha'Carri Richardson,
Melissa Jefferson,
and TeeTee Terry!
[Ato] They are all
going to be at the Olympics,
and they are all first-time Olympians.
Yeah!
Whoo-hoo!
Whoo!
We did it!
Yeah!
I love y'all!
[laughs]
Love them girls, baby!
We did it!
[Melissa] Yo!
Yo, we did it!
- We did it!
- [Sha'Carri] We did it!
[Dennis] Whoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
[Melissa] Oh my God!
We did it!
[Dennis] What I tell you?
[laughs]
That's unbelievable.
That's unbelievable them girls
pulled that off.
- [Melissa] I love y'all so much.
- [Sha'Carri] I love y'all.
[Ato] When you train with the best
[Melissa] We did it!
[Ato] and you are coached by
a phenomenal coach, this is the result.
[Melissa] Oh my God.
[Dennis] I wanna hug everybody.
Get your ticket, man.
I told you it was in her, man.
I feel honored to stand
next to these amazing women
that I'm standing here with,
that I have the pleasure of training with.
And it's a full-circle moment,
but I'm very appreciative,
and I cannot wait
to go to Paris and represent.
[reporter] Congratulations.
See you and your teammates in Paris.
Thank you.
[cheering and applause]
Did it.
- [man] Congrats.
- [Dennis] Thanks, man.
[Dennis] You make the Olympic team,
and you think about
all your past trials and tribulations
and what got you there,
and, you know, all of your feelings
just come all out at one time.
Hey, where you at?
I'm I'm getting ready to come up there
in the stands. I don't know where you at.
[Dennis] I love those emotions,
and I wanna share that moment
with my athletes.
Hey, there go Coach! Coach!
Where is he? Ah!
[Dennis] One thing that is a strength
between me and my girls
is our bond together.
[Dennis chuckles]
Way to go!
Through thick and thin, we've become
like father-daughter kind of thing.
And excuse me.
[emotional music playing]
Man, it hit me.
[Dennis] TeeTee!
I love you, girl.
Great job, man. Great job.
Way to go out there and be you, baby.
- Yes, sir. He's
- [Dennis] Where your daddy at?
[TeeTee squeals]
[Dennis] Girl!
Oh, that's so great.
- Oh my God.
- We going, girl.
- [Melissa] We did it!
- We going.
We going.
[energetic music playing]
[gunshot]
[Ato] The Jamaican Trials
are the toughest on Earth.
- Oblique, overlook him at your peril.
- [Michael] Kishane is the mystery man.
[Ato] He is the closest thing
that I have seen to Usain Bolt.
[Shericka] I don't have
a Olympic gold medal
[commentator] There's
no stopping Shericka!
yet.
[Michael] She has to overcome
the best that has ever done it.
It's war!
[commentator 2] Welcome
to the games of the 33rd Olympiad.
[Ato] The Olympic Games are the pinnacle.
This is really, really cool.
Superman.
[Ato] The largest sporting spectacle
on planet Earth.
[Noah] I am freaking ready.
Sprint! And I love it.
[Noah] Hey, man.
Well, if you thought
the Olympic rooms are fancy
[woman] There's a medal on the line.
[Gabby] I'm the best in the world.
I got this.
- It's time to be you.
- Mm-hmm.
Let's go have some fun.
[Ato] If you want to be immortal
you have to win gold.
[crowd cheers]
[commentator 3] It's close!
Oh, it's so, so close!
Unbelievable!
Yeah ♪
Can't stop, won't stop ♪
Won't settle for less ♪
- Hey ♪
- Let's get it ♪
All in, yeah ♪
Don't hold me back ♪
It's all or nothing
We gotta get to the banner ♪
[echoes] All in ♪
Chase stats ♪
Seeing the fans
They yelling it's back, hey ♪
[echoes] All in ♪
Nothing less ♪
Gotta get to it
They gotta know we the best ♪
Yo, we all in ♪
Yeah, all in ♪
[dramatic hip-hop music playing]
[horn honks]
[man] Yeah, Noah!
Whoo! Yee-hoo!
That's pretty cool.
[Noah] It's Olympic year.
Ooh, I've been waiting for Paris.
[crowd cheering]
[man] As a sprinter,
you are going to be remembered
by how you did at the Olympic Games.
If you don't get it right,
you have four years
to think about what went wrong.
[woman] You can't second-guess anything
when the gun goes off.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] The Olympic Games.
[commentator 2] What an occasion.
The greatest sporting show on Earth.
[man] There are
billions of people watching.
[man 2] Everybody
is representing their country.
They are all somebody's hero somewhere.
[commentator 3] Jamaica reigns supreme.
[man] The last time
an American man won the 100 was 2004.
The last time
an American woman won was 1996.
There can't be a rivalry
if only one side is winning.
America! I'm bringing it home!
Four golds would be very nice.
Sprint, baby.
[man 3] I know what I got to do
to be the Olympic champ.
[exhales sharply]
I'm going to break
the world record in the 100.
I wanna show myself
as an Olympic medal contender this year.
We are ready to go.
[woman 2] I've never gotten
a gold medal at the Olympics.
I have been working hard, and I'm ready.
[man 4] I can manifest greatness.
I will shock this world.
[woman 3] I am the dark horse.
Nobody's minding me, and I love that.
[man 5] I have the crown on my head.
[in Italian] Finally, Paris.
[in English] Everybody wanna
come to take it, but it's mine, guys.
[woman 2] Once you come
to that start line, you're a rival.
[man 6] You gotta be a savage
when you get out there.
Never underestimate anyone.
[commentator 2] Oblique Seville upstaging
world champion Noah Lyles.
When I get beat,
y'all gonna be scared as shit.
[man 7] Don't care what you dealing with.
You gotta have that fight to keep going.
- [commentator 2] Oh.
- [man] I don't know what that was.
[man 3] Like, come on, man!
That shit dumb!
[hip-hop music playing]
[commentator 3] Paris 2024 is underway.
[man 2] The stage is set.
[commentator 4] It doesn't get
much better than this.
[whistle blows]
[man 4] Everyone will be coming out
guns blazing.
Yeah!
All the way! All the way!
Who's the king?
[man] Everything is on the line.
[commentator 2] Here we go!
[man 8] You wanna be the champion.
Everybody does.
But who's the fastest?
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen
[commentator 2] The Olympic champion
[boom]
[boom]
[woman] Lock in on three?
[man] Lock in on three. One, two, three!
[all] Lock in!
- [man 2] One, two three.
- [all] Go Tigers! Whoo!
The hardest team to make.
No other team is harder to make than this.
[commentator] Welcome to Eugene, Oregon
for the 2024 Track & Field Olympic Trials.
Can't stop, won't stop ♪
[commentator] The Paris Olympic Games
are only a month away.
Team USA's select group of stars
will be decided here.
Let's ball game, baby.
- Let's get it, yeah ♪
- [whistle blows]
All jump, yeah, we all in ♪
Million-dollar mindset, money calling ♪
To the top, ain't no falling
Gotta get it right now ♪
Ain't no stalling, yeah ♪
If we talking who the fakes
And who the realest ♪
We don't want to
Finna take it to the finish ♪
Debt to the broke
Only down to talk business ♪
To the top
Can't come down, ain't no physics ♪
[man] US Olympic Trials are tough.
I've been there three times,
and it is the most anxiety-inducing
[chuckles]track meet you could
possibly take part in.
It's top three to get on that team.
You have to finish top three on the day.
Hey, hey, hey ♪
All in ♪
We all in ♪
We all in ♪
Yeah, all in ♪
[man] Hey, watch lane six.
Lane six! Lane six!
Go!
Now, go with them arms!
Come on, guys. Now, big push!
Now, big push!
Come on. Let's start this thing off
right now. Start it off right.
Come on, Sha'Carri.
Push off with them now.
[man 2] For us as Americans,
we can't look past the Olympic Trials.
Our sport in this country
is just so very competitive.
Set!
Go! Come on!
There you go!
Anyone at any time can win any race.
[Sha'Carri] That was within the ten!
- You was not within the ten. Come on.
- [Sha'Carri] Yes, I was.
- I don't know what universe you be in.
- I was running the ten.
The world better watch out, baby.
[Kerley] The world
pay attention to our trials
because we're all American.
We're the greatest country in the world.
Ha, I made it now ♪
I'm all American ♪
But I'm feeling like
The whole world needs me ♪
[woman] All right, Gabby. Pick your mark.
[woman 2] US Trials,
the stakes are pretty high.
[whistle blows]
[woman 2] At this point in the season,
I'm happy to be fit, healthy, sharp.
I wanna show myself as
a big Olympic medal contender this year.
That's the one I wanted to see. Nice work.
[Noah] Let's go.
[Snoop] Oh yeah, this is beautiful.
It's a beautiful day to run some track.
Dang, I was told there was gonna be music.
Disappointing.
No music? No theme music?
'Cause I could've provided music
if that's what you need, you know?
- [Noah] Ooh, that's what I like to hear.
- [Snoop] Yeah. I got you, champ.
["Who Am I (What's My Name)" playing]
I say, you sharp, boy. You suited
and booted right now. I'm loving that.
Loving it. I'm gonna have to go after you.
You too fly, baby.
- Snoop Doggy Dogg ♪
- Dogg pound ♪
What's your favorite pose?
[laughs]
From the depths of the sea
Back to the block ♪
Snoop Doggy Dogg funky
As the the the DOC ♪
[woman] Going into Olympic Trials,
Noah has all the momentum.
He's coming off
of the World Championships.
He is double World Champion.
He is the person to beat right now.
So go get your money.
- Yes, sir. Appreciate you, man.
- Love you, bro.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Noah] The leverage that I'm bringing
at the Olympic Trials is, I am the man.
I wanna come first.
Win everything. Take no prisoners.
[boom]
[Noah] All right, let's go get to work.
Oh, that looks way better than it feels.
[woman] Let me grab the shoes.
I feel like Cinderella.
[woman] Full service.
[hip-hop music playing]
[Junelle gasps]
[Junelle] Looks like some disco pants.
[man] Beautiful.
You missed 'em ♪
Look, youse ready to dance ♪
I got so many pairs of suspenders ♪
So me the option ♪
[Malik] Very nice, Noah. Very nice.
I did not teach him that. [laughs]
Two hands, I'mma grip that force ♪
Like I said, youse ready to dance ♪
Noah
Lyles
in the flesh.
Sprint season two,
and I hope you enjoy the show.
[commentator] Noah Lyles
has a shot to do the double!
[Noah] I always knew the title was mine.
[commentator] It's Noah Lyles!
And I was just letting people borrow it.
[chuckles]
[commentator] It's gold again!
The greatest showman delivers
a blockbuster finish in Budapest,
but he's proved once again
that he is the man to beat.
[Noah] Everybody wants to be
the fastest man in the world!
People see you as a superhero.
Now I go into a room, and it's,
"Fastest man in the world!" "Champ!"
"Yo, what's good?"
Go ahead and give my back a rub.
[Junelle] Your back
won't get photographed.
[Noah] That's what you think!
Everything gets videoed!
All right, get ready.
[Noah] Every time I start a new season,
it's like Beyoncé
getting ready to go on tour.
[man] Very cool.
Very, very cool.
[Noah] No matter what I'd be doing,
it would be a performance.
I would say this is where I carry
most of my my muscle.
It's definitely, uh
nah, it's definitely in the abs.
[man] Beautiful light.
I think it's more entertaining over there.
[laughs]
[Noah] The Olympics
comes every four years.
This is the moment
that God created me for.
I'm all too excited!
- [Noah] Yes!
- [Junelle] Oh my God.
- [man] He should look into the camera.
- Like a ballerina.
[Noah] I'm extremely ambitious.
Gonna have to fix that collar.
[Noah] So four golds would be very nice.
[man] Very nice, Noah. Very nice.
[Noah] We have the 100 meters,
the 200 meters,
the 4x1, and the 4x4,
and, dang, I can't picture
a better stage to do it on.
[man 2] Noah came into 2024
as a different sprinter.
The 100-meter Noah.
The flamboyant Noah.
He has talked the talk,
and now he is literally walking the walk.
- [Junelle] You going to change again?
- [Noah] Yep!
[Ato] But once you have become the man,
there are going to be more distractions,
and if you don't show up ready to perform,
you're not gonna be the champion for long.
[Noah] Whoo!
Good job, everybody.
[boom]
[hip-hop music playing]
I can do this in my sleep ♪
You gotta show up ♪
If you want it, gotta get it ♪
We gon' show up ♪
For the money, yeah, we with it ♪
'Bout to blow up ♪
Go do your work and keep the bag ♪
Then we go up ♪
Yeah, we get it every ♪
[man] There's the main man.
[Noah humming]
[Noah] Morning, morning.
[man] Is this a normal training, Lance,
or does this feel different?
No, I mean, it's normal training as well
as it can be with all these people here.
My name's Lance Brauman.
I'm a sprint coach.
I coach Noah Lyles
and a few other athletes.
[rolls tongue] Pow!
[Lance] For Noah, he's the talent.
He's the star.
But yeah, I mean, you obviously
worry about any outside distractions that
that are gonna affect training.
You know, sometimes it pulls at him
in a few different directions,
and part of my job
is to help pull him back.
Got everything I needed.
[Lance] We're like 15 minutes
before drills, so
[Noah] Now that's the problem.
[Lance] Nobody knows your name,
and you're not successful
if you don't run fast first.
The actual performance
is the most important part of this.
Everything's geared for Trials, yes.
Everything we do.
[Noah] All right,
all cameras off the track!
[Lance] Everybody in the world
watches the Olympics,
but you gotta make the team first.
So the Olympic Trials, right this minute,
are the most important meet in the world.
Yeah, glow.
[woman] Noah wants to be this showman.
[Noah] Yeah, glow.
[Allyson] Everyone has
all eyes on him to perform,
but I feel like a lot of the pressure
that Noah has,
he puts on himself
because of the talking that he does.
[man] Is this the most cameras
you've ever had at training?
It definitely is! It definitely is.
[whistle blows]
[man 2] Noah tries to use
every opportunity he can
to promote Noah,
but all of this celebrity status,
it's a lot,
and there are people
who came into the Olympic year
as a heavy favorite
and didn't make the Olympic team.
[Noah] Oh. Shoot.
I was trying.
I promise you that. [chuckles]
Yeah.
[boom]
[upbeat music playing]
[man] A lot of track athletes
are different,
but just for me personally,
I try to just stay out the way.
[whistle blows]
[man] And I feel like people see that
and respect it.
Christian Coleman. I'm a short sprinter,
60, 100, 200.
Yeah.
Heaven couldn't save me ♪
They don't want it with me ♪
Got that darkness in me ♪
[Ato] Christian Coleman,
he doesn't do a lot of talking.
He's like, "I'm doing my talking
when that gun goes off."
Fine
I'll make your bubble burst right now ♪
[Christian] I mean, you say,
have I always known I was fast?
I would say, yeah, honestly.
I think everybody knows
what I'm capable of.
If I'm there on that day,
you gotta come with your A game.
[whistle blows]
I want it, I zone it ♪
I turn the focus up a notch ♪
[Ato] The acceleration.
- The reaction to the gun.
- [whistle blows]
If you give him the lead,
good luck.
[man] That one looked good.
It's not bad. It's definitely a good push,
but I could smooth it out. For sure.
- I feel good, though.
- [man] All right.
Good.
Pack it up.
- One more, and that's it.
- [man] Okay.
[Christian] Definitely winning
the World Championships in 2019
gotta be the, you know,
highlight of my career.
But I came into it, like, really young.
[whistle blows]
My first, like, time running
in a World Championship Final, 2017,
Usain Bolt was in that race.
I was 21.
[commentator] Listen to the roar.
The familiar smile
of the fastest man
the world has ever seen.
Christian Coleman, the fastest man
in the world this year from the USA.
[commentator 2] And this is it.
[gunshot]
[commentator] It's a clean start.
It's a good start by Coleman.
The American's flying in lane number five.
It's the American leading the Jamaican.
It's gonna be Coleman!
I lost the race to a great competitor,
to a young kid that's coming up.
He has a great great talent
and great future ahead of me.
[Christian] That was
a pretty, you know, big moment.
Coming into this sport, you just
kind of get thrown into the deep end.
Now I'm still, like, doing my thing,
and I'm part of, like,
the new generation of guys.
There's some dogs in track and field,
and, like,
you gotta be a savage
when you get out there.
But I still just feel like I have,
like, new heights to reach.
[Ato] Going into the Olympic Trials,
you have the best starter in history
versus one of
the best finishers in history.
Stay on top!
It's like there's fire,
and there's ice.
[Lance] Elbows!
[Noah] I came more to his playground
than he came to mine.
His event was mainly the 100,
mine was the 200.
I wouldn't say we're friends. [laughs]
Bitch!
[Christian] I've been knowing Noah
for a long time.
We've competed over the years.
[energetic music playing]
[Christian] Honestly,
I try not to buy into or feed into, like,
other people's antics
and everything like that.
Like that's just not really me.
I'm not that type of guy.
[commentator] Coleman gets
that characteristic fantastic start!
[Ato] Noah beats Christian
in that 100 at the World Championships.
[commentator] Noah Lyles is going to have
to find something special!
Stepping into his domain?
Like, how dare you, Mr. 200 guy?
[commentator] It's Noah Lyles!
He earned it, you know? It was his moment.
[woman] Christian really doesn't like
talking about Noah.
[Ato laughs]
[reporter] Noah, last week, ran a good 60.
Have a good day.
Some people just don't like you,
and you can't do nothing about it.
[Ato] I think they irritate each other
because I think
their personalities are so different.
[crowd cheering]
[man] We gonna talk about
the rematch of Coleman and Noah.
[commentator] Is the American lion
going to deliver once more?
I'll say, Coleman and Noah?
- [man 2] Say it.
- It's a rivalry.
[gunshot]
[commentator] The start is absolutely key.
Coleman's got away well.
And this time, perhaps,
it's not going to be Lyles. Or is it?
Coleman!
Coleman reclaims the crown.
He got the start he needed.
This time he does deny
his younger compatriot.
[man 3] He handled business,
which he should have.
To stop someone like Noah,
you gonna have to punch him in the mouth.
[Christian] It is dog-eat-dog out there.
We're fighting for the same thing,
and I want it,
and I like my odds, for sure.
[Ato] Now that rivalry
continues going into the Trials.
Something's gotta give.
[Noah] He's definitely put
a fire under my belly. I'll tell you that.
But, I mean, I'm not here
to talk about him.
I'm here to talk about me. [chuckles]
[boom]
[soft boom]
[man] Engage the core. Engage the core.
There we go. There there you go.
Mmm. Mmm.
- That's it.
- All right.
- [stopwatch beeps]
- Three minutes. [clears throat]
- Next segment, we're going hurdle hops.
- [Fred] All right.
[Fred] Everybody want to be
the world's fastest.
Winning is everything.
Ooh.
But if you just scared to lose,
then you in the wrong game.
[commentator] Can Fred defend
his world title?
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] Fred Kerley takes a while
to get into his running.
And Kerley's gotta work for it!
Oh boy!
That is close,
but where was the world champ?
[Fred] The first round was cool.
The second round,
I ain't get the shit done.
[commentator] Kerley, at 10.02,
does not make the final.
[Fred] You win some, you lose some.
That's a part of the game.
[commentator] The world champion is out.
[sighs] The business. The game.
Top of the motherfucking world.
They ain't ready, but I am.
All right. We up.
- Which one I'm doing?
- [JB] Hurdle hops.
Boom. And come up.
- Ooh shit.
- No.
Now, there you go. Re-squat again.
There we go. Good. There.
Again, squat, push. Get down.
[Ato] Fred was World Champion in '22,
didn't make the finals in '23.
All right, now B skip.
[Ato] But over the years
[commentator] Kerley's done it!
[Ato]I think he's shown
flashes of brilliance.
[commentator] And it is all gold here
for Fred Kerley.
[Ato] He has the talent.
He has the ability.
[commentator] Kerley hung on
for the silver.
[Ato] He's a big-meet performer.
[JB] Keep the big toe up.
[Fred] They ain't going through this.
Ooh!
[Ato] And for some reason, I think a lot
of his competitors are writing him off.
All right, straight leg bound.
But the more you write Fred off,
the more dangerous he is.
[Fred panting]
[JB] Five minutes.
My heart beating
faster than a motherfucker, man.
[commentator] Welcome to coverage
of the USATF New York City Grand Prix.
Time for one last chance
to dial it in before the curtain goes up
on this summer's Olympic Trials.
[Noah] Artie, Cathy's supposed
to be calling the car, right?
Oh, is that her outside?
I see her outside. Never mind.
I'm running the 200 today.
It's been fun to do it in practice,
but it's nothing like the real thing.
I love it.
[Michael] In an Olympic year,
you want to compete
against some of your primary rivals
to see where you are, but not every week.
- Do your thing.
- Appreciate it.
[Michael] So New York Grand Prix,
you've got Fred competing
in the 100 meters.
Noah's competing in the 200 meters.
Nice to meet you. Doing well.
Oh my God. What is going on here?
[man] Dude, just walk in.
[Fred] I don't think I came here
for a fashion show. That's Noah's style.
[woman] You look cute.
[Fred] It's weird,
but that's his personality.
Cocky, arrogant, and all that stuff.
- [woman] It kind of looks Native American.
- [woman 2] Well, it's like a cow.
[Fred] I don't do nothing for attention.
I'm here to run fast
and go on about my business.
[Noah] All four of us go together.
Yeah, we're just all gonna go in.
Let's go.
[crowd cheering]
[intriguing music playing]
[Fred] I ain't come here
to be second to nobody.
I know how to bounce back.
I'm going to break the world record
in the 100.
Just gotta keep on pushing.
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen!
The competitors of
the ASICS men's 100-meter dash!
[upbeat music playing]
[Ato] So Fred Kerley has been
very vocal about his ambitions.
"World record next time I touch the 100."
[Michael] Usain Bolt has the world record,
9.58, which is just a ridiculous time.
Surely Fred is not suggesting
that he's gonna run faster than 9.58?
[announcer] Fred Kerley!
[cheering]
[Noah] Fred said
he was gonna break the world record.
Let's see how that goes.
[commentator] Really Fred Kerley's show
here to back up what he posted.
[Fred] I believe in myself 100%,
and no one can tell me
what I can and cannot do.
I want what's mines.
Simple.
[suspenseful music playing]
[announcer] Set.
- [buzzer]
- [gunshot]
[crowd clamors]
[Ato] I don't know what that was.
That's a that's as clear a false start
as you can have in any sport.
I think he jumped and then he stumbled.
To add, sort of, insult to injury.
So Fred Kerley's New York Grand Prix
has not gotten off to a great start,
to say the least.
[reporter] Is he out?
[man] No, the blocks slipped.
There was no false start.
I'm being told no no false start.
A pair of blocks slipped.
- Fred said he needs blocks.
- [reporter] Look right now.
Fred is asking for a new set of blocks.
Show them where his blocks slipped.
[commentator] So two things can be true.
Fred Kerley false started.
Fred Kerley's blocks slipped.
[commentator 2] And Kerley
is taking off his shoe.
[man yells indistinctly]
Yo, this shit dumb.
I'm walking off. We all
we all we getting cold.
[crowd booing]
[Fred] Yo.
[Ato] Here's the thing.
Where else is he going to run
to get a sense
of how he's competing before Eugene?
[Fred] We getting cold.
[Michael] He's complaining
about the blocks.
Then he ends up deciding,
"I'm not running."
And I wasn't expecting that.
[indistinct chatter]
- [man] Fred, what happened out there?
- They was just taking too long.
I was asking
requesting for some new blocks.
Like, we getting cold.
Like like, this is a small meet.
The bigger meet is in two weeks.
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
In the Olympic year,
you don't worry about times,
'cause times don't get you on the team.
[cheering]
[Ato] The focus needs to be
on what is most important.
Win the races that you are in.
[commentator] Noah Lyles has arrived
for his season opener in the 200.
[announcer] On your mark. Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
Next stop ♪
[commentator 2] So Noah Lyles
responds well to the sound of the gun.
He has already caught
the athlete to his outside.
Now the world champion is in full control.
[commentator] It is all Noah Lyles!
And he wins.
Next stop ♪
[announcer 2] Fans,
I need you to make some noise.
Give it up for the man,
the myth, the legend,
Noah Lyles! Come on!
[cheering]
[Noah] America! We got this!
I'm bringing it home. It's ours!
It's ours! We're taking this! Let's go!
[woman] What about Fred?
[Noah] Right now,
he's not in the top three.
That's a battle
that he's gonna have to face by himself.
Just saying, it's an uphill battle.
[Michael] This year is critical for him
to be able to signal to the world
and to all of his competitors,
"I'm still that same Fred Kerley."
[crowd chanting] Noah! Noah!
[Fred] New York can't break me.
I love the doubters.
I love what they say.
But, hey, once you doubt me,
I'm gonna go get it.
And I'm not done in this sport.
[car horn honking]
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
This is my time
This is my time coming ♪
[man] Gabby, first, thank you for taking
time from a busy schedule.
You're getting ready
for a little thing in Paris, the Olympics.
But talk just a little bit
about your journey.
The fact that you've had this success.
It had to have started somewhere.
Talk about the origin story.
[Gabby] So I pursued my education first,
but then I fell in love
with track in college,
and what I did not expect
was how much opportunity
track and field would offer me.
I just came back last year
from World Championships in Budapest.
Um, and it went really well.
I got a silver and a gold there.
- [cheering and applause]
- But Thank you.
[chuckles] Thank you.
There's a lot between now
and when that first gun goes off.
How are you getting
yourself right mentally, physically?
The fun part about the Olympics is
everyone's very excited,
we're all amped up, and there are
just really high expectations.
So I know what I'm capable of.
I know what needs to be done.
And it's just an amazing group of women
who are competing in track and field
right now, so it's intense.
Yes, well everyone,
give Gabby a huge send-off
as she prepares to take on the world
at the Paris Games this summer.
Yeah ♪
Roll the dice ♪
I hit the double rack ♪
Ten thousand piles stolen
In a written check ♪
We have the Olympics coming up.
I have high expectations for myself.
I think I'm ready
to do something big in the sport.
I'm definitely feeling the pressure.
It's really intense.
I do love it, but I mean [chuckles]
it's definitely anxiety inducing.
For me, I'm gonna get on the track
as many times as I can,
and I'm gonna get better and learn
and figure out what I need to do
so I'm ready to compete in Paris.
Fit everything in here.
This week has been really crazy.
I cannot wait to go back to Austin
and just, like, sit down for a second.
- [woman] And not answer questions?
- [Gabby] Not answer questions.
Yeah, we do all this Olympic promo,
and it's so funny
because none of us
have officially made the team yet.
Honestly, Olympic Trials
is like my Olympics
'cause I'm like, "This is what
I need to be ready for."
It's important to get yourself out there,
but at the end of the day,
qualifying and winning
a medal is the goal.
[Gabby] They only care when you qualify
and win a medal, so I have to do that.
I did hear a rumor that in Paris,
Vogue might want to do stuff.
That would be a no-brainer. [chuckles]
I think this is probably
the most important year of my career.
I'm 27. I'm fit. I'm healthy.
Um, people are excited to see me run.
Um, so yeah, this is really
a really big year for me.
This is probably, you know, the biggest
and most important it'll ever get.
The most eyes on me.
[Ato] Gabby Thomas looks like somebody
who is going to make the team,
but as long as the 200 is her main event,
it means that she's going to
have to deal with the Jamaicans.
We are ready to go.
[Ato] So Gabby's America's best,
but America's best has only
been second best in the world.
[energetic music playing]
2020, when I take a hit, that's a miss ♪
Win, win ♪
Never miss, never miss ♪
Never, never miss ♪
[man] So I bring them in in the morning,
and the walk is just
to get the blood flowing.
It also builds
a little bit of camaraderie.
- We do that every single day. Yeah.
- [man 2] Day? Oh wow.
[man] I'm gonna get a couple laps in.
- Cool.
- [man] We all can't be buff like you.
Maybe I'll walk
some calories off and shit.
Man, shit. My bones are brittle, man!
My name is Dennis Mitchell,
and I am the head coach
of Star Athletics Track Club.
Bitch, you getting them hands up, man!
[laughs] Sprint series two!
Let's go, baby. Here we go.
Bomb! [laughs]
I think we run this better ♪
[Dennis] Well, at Star Athletics
Track Club, it's a family.
My guys have a good time together.
Better, better ♪
They stick together.
We hunt in packs.
Little things start in the big wings ♪
Sit back and watch
I'm spreading my wings ♪
[Dennis] On my female side,
I have Melissa Jefferson,
TeeTee Terry,
and Sha'Carri Richardson.
When you get on the track
with Star Athletics,
we're gonna be something
that you're gonna have to deal with.
[commentator] Good start
from Sha'Carri Richardson.
[Dennis] Sha'Carri, she went
on a rampage last year.
[commentator] Richardson getting ahead!
[Dennis] She was our number one athlete.
[commentator] Richardson
coming better and winning comfortably.
A win there for Sha'Carri Richardson!
What a season could unfold for her
[chuckles]
I call her my little bit, but she's a lot.
[Dennis] Ladies, looking good now. Hey!
And then we got TeeTee Terry.
She's the group mom.
If something's going down,
I'm calling TeeTee.
[commentator] It's Shericka Jackson
versus Twanisha Terry!
I'm definitely looking forward
to running in Trials.
I've seen myself getting stronger.
[commentator] Can she hold off Jackson?
Yes, she can!
[TeeTee] I'm just ready to go
and lay it all out.
[commentator] TeeTee Terry
ignites this crowd!
[Dennis] And finally, Melissa Jefferson.
She is almost like your little sister.
[commentator] Melissa Jefferson
down the homestretch.
[Dennis] But a fierce competitor.
[Melissa] I'm not about
participation at all.
If I'm gonna do something,
I'm gonna do it to win it.
I want to make the team in the 100.
I'm going to kill, kill, kill
every single day,
until I get the job done.
Looking good, though, ladies.
Looking very competitive, man.
My athletes are some of
the toughest trained in the world,
and we wanna be first,
second, third at our Olympic Trials.
You know, that'll be
a great accomplishment.
Gonna be like bah, bah
[Allyson] For Dennis,
the objective is to qualify
all three of his athletes
in the women's 100.
[Dennis] She must be ready.
[Allyson] But getting three women
in the Olympic team,
that's something that's very rare.
[Dennis] Come on, guys. Now, big push!
Now, big push.
Minimize those mistakes.
So that is the big challenge.
Set!
Go! Come on!
[boom]
[Dennis] We are at the Olympic Trials.
You know, this is a nervous time for me.
I mean
The only thing that combats nervousness
is being prepared.
And we are that.
First and foremost,
my job as a coach is to set the tone.
Setting the tone means that everybody
needs to come with the proper attitude.
Both mentally and emotionally
get ready to do this job.
- How you doing?
- [woman] Good. How are you?
[Dennis] Man, we all right.
- You coming in?
- [Melissa] Yeah.
[Dennis] With us as a family,
we've already established that bond
that I'm gonna be there
with you through thick and through thin.
And my job is
to assist them through that journey.
[man] Are your folks
from South Carolina here?
[Melissa] My mom, my dad,
and then my Aunt Sonia.
They got Melissa Jefferson T-shirts?
Shoot. I think so.
[Dennis chuckles]
[Melissa] Running over here
in the United States, it's very stacked.
Everyone can run fast,
but it's a matter of
who wants it that bad
on that day at that given time.
It's always gonna
be a dogfight to make a team.
[Melissa] I know my cousins,
they got some pins with my face on it.
That sound more like them.
[chuckles]
[Melissa] You come into this meet,
and you know there's no playing around.
There's no "gimme."
I feel like that's the thing about USA,
is that makes it that intense.
[upbeat music playing]
[commentator] We're on the campus
of the University of Oregon.
[woman] Noah! Noah!
[commentator] Not a cloud
in the sky in Eugene, Oregon,
the city in America
when it comes to track and field.
[crowd cheering]
No sleep, be on top ♪
Thing I know, all I know is be on top ♪
Be on top, be on top ♪
[commentator] The final
of the women's 200.
[announcer] Set.
- [gunshot]
- [crowd cheering]
[commentator 2] Gabby Thomas
on the outside has caught and passed
the person to her outside.
She has the lead!
[commentator] Gabby Thomas has the lead!
Gabby Thomas out in front!
[commentator 2] Gabby Thomas
is going back to the Olympics.
[Gabby] I'm really hungry
and love that I've come so far
in just a short few years.
[man] Whoo!
We got it.
[Gabby] This is where you want
to have your peak. I wanna go for gold.
I think this is my year to do it.
[Lance] Set.
Hut!
- You ready to go?
- Mm-hmm.
All right.
Everything else is there.
Don't forget to lean when you're in there.
Got you.
[JB] Push forward.
Push forward. Push forward.
[Fred] I'm not the person
that just give up.
You gotta get back up and play.
Everybody wanna be the top.
I gotta take them down one by one,
and that's what I'm gonna continue to do.
[man] All right, guys. I'm gonna put
you on the track in one minute.
[boom]
[commentator] Welcome
to the men's 100-meter final.
Snoop Dogg is in the house.
We couldn't ask for much more, could we?
[commentator 2] Leading the charge will be
double World Champion Noah Lyles
going head-to-head
with the likes of Fred Kerley
Ooh.
[commentator 2] and Christian Coleman.
[Christian] I'm grateful and blessed
to be a part of that group of guys
who even has a chance of making that team.
But once you step into the call room,
it's on you.
Whoever you say that you are,
like, it's time to show that.
[commentator 2] Lyles might be
World Champion,
but Christian Coleman got the better
of him at this same event last year.
[Christian] Making that US team,
that's just what it's all about.
[woman] I need you
on the track in about a minute.
[man] All right.
[Christian] I've started this journey.
I'm gonna finish it.
[commentator] Everybody knows
Christian Coleman
is going to be tough
to keep off the US team.
[cheering]
[announcer] World Champion Noah Lyles!
- [crowd cheers]
- [Noah] Yeah!
[Noah] I'm not worried about anybody.
I'm the fastest,
and I got the medals to prove it.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] The men's 100 final.
[woman] Okay, here we go.
[commentator] Noah Lyles' mother.
She can't watch.
This is gonna be dynamite.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] How about Christian Coleman?
[Ato] He is pushing down the track.
[commentator] Now here comes Noah Lyles!
[cheering and applause]
Come on!
[commentator] Noah Lyles!
The World Champ
is going to the Olympic Games.
[Ato] Wow.
That's me! That's me!
[commentator] Joining him
is Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley.
Coleman is out.
That's the first team
that Christian Coleman has missed
in seven years.
That's just the nature of the sport.
It just is what it is.
[commentator 2] Fred Kerley.
All the turmoil,
all the drama of 2024 ends well
because he is going
back to the Olympic Games.
[Fred] New York needed to happen
for this moment right here.
I'm gonna keep on showing people
what I am capable of doing.
Being an Olympic champ
would be everything to me.
- [Noah] Whoo!
- Yes! Good job, you hear me?
Yes, sir!
[Noah] When the biggest moment arrives,
I'll be ready.
Shoot for the stars, aim for the moon.
[Dennis] Set!
- Go!
- [TeeTee grunts]
[Dennis] Get that trail leg
off the ground, now!
[Dennis] When the gun goes off
and the finals are run,
you gotta whittle 36 people down to three.
Looking good, ladies.
Looking very competitive, man.
And not until we get there
will I think that,
for one moment, that we're the best.
[Michael] So let's talk about
the women's 100 meters.
The women's 100 meters
is where it's at right now.
- Yeah.
- Period.
There are some great athletes there.
They don't have to talk,
because they're all such dynamic
personalities in their own right,
and they make it known,
"Yeah, I wanna win."
It's amazing to watch.
This is special.
- Start to finish pressure. Okay?
- Okay.
[Michael] For Dennis,
coming into the 100-meter final,
it's possible that
all three could get on the team.
[Dennis] Let's go, guys. Set 'em up!
[Michael] Melissa Jefferson
is a fantastic athlete.
Sha'Carri could run
less than her best and still win races.
[Dennis] Hey, you looking smooth!
But you don't get the sense
from TeeTee that she ever feels like,
"I can be the champion."
And so Dennis has to
get the best out of TeeTee.
Hey, that first step you pushed up,
that's what made you cycle a little bit.
- Once we in it, you drive. Okay?
- Okay.
[TeeTee] This year hasn't really gone
the way I wanted.
It's an internal battle with myself.
Putting a race together when it counts.
[Dennis] Let's work that track,
first ten meters.
[TeeTee] I'm not putting it together
when I need to put it together.
[Dennis] Set!
Go!
[TeeTee grunts]
[TeeTee] But end of the day,
we know it's us against them.
[Dennis] Guys.
We up.
You guys go out there
and get what you want.
- You got me?
- Yes, sir.
Let's ride, ladies.
[commentator] Ladies and gentlemen,
the women's 100-meter final.
Been a long time ♪
[commentator 2] We await the women
in the final of the 100 meters.
Yeah, first off, it's simple ♪
They cannot get to my mental ♪
All or nothing, gotta get to the top ♪
We cannot end in the middle ♪
[Dennis] You have to be at your best
when it's time to be at your best.
You know, you have
to be the ultimate warrior.
[Dennis] All you got.
Come on. You got this.
All you got.
[Dennis] We secretly
live through our athletes.
We feel the same tension
and the the fire and the competitiveness.
We feel those same things.
We just don't get a chance to race.
When my athletes go into the call room,
it's what I call a non-coachable moment.
Every single time, I've always thought
that I haven't done enough,
and you can't call them on the phone
and say, "Hey, I forgot to tell you this."
Okay, athletes. We're gonna
head down to the start.
[Dennis] But you have to be comfortable
in the process that you've put in place
and the things that you've done
to get your athletes there.
I can't worry about that.
We up next?
Yes, sir.
Three minutes.
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] Congratulations
on making it to the finals.
[announcer] Our first athlete,
TeeTee Terry!
[TeeTee] Coach told me I'm a Ferrari,
but I have to drive the Ferrari,
so you gotta put this little Ferrari
on the track and get things going
and see how everything turns out.
[announcer] And competing
out of lane five,
Melissa Jefferson.
[cheering and applause]
[Dennis] All you got, ladies.
[Melissa] The mantra that we have
is that nobody's better than us.
To the finish line we go. [chuckles]
[announcer] And our final competitor.
She is the reigning World Champion,
Sha'Carri Richardson!
Let's go, ladies.
[Dennis] When that gun goes off,
anything can happen.
If my athletes get first,
second, and third, they go.
But those people
that you're running against
are all representing
something that's bigger than themselves.
[announcer 2] On your mark.
[Dennis] Everyone wants to be sure
that they'll make the team,
and there's no such thing.
So you can never underestimate
the person that's next to you.
All you got, ladies.
All you got.
Come on. You got this.
[commentator] Final of the women's 100.
- Here it is.
- [announcer 2] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] It wasn't the best start
from Sha'Carri Richardson.
Tamari Davis got out better.
Now Sha'Carri starts to wind up.
She goes past Jefferson.
Sha'Carri Richardson,
Melissa Jefferson,
and TeeTee Terry!
[Ato] They are all
going to be at the Olympics,
and they are all first-time Olympians.
Yeah!
Whoo-hoo!
Whoo!
We did it!
Yeah!
I love y'all!
[laughs]
Love them girls, baby!
We did it!
[Melissa] Yo!
Yo, we did it!
- We did it!
- [Sha'Carri] We did it!
[Dennis] Whoo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
[Melissa] Oh my God!
We did it!
[Dennis] What I tell you?
[laughs]
That's unbelievable.
That's unbelievable them girls
pulled that off.
- [Melissa] I love y'all so much.
- [Sha'Carri] I love y'all.
[Ato] When you train with the best
[Melissa] We did it!
[Ato] and you are coached by
a phenomenal coach, this is the result.
[Melissa] Oh my God.
[Dennis] I wanna hug everybody.
Get your ticket, man.
I told you it was in her, man.
I feel honored to stand
next to these amazing women
that I'm standing here with,
that I have the pleasure of training with.
And it's a full-circle moment,
but I'm very appreciative,
and I cannot wait
to go to Paris and represent.
[reporter] Congratulations.
See you and your teammates in Paris.
Thank you.
[cheering and applause]
Did it.
- [man] Congrats.
- [Dennis] Thanks, man.
[Dennis] You make the Olympic team,
and you think about
all your past trials and tribulations
and what got you there,
and, you know, all of your feelings
just come all out at one time.
Hey, where you at?
I'm I'm getting ready to come up there
in the stands. I don't know where you at.
[Dennis] I love those emotions,
and I wanna share that moment
with my athletes.
Hey, there go Coach! Coach!
Where is he? Ah!
[Dennis] One thing that is a strength
between me and my girls
is our bond together.
[Dennis chuckles]
Way to go!
Through thick and thin, we've become
like father-daughter kind of thing.
And excuse me.
[emotional music playing]
Man, it hit me.
[Dennis] TeeTee!
I love you, girl.
Great job, man. Great job.
Way to go out there and be you, baby.
- Yes, sir. He's
- [Dennis] Where your daddy at?
[TeeTee squeals]
[Dennis] Girl!
Oh, that's so great.
- Oh my God.
- We going, girl.
- [Melissa] We did it!
- We going.
We going.
[energetic music playing]
[gunshot]
[Ato] The Jamaican Trials
are the toughest on Earth.
- Oblique, overlook him at your peril.
- [Michael] Kishane is the mystery man.
[Ato] He is the closest thing
that I have seen to Usain Bolt.
[Shericka] I don't have
a Olympic gold medal
[commentator] There's
no stopping Shericka!
yet.
[Michael] She has to overcome
the best that has ever done it.
It's war!
[commentator 2] Welcome
to the games of the 33rd Olympiad.
[Ato] The Olympic Games are the pinnacle.
This is really, really cool.
Superman.
[Ato] The largest sporting spectacle
on planet Earth.
[Noah] I am freaking ready.
Sprint! And I love it.
[Noah] Hey, man.
Well, if you thought
the Olympic rooms are fancy
[woman] There's a medal on the line.
[Gabby] I'm the best in the world.
I got this.
- It's time to be you.
- Mm-hmm.
Let's go have some fun.
[Ato] If you want to be immortal
you have to win gold.
[crowd cheers]
[commentator 3] It's close!
Oh, it's so, so close!
Unbelievable!
Yeah ♪
Can't stop, won't stop ♪
Won't settle for less ♪
- Hey ♪
- Let's get it ♪
All in, yeah ♪
Don't hold me back ♪
It's all or nothing
We gotta get to the banner ♪
[echoes] All in ♪
Chase stats ♪
Seeing the fans
They yelling it's back, hey ♪
[echoes] All in ♪
Nothing less ♪
Gotta get to it
They gotta know we the best ♪
Yo, we all in ♪
Yeah, all in ♪