[cheering and applause]
["Hymne à l'amour" playing]
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ Yeah, uh ♪
[lyrics in French]
[announcer speaking French]
[announcer 2] to the best athletes of the world.
Welcome, Olympians.
I'm bringing home a medal.
Speak French?
Do I speak French?
I know I don't.
Oui, oui.
I took French I in high school,
but I forgot, so I gotta re-jog that memory.
What's up, Team USA?
This is Noah Lyles, fastest man in the world,
and we are out here in Paris.
[crowd cheering]
[Noah] The Olympics comes every four years.
They ask you to be your very, very best, and that's what I'm gonna do.
[Fred] Bonjour!
In the Olympic Games, I'm trying to go where no man been before,
and I know I'm capable of doing that.
[Gabby] Oh my gosh.
At the Paris Olympics, I'm going to take all the excitement there.
Yeah, good, man.
[Michael] Everyone dreams of becoming Olympic Champion.
-It's all about the Olympics. -[Gabby] Ah!
Look at all this stuff!
This is actually very cute.
It's good! [chuckles]
Did I see the show I've fucking seen the show, and I love it.
Yeah, we going for the gold, baby.
[uplifting hip-hop music playing]
♪ Big CEO that I'm… ♪
[Allyson] When you get on the starting line
and you know that you're going to be a part of history,
it is the best feeling in the world.
[commentator]
one of these eight brave souls will remember forever.
[mechanical clicking]
[boom]
[swish]
[upbeat music playing]
Good luck. You've got the medal.
Let's go! Let's go! Yes, yes, thank you.
[Noah] Ooh, I've been waiting for Paris.
Good luck.
[Noah] We are done with Covid. People are excited.
I am freaking ready.
I expect to see probably the greatest Olympics that we've ever seen.
What's up? What's up?
-[man] How are you doing, man? -Blessed and highly favored.
-[man] What's up? -[Noah] Not much.
[sighs]
Well, if you thought the Olympic rooms were fancy, you're sorely mistaken.
But all I need is a place to sleep.
-♪ I, I am untouchable ♪ -♪ Untouchable ♪
♪ The way I make money ♪
♪ They way I'm making moves Is untouchable ♪
♪ I am too not adjustable ♪
♪ While you're shaken up Make 'em all feel… ♪
[Michael] Noah has positioned himself in a very unique space
by saying, "I'm the favorite."
"I'm going to win." He's unapologetic about that
and… and unafraid to… to… to state it.
-[man] What color we coming home with? -It's gold. All gold.
[Michael] And it is a game, and I think he enjoys the game.
I study my competitors. I know your weaknesses.
I know what your strengths are. I'll be ready.
[whistle toots]
[energetic music playing]
[Noah] We as human beings are competitive.
We're ready. I think I figured out how to do it right.
[Noah] There is nothing more pure than "I'm faster than you."
It goes back to the dawn of time.
If you're faster, you're a better athlete.
-[Lance] See that foot being active back? -[Noah] Mm-hmm.
-Yeah. -Good.
-[Noah] It's right on top of it. -[Lance] Yeah, right on top and close.
You can't ask for too much better.
[Noah] Right now, I do not hold a gold medal in the Olympics.
And I'm planning on leaving with a lot of those.
[boom]
[upbeat music playing]
Let's go!
Hut!
[woman] How's Kishane doing?
I don't know.
I haven't seen him in awhile.
[man] Where's Kishane?
You'll see him on the track. 9.77 and faster.
So watch the finals.
[quirky, energetic music playing]
[woman] Everyone's been trying to get Kishane.
He does seem quite elusive.
Would you say that that's the case?
[sighs]
No, I would not say that Kishane is elusive.
I think, uh…
I think people who complain of things or persons being elusive
generally just don't look in the right places.
Listen, Kishane is over six feet tall,
and he is an imposing fellow.
He is very, very easy to find.
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Give it to me… ♪
[Allyson] Kishane Thompson is a little bit of a mystery.
He is new to the scene, but he has run the fastest time in the world.
This year, Noah definitely saw that.
Could this be the start to a new rivalry between the Americans and the Jamaicans?
♪ Yeah, yeah… ♪
[Kishane] My goal for the Olympics?
To, of course, win that gold medal,
and I will put myself out there to do that.
I will shock this world.
My biggest rival
is Noah Lyles.
He is the world champion.
I won't be intimidated.
Eh…
That hypes me up. It's, "All right, let's do this."
♪ Give it to me-- ♪
[upbeat music playing]
[Kishane] The Olympics, it will be my first major international.
Yeah, man.
Very nerve-racking feeling. [chuckles]
But a nerve-racking and exciting feeling,
knowing that something special is going to happen,
and it's just a piece of what to come.
♪ I'm feeling it right in my belly ♪
Ah!
♪ And I'm in time, big stepping ♪
♪ East ♪
♪ Anytime you want to… ♪
[Michael] Kishane's confidence right now has to be just soaring
because he is obviously the new Jamaican hope for gold.
[camera clicks]
[man yells]
You got to keep pushing pressure.
In between the 10 and 15, you know.
Really push. Keep pushing at your angle.
One more to go, and that's it.
[Kishane] When I came on the scene
and I did a small glimmer of what I am capable of,
they said, "All right. About time he came into the fire."
♪ And I'm in time, big stepping… ♪
[Stephen] Run!
♪ Anytime you want to, bring wreckage… ♪
I'm like the dark horse. [laughs]
♪ Can't test it, big stepping ♪
[man] Kishane Thompson looks really good.
How much of a mind job it is for him, in terms of the type of athlete he is?
Because we know that Noah Lyles loves playing the mind games.
Is that a discussion you've had with him
so he's not affected by it when he's at the starting line?
Well, I think you'll find that he plays mind games with those he is faster than.
So, uh, I don't think he will have that much opportunity this time around.
Jamaica view track and field as their holy grail.
The sprint nation.
They don't want to see…
not getting the gold.
♪ Mama made a competitor ♪
♪ From day one, I've been ready ♪
♪ And I'm still doubtin' nothing… ♪
That's a handsome brother.
The king is back.
[Fred] The ultimate thing in track and field is the Olympic gold medal,
and if I'm getting to the line, I expect to win.
So it's just like,
you speak positive into your life, positive come out of it.
-Guess what I'm gonna drop on your head. -What?
-Nine-four. -Oh my.
Stop playing with me, man.
[Fred] I'm very confident in everything
because why get into something if you don't believe you're the best?
Why live if you don't believe in yourself?
[inhales sharply] Ooh!
See? That went to the glass real fast.
[Fred] When people doubted me at USA Trials, I showed them.
So I'm gonna keep on showing people what I am capable of doing
until they have no choice but to ride my coattail.
They don't call me golden for no reason.
I believe I will break a record every time I touch the track.
No, but I'm a realist.
I'm a realist too.
I ain't come from where you come from, but I know where I come from.
[commentator] to Stade de France,
this magnificent sporting coliseum
dramatic enough to rival the one in Ancient Rome.
[cheering and applause]
[boom]
[cheering and applause]
[energetic music playing]
[cheering]
[commentator] to be absolutely brutal
for the men's 100-meter final.
[whistle toots]
♪ Why you going at the king? Why you going at the gods? ♪
♪ When you know what we'll bring… ♪
[announcer] Set.
♪ Why you going at the king? Why you going at the god? ♪
[Kishane] Noah Lyles is an outgoing competitor,
but we'll see with me.
I mean, if he's hyped, why shouldn't I be hyped too?
Ah!
[Noah] I wanna see him run fast
in front of everybody.
Not when you're at home.
[announcer]
It's the first call for semifinals.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Lance] Take care of your business. All right, let's go! Do your work!
[Allyson] Every athlete wants to be in the final.
There is only eight opportunities to get there.
And if you don't make it, you really feel like your season was a waste.
The years that you poured into having this Olympic moment,
which you don't know how many you're gonna get.
[commentator]
Every heat has four or five guys for those two coveted spots.
-[cheering] -[boom]
[commentator 2] for the first semifinals.
Noah Lyles, will he turn up the heat in the semis?
Oblique Seville slowly and surely going about his business.
[Oblique] Experience over the years, it taught me a lot.
So it's a case of you training the mind
for competition.
I'm really mentally prepared.
[Noah] Oblique is looking really good.
[gunshot]
[Noah] I got beat by Oblique in Jamaica.
[boom]
[Noah] I didn't like that, but that just fuels my fire.
This is our first time meeting since.
So let's go. Let me get my payback.
[dramatic music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Oblique] When I line up beside Noah Lyles,
a bit of nervousness is very good,
but I am so relaxed.
I've been working on my start to get it perfect.
[commentator] and how emphatic the performance may be.
[Oblique] He is doing his thing. I'm just doing my thing.
You have to just keep focused.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[cheering]
[commentator] and they explode into life.
Great start from Seville. He heads it.
[commentator 2] checking him out there.
[commentator]
Wow!
Well, he and Noah Lyles were sharing glances
as they came down the home straight.
That was so, so impressive from Oblique.
Lyles in second with 9.83.
That's a business face.
I wonder if Kishane Thompson is aware
that his teammate, Oblique Seville, has blitzed a 9.81 in the semifinals.
[indistinct chatter]
[boom]
[commentator]
Only the top two guaranteed to come back
for one of the most important occasions in sport.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 2] Kenny Bednarek.
And there is your Olympic Champion.
[Marcell in Italian] Once I won the Olympics, I thought,
"Now I know how to do it, everything will be easier."
The truth is, in that moment, the hard part really began.
-[in English] It's the left side, right? -Yeah, just this part here.
[Marcell] Last year was really difficult for me.
A lot of injury. A lot of problem.
[grunts]
They need to restart from the beginning.
[in Italian] You are the defending Olympic Champion.
You want to get there and prove that what you did in the previous Olympics,
you can do it again.
I did everything I could to get into top shape for the Olympics.
[announcer in English] the defending Olympic champion for Italy,
Marcell Jacobs.
[cheering]
[Marcell in Italian] The pressure is huge. I know that I can't make any mistakes.
[announcer in English] On your marks.
[suspenseful music continues]
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[cheering]
[commentator] Out quick. Lamont Jacobs.
[speaking Italian]
[commentator]
In the middle of the track, it's Tebogo and Simbine.
Jacobs doesn't get the automatic spot.
He and Bednarek are in the hot seats.
[Allyson] To make it to the final, you have to be top two in your semifinal.
If you aren't, you have to wait on time
to see if you're gonna be one of the two fastest losers.
[announcer 2 speaking indistinctly]
[Allyson] I think it's an awful place to have to be,
because all eyes are on you to see, "Okay, are they gonna make it? Are they not?"
[Marcell in Italian] There's always an inner voice constantly criticizing me.
I always think others are better than me in everything they do.
But I believe that this is not my last chance.
[boom]
[woman in English] The rules are clear about outbursts
and disturbing other athletes.
So you guys do what you normally do,
but there were a couple who were louder than usual
and were warned, okay?
[Kishane] Track and field is an individual sport.
Everyone wants to win.
[commentator] had a tricky year.
He's aiming to make a comeback here.
[Kishane] Everyone is betting on theirself.
[commentator 2] the fastest man in the world this year.
How will he cope with the pressure, though?
Untested in this kind of atmosphere, in front of this kind of crowd.
[Kishane] I'm always betting on myself, understand?
♪ Listen, I come up from nothing ♪
♪ Back then when I started with zero Look at these hours I spend ♪
♪ I made my move, but how about you? ♪
[song fades]
[cheering]
[commentator] for the last semifinal.
[dramatic music playing]
[Fred] Walking out the stadium, I only see everything, like, black around me.
I don't really see the crowd.
I don't know nothing. Everything is just tunnel vision.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Fred] I'm just seeing the finish line.
[commentator 2] to being back to his best.
[Kishane] Rise to the occasion.
Believe in yourself.
And always just focus.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator 2] Good start from Kerley.
And Kishane Thompson's got a little bit to do.
Now the Jamaican coming into his running.
Thompson looking around.
Kerley in second.
9.80, Thompson.
♪ Yeah, you know we win ♪
♪ You know we win ♪
[commentator 2]
[indistinct chatter]
Kishane, 80. Fred, 84.
Simbine was 9.87.
Jacobs was 9.92
-Ninety-three out? -No, sir. He's in.
Two persons are in.
Lamont Jacobs goes through as a nonautomatic qualifier.
So does Kenny Bednarek.
♪ We be sitting on top of the world ♪
♪ They don't got a single thought Or a curve in the line, whoa, whoa… ♪
[laughs]
♪ I got the crowd going ♪
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ Now everybody screaming… ♪
[commentator] is going to be absolutely epic.
How on earth do you pick a winner from this?
Storyline gonna be crazy. I told y'all.
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
♪ He's got me feeling like ♪
[Noah] I've underestimated the competition.
It's not the outcome we wanted. We wanted to be able to win every round.
[Michael] You're always disappointed in yourself as an athlete
when you get beaten by someone,
give them confidence,
or negatively affect your own confidence.
Being beaten by Oblique will affect Noah.
[Noah] I feel I do need to adjust how I thought it would be, a little bit,
at the Olympics.
I thought it would feel more rewarding in the moment.
[man] Noah! It's time to get them, Noah!
[Noah] This Olympics is definitely harder than I expected.
[whistle toots]
[whoosh]
[upbeat acoustic music playing]
[woman] Thank you.
[Julien] Going into the Olympics in Paris,
I'm really hoping to execute
the 100 and 200 and leave with two medals.
Saint Lucia has never won any medals before.
Never. At all.
So let's look for a man about them setup
'cause they supposed to have a place for Saint Lucia.
-I could have sworn he said something. -[man] Did you give him the flag?
[man 2] We have the flag.
-Let me call and see where he at. -[man 2] Yeah, okay.
[man] I had a dream two weeks prior to the Olympic Games that Julien will win.
And hopefully this one comes true.
Man was supposed to get a tent.
If you don't see Julien Alfred as a threat going to the Olympic Games,
you're not focused.
-[Julien] Good morning. -Good morning.
I've seen her grow and be stronger at handling
the stuff that life throws at you.
And once you get to that point, you can be worthy to be an Olympic champion.
There's another tent for everybody to go chill in?
I think so, but I don't know if Saint Lucia has one specifically.
-No, but I think that… Really? -Hmm-mm.
The big countries have one,
and then there's one for the other small countries to share.
[Julien] Coming from a smaller island and not being spoken of as much as, like,
the Americans and the Jamaicans, I love it.
[Flo] We have time to take a small break. I'd rather you have extra time.
[Julien] My country knows my potential, and they're expecting so much from me,
but I think it definitely helps me.
-[Henry] Hi, Miss Alfred. -Hello.
You're supposed to be happy to see me. I'm the guy that keep things alive.
We're gonna go to 601.
Um, we're gonna put a mic on first,
and then they're gonna pick out an outfit for you.
You ready?
[hip-hop music in French playing]
[woman] Greetings, everyone!
The best track and field athletes in the world are gonna come on this stage.
[man] Shericka, what's going on? You good?
Yes, I'm okay.
I am so nervous.
I am nervous.
Shericka. Shericka.
Who break it?
Reading now. Reading now.
-They have it? -Yeah.
-[man] You feeling good? -Yes.
[man] When is your day?
Um…
-Sunday. -Sunday. That's a nice day to be running.
Julien, the news… news… news out now.
So the latest news is that
Shericka Jackson will not run the 100 meter.
[mysterious music playing]
[Michael] Shericka is in a very unique situation
because she's not early 20s.
She's 30 now.
Time is running out for her to win the big one, the Olympics.
I don't know anything about track and field.
Well, nothing about any other event other than sprints.
I know a little bit.
[laughs]
[woman] Please put your hands together and help me welcome Shericka Jackson,
Julien Alfred.
[applause]
-[woman] Julien, what've you been up to? -I've been inside.
Staying out the way and just trying to remain focused, um,
um, with my coach and with my countrymen.
[woman] So, Shericka, you broke some news today.
So tell us the news you broke and why.
Well, you didn't break it. They broke it for you.
I was just about to ask you, what news did I break, but…
[laughing]
I've heard about it. Um…
[laughs]
Yes, I'm only running the 200 meter here, and… Yeah.
[woman] Yeah. Just period?
Just period.
Can you shed some more light on why you decided…
At what stage was the decision not to compete--
Well, I won't comment on that. Sorry.
We've heard the news. Are you okay?
I'm okay. I'm training.
-Any sadness that you're not doing both? -No. Do I look sad to you?
Finding a little bit more time, a few more days to be at your best?
Who say I'm not at my best?
[Allyson] It had to be a very hard decision.
No athlete wants to pull out of a race where you could walk away with a medal.
But I think it is a smart decision for Shericka
to put all her energy into the 200.
The 200 is the race where she is most dominant
and an incredible chance for her to win gold.
Sometimes you have to make a decision that's best for your body,
and I think, as I said, we did that, and I'm okay.
I'm not doing any interviews.
-[man] Let me cut it down to one question. -I couldn't half a question.
For Shericka to pull out of the 100,
Jamaica will look to Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
to be the success of the nation, really.
[scoffs] The semis are gonna be tough,
but if you can survive the semis, you got a shot at the title.
[tense music playing]
Flip a coin on the champion.
I love Shelly. I love Shelly, but,
you know, this is a young person's game, so Sha'Carri Richardson is very dangerous.
[singing indistinctly]
You don't need anything else but who you are.
I wanna see that out there on that track. Just who you are.
-Ain't nobody gotta be nothing better. -Yes, sir.
-Understand? -Yes, sir.
So we gonna be patient and be us.
-Yes, sir. -You got me?
-Yes, sir. Let's rock. -Let's rock, ladies.
♪ Boom, bossy, attitude, bossy ♪
♪ Not worried 'bout What is gonna cross me ♪
♪ Anywhere you find me That's where the boss be… ♪
[Dennis] Go!
♪ Shinny, everyhing glossy ♪
[Dennis] It's been 30 years since an American female
has won an Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters.
And to achieve that goal, that will be a great accomplishment.
I've always knew as a coach
that if I just had the right athletes
that we could break the dominance of the Jamaican athletes.
♪ That's where the boss be ♪
[suspenseful music playing]
[boom]
[commentator] the tension beginning to rise
in this incredible sporting arena.
It's time for the semifinals
of the women's 100 meters.
♪ I was born for this ♪
♪ I never get bored of this ♪
♪ I'm taking my time And I'm taking what's mine ♪
♪ You know, I'm born for this… ♪
[Melissa] I'm gonna show you that I'm here for a reason.
[TeeTee] It's my turn to do what I need to do and showcase my talent.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] a picture of concentration.
♪ We never going down ♪
[exhales]
Come on, baby.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
Come on, girl. Keep coming! Keep coming!
[Dennis] I mean, just to get them to the finals, that's the stress
because you have to go through an entire world of girls.
Gotta move!
[commentator] take the two spots.
Yeah!
[Dennis] My athletes have a chance to… to do something really special.
We got a chance to win the thing.
[commentator]
Fraser-Pryce, Julien Alfred, Sha'Carri Richardson.
And only two are guaranteed a place in the final.
[woman]
for Fraser-Pryce, please.
Last call for 100-meter women's semifinal for Fraser-Pryce, please.
[mysterious music playing]
[pundit] I've got… I've got some very big breaking news,
which you two in particular will not be pleased to hear.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is out of the semifinals.
[Ato] It was a shock to everybody.
Shelly-Ann was warming up. Something starts to bug her in her leg.
She can't overcome it, and that's why she has to pull out.
We would love to see them go out in a blaze of glory.
Gold medal. World record.
Very rarely ends like that.
Shelly-Ann is out. Shericka is out.
So now, Sha'Carri's the favorite.
[commentator]
The absence of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
There's more elbow room for Sha'Carri Richardson,
the reigning world champion.
[commentator 2]
That's all her face says.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] trying to hold that lead.
Come on.
[commentator] accelerating.
Julien Alfred
shuts it down.
She was chased the whole way,
and she flat beat Sha'Carri Richardson.
[Henry] You know how we talk about the rivalry in the sprints
being the USA and Jamaica?
There's another nation added to that party now. Saint Lucia.
[gunshot]
[commentator 3] out of the blocks in the final
if Alfred is going to run the showdown as well as she did there.
[Dennis] Testing that shit out.
[suspenseful music playing]
She had too much airtime on that start.
[Dennis] Sha'Carri didn't execute well.
-[Sha'Carri] Where we going? -[man] I'm taking you this way.
[Dennis] Julien got a jump on her, and she wasn't able to reel her in.
So my job with Sha'Carri is to correct those things
before we get to the final.
[Dennis] What's up, baby? Yeah, her transition was soft.
Now it's time to fight, man. Time to fight.
We got it. We going to work.
We going to work, baby.
All right. Yo.
[thunder rumbles]
[Dennis] To be able to have my three girls, you know,
all be in the finals at the Olympic Games
is a tremendous feat.
Time is now.
I'm looking forward to the battle.
[Dennis] God damn this rain.
[energetic music playing]
[commentator] is about to unfold in all its glory.
The rain coming down, but it all adds to the occasion.
This is the women's 100-meter Olympic final.
[Flo] I'm proud of you.
[Julien chuckles]
-[Flo] Just have fun. Have fun. -[Julien] Okay.
Slow your heart rate down, okay?
Slow that heart rate down. Keep breathing.
-Keep breathing, okay? -Yeah.
Don't let the moment get the best of you. You were made for this.
-Okay. -Come on, baby.
Come on, ladies. Everything you got, man. Everything you got. All right?
You guys have worked hard for this.
You've got all the tools you need to get this job done today.
Okay? All I'm asking for you to do
is put them tools out there and let them go to work for you.
You see what I'm saying? Trust what we know. Trust us.
-You got me? -Yes, sir.
Let's do this thing tonight, ladies. Let's go.
Boom.
Let's go, baby. Come on.
Come on, now. Let's go to work. Let's go to work.
Let's go.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Julien] I do want a gold medal at the Olympics.
I am up against Sha'Carri.
As much as, like, I think of her highly,
I have to also think of myself highly
and think of, like, this is competition.
It's really who wants it more.
I know what I'm here for. I know what I can do.
I feel like this is my chance.
[Allyson] I think Julien's semifinal gave her confidence,
because she controlled the race.
And I think any time you can control a race
and there's, you know, big names in there,
it feels good to go into the final having that confidence.
After kind of a rocky semifinal,
I'm sure that Sha'Carri will experience disappointment.
I think that will be the fuel now.
And so, we all wanna see this race.
[announcer] to the women's 100-meters final!
[boom]
[commentator]
[announcer] Twanisha "TeeTee" Terry!
[commentator] little girls daring to dream…
[announcer]
[commentator] might one day belong to them.
[announcer]
[commentator] of work and sacrifice,
at last it's their turn.
So here they stand in the pouring rain.
The best in their country. The best on their continent.
Bidding to become the best in the world.
[Henry] Based on everything else I've seen,
it's going to be very hard to beat her.
I believe she can win.
[cheering]
[commentator]
to the queen of sprinting.
The headline maker.
World champion.
Fastest woman in the world this year.
[crowd roars]
[commentator] American female Olympic champion
over 100 meters
for almost three decades.
[Dennis] Sha'Carri can get her start better.
If she does that, she will be tough to beat anywhere on the earth.
Let's go, baby. This the one.
She has to deal with blocking out noise.
Gotta be able to want to be the last one standing,
because that's what being a champion is all about.
[commentator] the women's 100-meter Olympic final.
[Melissa] If you don't believe it's gonna happen, then it's not.
I have to fully believe in myself, or else it's not gonna happen.
I'm not walking away empty-handed.
[Julien] You have to believe in yourself, but you also know what's at stake.
I'm not only running for myself. I'm running for these people
in my community.
I feel like
nobody can stop me now.
[energetic music playing]
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator] a brilliant start. She's away well again.
Richardson got left in the blocks!
Come on, baby.
[commentator 2] at Sha'Carri Richardson closing in hard.
[commentator] since she's had to give chase!
[suspenseful music playing]
Let's go.
[yells]
[commentator] the history maker! The gold medalist!
All the way! All the way! All the way!
Huh?!
[yells]
We are the fastest!
[cheering and laughing]
[commentator] the Saint Lucian star!
They've never won a medal before,
and now they've taken the best one of the lot!
[chanting] Juju! Juju! Juju! Juju! Juju!
[cheering]
[man] Saint Lucia!
The fastest in the world!
-[cheering] -[chanting] Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
[bell clanging loudly]
[commentator] has stunned Richardson, the favorite.
The world champion was left in her blocks.
Richardson, the silver.
Jefferson, the bronze.
[Melissa] To just be in that moment and know, like,
"Wow."
"I really did that."
Even though it's a bronze medal,
it's special.
Yeah, we just didn't take care of that first 30 like we supposed to, man.
That's the last thing I told her, but we're good, man.
I'm proud of my girls.
[Dennis] Did this race devastate us?
No.
Was it disappointing?
Yes.
Was it motivating?
More than anything.
[cheering]
[Henry] Juju!
[horns blowing]
[Julien squeals]
[Henry] Juju, it's you!
I told you! I told you that, huh?
-Your dream! -[Henry] Yes!
I told… I dreamed she won it!
-You did! -Good job.
Thank you!
-Oh my God! -[woman] Saint Lucia is proud of you!
[fans cheer]
-Good job. -I don't think it's sunk in yet.
-No, trust me. Tonight it will. -[chuckles]
Yeah.
You gotta cool down. Put on your tennis.
Put on your tennis so you can jog. Cool down. Let me call now.
-Put your shoes in the bag. -[line ringing]
[Julien] Growing up, I think that
saying that I wanted to be Saint Lucia's first Olympic medalist,
it sounded like it was just a dream.
[Flo]
Thank you so much.
[Flo] I knew it. I knew it.
-I knew it. I knew it. -[chuckles]
[Henry] She gotta… Let her jog up and down here.
[Julien] All I'm thinking about right now
is just that I have finally made it.
All my hard work and all my sacrifices paid off.
It's almost like a relief just seeing how far I've come.
A little girl from Saint Lucia is finally here.
[emotional music playing]
[crying]
[Julien] I am the Olympic champion.
[crying]
-I'll tell you right now. I was so happy. -[Melissa] Mm-hmm.
But I was so sad at the same time 'cause we didn't get that gold.
[Melissa] Yeah.
It was, like, mixed emotions, but then it was like, "Okay."
Once I didn't see my name come first or second.
[Dennis] Hey, but we had three girls in the finals and two of the three medals.
That's a hell of a fucking day.
-Hell of a day. -[Dennis] Hell of a day.
-[Melissa] Nobody else here doing that. -Nobody else out here doing it.
[Melissa] And you can't take it away from us.
[Dennis chuckles]
[commentator] less than 100% in the semifinals.
Finishing second. Having to work for it.
[emotional music playing]
[pundit] been saying he won't get on the podium.
If he doesn't get on the podium, it's… it's gonna be World War III
in terms of people coming at Noah Lyles.
'Cause he talks the talk, right?
He's always out there saying that, "Yo, I'm the best."
"I'm the fastest man in the world. I'm gonna beat everybody."
It's going to definitely come back at him if he doesn't get on the podium.
-[Noah] The lightning bolt. -[woman] Okay.
-[Noah] Definitely gonna do that star. -Okay.
[Noah] And then we'll do that a few times.
-[woman] This star? -[Noah] Yeah, those.
I'm gonna put your wrist on here. Is that comfortable?
[Noah] With having the title of being at the top,
you know, one mistake can seem like the end.
You know, life works in ups and downs, and I'm no different.
I'm a human being. I have ups and downs.
People see you as a superhero,
and then when they realize that that illusion is broken,
you know, they somewhat wanna blame somebody.
And the quickest person to turn to is the person who gave them that illusion.
All right.
-[Keisha] Hug your mama. -You're welcome. See you later. Thank you.
See ya.
[Keisha] Bye!
[Noah] We got the thumbs-up approval.
[Junelle] A lightning bolt? Why? That means speed?
That mean you're gonna run fast?
I think of it meaning speed.
That's what they called me in
-[woman] Period. -The Flash.
[Noah] I'm not worried about anybody. I'm worried about myself, you know.
Getting myself in the right mindset is my goal.
Every Olympic medal is served on a Louis Vuitton tray.
-[woman] I want a Louis Vuitton tray. -I want a Louis Vuitton tray too.
[mouthing]
[Michael] Whether he succeeds or fails,
he's already getting the backlash and the vitriol
that people don't like him. People don't like what he's saying.
I think, though,
Noah is the one person who's figured out how to handle it,
but I also wonder if
Noah has figured out that he needs that in order to be his best.
-[Lance] Yeah. -Thank you.
All right. Next time you come back, Olympic champ.
-Olympic champion. -[Lance] You hear me?
-Let's get this shit. -Get it done.
-Good luck. See you. -[Noah] Thanks, Coach.
[indistinct chatter]
[Paul] Execute.
[Kishane] I feel hyped about it but not nervous.
Knowing that I can trust what I'm doing
and just believing and try to execute as best as possible.
[Oblique] Everyone's goal is to go out there and win.
That's my goal as well. I want to go out there and win.
100-meters final. This is the last call from the call room, please.
[Marcell] Before me, nobody in Italy arrive in an Olympic final.
This is my second one.
So I'm really happy for that, but I am really ready for going to war again.
[commentator] like we have never seen it before.
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] Are you ready? Here we go.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 2] He ran a terrific semifinal.
And maybe there's more there from Fred.
[Fred] I'm definitely coming back around and coming back for everything I lost.
And I'm becoming more dangerous now.
[commentator]
hold his nerves in check?
[yells]
[commentator]
♪ I been at the top ♪
♪ I still go the force To get there again ♪
♪ The god don't stop ♪
♪ Just give me the mission And I'm going in ♪
[Noah] I want to be the fastest man in the world.
That's what I want. I'm gonna push for it.
I'm gonna try harder.
I'm gonna have faith that it's gonna happen.
[Kishane] I'm actually faster than this guy.
Understand?
I want accolades.
[dramatic music playing]
I want faster times.
I want gold.
[commentator]
is incredible.
[dramatic music continues]
[music fades]
[commentator] prepares to hold its breath.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd cheering]
♪ I'm on the brink ♪
♪ Of tasting the sun ♪
♪ Gone in a blink ♪
♪ What's done is done ♪
♪ Shoving cotton in my ears ♪
♪ Wished the water wasn't clear ♪
♪ I fear ♪
♪ That the day you recognize ♪
♪ The lies behind these smiles ♪
♪ You'll feel ♪
[music fades]