[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]
[commentator 2] 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]
[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
[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] 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] -[man]
[man 3] Like, come on, man! That shit dumb!
[hip-hop music playing]
[commentator 3]
[man 2] The stage is set.
[commentator 4] 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]
[man 8] You wanna be the champion. Everybody does.
But who's the fastest?
[commentator]
[commentator 2]
[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]
for the 2024 Track & Field Olympic Trials.
♪ Can't stop, won't stop… ♪
[commentator] 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 ♪
♪ 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 and I hope you enjoy the show.
[commentator] has a shot to do the double!
[Noah] I always knew the title was mine.
[commentator]
And I was just letting people borrow it. [chuckles]
[commentator]
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]
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]
[gunshot]
[commentator] 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] that characteristic fantastic start!
[Ato] Noah beats Christian in that 100 at the World Championships.
[commentator] to find something special!
Stepping into his domain? Like, how dare you, Mr. 200 guy?
[commentator]
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] going to deliver once more?
I'll say, Coleman and Noah?
-[man 2] Say it. -It's a rivalry.
[gunshot]
[commentator] 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] his world title?
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] 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] does not make the final.
[Fred] You win some, you lose some. That's a part of the game.
[commentator]
[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]
[Ato] …I think he's shown flashes of brilliance.
[commentator] for Fred Kerley.
[Ato] He has the talent. He has the ability.
[commentator] 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] 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]
The competitors of the ASICS men's 100-meter dash!
[upbeat music playing]
[Ato] 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]
[cheering]
[Noah] Fred said he was gonna break the world record.
Let's see how that goes.
[commentator] 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]
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]
Fred Kerley false started.
Fred Kerley's blocks slipped.
[commentator 2] 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] 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]
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] for his season opener in the 200.
[announcer] On your mark. Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Next stop… ♪
[commentator 2] 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]
And he wins.
♪ Next stop… ♪
[announcer 2] 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 ♪
[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
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] 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] from Sha'Carri Richardson.
[Dennis] Sha'Carri, she went on a rampage last year.
[commentator]
[Dennis] She was our number one athlete.
[commentator] 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] versus Twanisha Terry!
I'm definitely looking forward to running in Trials.
I've seen myself getting stronger.
[commentator] Yes, she can!
[TeeTee] I'm just ready to go and lay it all out.
[commentator] ignites this crowd!
[Dennis] And finally, Melissa Jefferson.
She is almost like your little sister.
[commentator] down the homestretch.
[Dennis] But a
[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] of the University of Oregon.
[woman] Noah! Noah!
[commentator] 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] of the women's 200.
[announcer] Set.
-[gunshot] -[crowd cheering]
[commentator 2] on the outside has caught and passed
the person to her outside. She has the lead!
[commentator]
Gabby Thomas out in front!
[commentator 2] 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] to the men's 100-meter final.
Snoop Dogg is in the house. We couldn't ask for much more, could we?
[commentator 2] double World Champion Noah Lyles
going head-to-head with the likes of Fred Kerley…
Ooh.
[commentator 2]
[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] 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] Christian Coleman
is going to be tough to keep off the US team.
[cheering]
[announcer]
-[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]
[woman] Okay, here we go.
[commentator] She can't watch.
This is gonna be dynamite.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator]
[Ato]
[commentator]
[cheering and applause]
Come on!
[commentator]
The World Champ is going to the Olympic Games.
[Ato]
That's me! That's me!
[commentator] 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]
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] the women's 100-meter final.
♪ Been a long time… ♪
[commentator 2]
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] 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] 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]
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]
-Here it is. -[announcer 2] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] 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] 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]
[Melissa] We did it!
[Ato] 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] no stopping Shericka!
…yet.
[Michael] She has to overcome the best that has ever done it.
It's war!
[commentator 2] 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!
[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]
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]
♪ Chase stats ♪
♪ Seeing the fans They yelling it's back, hey ♪
[echoes]
♪ Nothing less ♪
♪ Gotta get to it They gotta know we the best ♪
♪ Yo, we all in ♪
♪ Yeah, all in ♪