[boom]
[crowd cheering]
[boom]
[commentator] is ridiculous. It's so good.
[boom]
[commentator] of the entire planet upon them,
they stand like giants among men.
Which one is about to conquer all?
[boom]
[Kishane] I want accolades. I want the gold.
[Noah] I want to be the fastest man in the world.
[Oblique] I'm just out there doing my thing. I want to go out there and win.
[Marcell] You are in the Olympic final. You have to go to 200%.
[Fred] Time to show up.
Shit about to get real.
[commentator]
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] to be jangling.
[heartbeat]
[gunshot]
[crowd roars]
[commentator 2]
[commentator] Kishane Thompson's got a bit to do.
[Kishane] I know what I'm capable of. I have to be disciplined.
[commentator] a while to get into his running.
[Noah] I know people are already gonna count me out.
[commentator 3] a little bit.
[commentator 2] starts to wind up!
Kerley's going with him!
[commentator] exploding down the track.
[Kishane] I'm going for it. I can win it all.
[commentator] on the outside.
[Noah] I'm 90 meters out.
I'm going faster and faster. I think I have to lean for this.
[commentator] This is really quick.
Can the Jamaican do it?
Come on. Come on. Come on.
[commentator]
Unbelievable!
Who has got this?
Kishane Thompson thinks he has done it by a whisker.
Lyles was coming fast on the outside.
I think the Jamaican has just done enough.
The result is still unconfirmed.
Thompson just about got it, I think, from Noah Lyles.
Never seen a finish this close.
It's close. It's very close.
[Noah] Did I win this?
Did Kishane win this?
I think you got that one.
Come on, man!
[Kishane] It's close, but I should win.
[commentator] Everybody's waiting.
Who has got this?
[announcer]
[cheering]
[cheers]
Oh shit.
[commentator] the king of sprinting,
at last is an Olympic champion.
America!
I told you! I got this!
[commentator 2]
Noah Lyles takes that title by five thousandths of a second!
[Kishane] It shook my existence.
I deserved to win,
but it's an unpredictable sport.
[commentator 2]
He leaps into the history books.
[indistinct yelling]
[Noah] It's been 20 years
since the men's 100-meter champion has come from the US.
It's just been Jamaica constantly, and I brought it back.
I brought it back to the US.
You're so amazing!
[commentator 4] so much, and he sealed the deal.
You're so amazing.
[Noah] You can say whatever you want about a world champion. Olympic champion.
You stuck with me for four years, baby! [laughs]
[clicking]
[boom]
[swoosh]
[commentator]
Fred Kerley takes bronze.
His second Olympic medal.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[commentator] he finishes fifth.
[commentator 2] an unbelievably quick start,
but he's not to be a two-time champion.
[commentator] at the end. He finishes eighth.
I mean, you can't do any better than that. Olympic champion. I mean…
Unbelievable.
Let me get down here and try to find him.
Noah.
Oh man!
[both laugh]
[Noah laughing]
[Noah] Olympic champion! We're Olympic champions, man!
Fam!
Gosh, that was hard!
Oh man.
Let's get going. We gotta get out of here.
Yeah, we gotta get outta here.
-[cheering] -[man] Yeah!
[laughing]
Oh shit, man.
Goddamn!
Yeah, baby! Appreciate it.
I feel like it was good. Hey.
It came out to the dip.
That's probably one of the most beautiful races I've been in
in a long ass time.
Hey, whoever had the best dip and can lean the best.
[Fred] Not too many people can say
they've been around the best of the best in the world.
But for me, the work is not done. I still have more in the tank.
I feel like my season just started at the Olympic Games.
[Michael] It's different for each athlete in terms of how they react psychologically
to a defeat.
For some athletes, it's tough.
Your blocks let you down.
Hmm?
Your blocks let you down.
[Kishane] Everyone wants to win,
but end of the day, everybody can't win.
It is just part of life and a truth that you gotta understand.
I tried to do my best. 9.85, good one, but not enough.
But see you.
[Dennis] In this sport,
you're only as good as your last championship performance.
-No, I, uh… I… -Kenny.
You tied up on the end. Okay?
But, dude, you was in that bad boy.
-You were in it. -[crying]
Okay?
We're gonna be back, man. We're gonna be back.
[poignant music playing]
Okay? You got me?
Dude, this is nothing to hold your head down over, Kenny.
Okay?
We got 24 hours, man. We gotta get back in this game, man.
And that's where you play.
-You got me? They got this one. -Mm-hmm.
We gotta give it to them.
Okay, but we need to get ready for tomorrow.
You understand me? We can't carry this into tomorrow, son.
-[Kenny] Yes, sir. -You got me?
Now, let's tighten up.
Hey, you do not want your competitors to see you with your head down.
-Win, lose, or draw. -Mm-hmm.
You understand?
Dude, this your first big fight.
Can you give yourself some credit?
[sniffles]
-I'm tired of losing. -Kenny, come on, man.
[music fades]
[boom]
♪ Mama made a competitor… ♪
[boom]
♪ From day one, I've been ready ♪
♪ And I stand down at nothing ♪
♪ I set the stage The battle, it starts now… ♪
[commentator] of the 100,
here we go with double the distance.
Such a brilliant event, the 200.
So many people full of admiration
for the manner in which Lyles looked in the 100,
beating everybody in his path.
♪ 'Cause I was born to win ♪
-[man] Yo, what's up, bro? -Congratulations.
Massively awesome. So much fun to watch.
-I'm glad you enjoyed it. -Oh man. It was a…
I think I was on the ride just as much as everybody else.
[man 2] It was fantastic, man.
[Noah] Coming off the 100, I'm just proud of myself.
"Olympic 100-meter champion." It's very nice to hear.
[Noah] I hit a million followers!
-No way! -Yeah, I finally hit a million.
There we go. There we go.
[Noah] Coming into the 200 meters,
this is definitely the race I feel I want the most.
The 100 meter was to prove that I am the fastest man in the world.
The 200, this is my race.
-Congrats, man. -I appreciate it.
Real proud of you and everything you've been able to accomplish.
Hey, bro. We're only… we only one-third done.
[funky music playing]
[Noah] We're all competitive.
Letsile Tebogo, he's a young kid, and he got a lot of talent.
I'm not too worried about him.
This year, Kenny's looking really good in the 200 meter.
[woman] Think he has a chance?
[Noah] Everybody got a chance… to get second.
[laughs]
[Kenny] This is kind of what we're doing. Flash design on the side for the Olympics.
Something simple.
I'm Kenneth Bednarek, Kung Fu Kenny,
and this is about me.
I'm one of the fastest sprinters in the world.
So far, for the past couple years, I've been more of a 200 guy.
I got big goals this year, and I'm gonna get it done.
In the 100 meters,
I didn't live up to my expectation. I knew that I should've been there.
The 100 meters was just devastating. It was just a mental screwup on my part.
Sometimes you crash and burn, and that's what pretty much happened.
[clippers buzzing]
But right now, it's just a matter of focusing on the 200 race.
You know, just learn from my mistakes and get better.
Winning the Olympic gold could help me find out more about myself, my heritage,
and my biological brothers and sisters that I've had.
They're out there somewhere, and maybe winning this gold medal
could help me find that out, find where they're at.
I was a… a troubled kid.
My birth parents put me and my brother up for adoption
at the age of four.
So me and him were through foster home to foster home.
We didn't know what was happening,
and then eventually the mom I have today adopted me and my brother.
My mom is my number one fan. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her.
For me, track was a… a way to, I guess, escape my… my worries.
That's where I felt most free, so from day one,
when I would step on the track and the gun goes off…
[gunshot]
…that's where I most feel alive.
[uplifting music playing]
[Kenny] This is the only thing I have so far of, like, my heritage.
So it says I'm West African, then 75.9% Nigerian.
Then it goes down to, like, the smaller details.
I know I have siblings out there.
I mean, I got my twin brother, Ian, but before we were adopted,
I had two brothers and one sister. Like, I remember them.
I don't remember their names, but I remember being with them.
You know, the media hasn't really paid attention to me
as much as everybody else,
but if I win, I'm not, like, trying to make it happen,
but it would be cool just to find, like,
"Hey, like, this is, you know, a brother of mine that's biological
or, you know, a sister of mine."
[man] This is the biggest stage, biggest opportunity for you. You're ready.
It's time to get the job done and change my life.
[Kenny] All the work has been put in.
Noah and Tebogo,
both of them are fierce competitors.
But yeah, I know what I need to do to win. The only thing really stopping me is this.
Tell me if it's good for you.
That's perfect.
♪ Wasn't for this ring ♪
♪ But the mindset of a champion ♪
♪ That I stand a chance And I'm searching for this feeling ♪
♪ 'Cause I got… ♪
[Dennis] Kenny is a very, very gifted and talented individual.
That feeling that we had last night? We don't wanna throw it out there today.
As a coach, I have a different relationship with all my athletes.
With Kenny, I feel like that father figure.
What I want you to focus on is your execution.
What I tell you to do, I want you to follow those instructions to the T,
every single race.
-Got me? Can we make that connection? -Mm-hmm. Yep.
All right. Let's go, baby.
He really depends on,
you know, my knowledge as a coach to make himself better.
Kenny and Noah, they're fierce competitors.
[commentator] moving away from Bednarek.
The defending champion is storming to victory!
It's Noah Lyles! He win it! Bednarek second!
[commentator 2] but Lyles, so strong over the last 40,
gets him by the best part of a meter.
[Dennis] Noah's got the best of us so far,
but Kenny knows what he needs to do
to race Noah and beat him.
[curious music playing]
No red cone on this one.
[whistle toots]
We got too many water bottles.
Was that yours, or was that mine that you drank?
All right, then. [chuckles]
-[Junelle] Huh? -[Noah] Uh…
-You can have some. -Control the aggression. Keep patience.
All right.
-The power. -You don't got Covid, do you? [laughs]
-I don't think so. -[laughs]
I don't think I have Covid.
[commentator] to 200 meters.
This is a cracking lineup. It really is.
A lot of interest in Letsile Tebogo.
And Kung Fu Kenny. Here we go.
[commentator 2] Noah Lyles.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator 2] comes out strong off the curve.
[commentator]
[commentator 2] showing his class.
[commentator]
What an excellent run that was.
[commentator 2] strong after the Olympic 100 final.
["Lame" playing]
[lyrics in French]
[commentator] and welcome to day four of the athletics
from Stade de France, the stadium where Olympic dreams are realized,
in the 33rd Summer Olympics in Paris.
Hi. [chuckles]
I'm well. [chuckles]
We're rushing a little this morning, but I got my coffee, so…
-Oh, hi! -[chuckles]
[woman] I see you were on
Yeah.
That's so cute! [laughs]
[Allyson] Coming into the 200 meters,
I think Gabby Thomas is in a really great position
to get the gold medal.
She's confident, and I also think she's stepping into her own.
She's ready for this moment.
[determined music playing]
[Tonja] Just focus on mechanics and form. That's it.
[Gabby] At this point, winning an Olympic gold medal
is my only focus.
I'm envisioning the stadium. I'm envisioning everyone around me.
I'm envisioning how I'm gonna feel.
You need to know what's gonna happen before it happens.
You need to believe it's gonna happen before it happens.
And that's part of that little one percent edge that you need.
But it's not just about me. Everyone's striving for excellence.
It's very cutthroat.
I mean, people are fighting for milliseconds.
Those rivalries are very real,
and they're really intense, but that's just the way it is.
You really don't know who'll win gold.
-I think this is everything. -[Julien laughs]
[Allyson] Julien Alfred is definitely a dark horse,
but I mean, to be this young and her first time on this Olympic stage,
doing the double would be incredible.
Right now, I am running off of two hours of sleep and some coffee.
And broken nails.
[Allyson] And then there's Shericka Jackson.
The 200 is the race where she is most dominant
and really seems in a class of her own.
So those three matching up, I think, is gonna be really a great race.
[suspenseful music playing]
These bees, man…
Look at this, man. Sh.
[gentle music playing]
[Shericka] I have not gotten an Olympic gold medal yet,
and I definitely want to add one of those to my name.
The stakes are very, very high when it comes to Olympic Games
'cause everybody wants to win a gold medal for their country.
[Allyson] Shericka is a special talent.
But I think in the back of everyone's mind, we're wondering,
"How healthy is she?"
[Stephen] about Shericka in Jamaica.
She not competing in the 100 meter has been shocking to a lot of people.
She was expected to win a medal for us.
Remember at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, Jamaica won nine medals,
and this year, Shericka is probably our best shot
at getting that gold medal.
I hope that she will come good and do it for us in the 200 meters.
[Shericka] There's a slight upper discomfort me feel.
[indistinct chatter on phone]
[man] All right, Coach. She say there's a slight discomfort.
[Allyson] Everyone was really in shock when Shericka withdrew from the 100
to focus her energy on the 200.
She is turning 30 years old.
The time is now for her to get that Olympic gold medal.
She has said before that she wouldn't feel complete without it.
Bonjour. Heat 3?
-Yeah. -Just check in here.
All right, girl. Let's go.
[boom]
[commentator] Six of those heats.
[suspenseful music playing]
Go, Heath!
[commentator] for what now? Twelve hours?
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[commentator]
[commentator 2]
[cheering]
[gunshot]
[commentator] flying right there.
Stress-free running.
Last call. Last call for heat three.
200 meter women.
Last call, heat three.
[commentator] to be on the track here.
[tense music playing]
[man] Shericka Jackson, Jamaica.
We are waiting for you in the call room.
[Shericka crying]
[emotional music playing]
Uh…
[man] Shericka Jackson.
Mrs. Shericka Jackson from Jamaica.
[man] Are you okay, Shericka?
-She's… -What's happening?
She's injured.
Okay, thanks.
[commentator]
We just find out that the great Jamaican athlete,
Shericka Jackson, has decided that she will not run.
[somber music playing]
[Shericka] My emotions are just all over the place from disappointment.
And I know what I was capable of.
Despite never making it at this Olympics, I am one of the best.
I am among the best, and I want to prove that.
Hurdles fall. It doesn't mean it's forever down, you know?
You get up, but it's very difficult to deal with.
Um, I'm hearing that Shericka did not race just now on my phone.
I don't know what that means for her.
But I can't worry about her.
I have a new Caribbean girl to worry about. [laughs]
[energetic music playing]
[commentator]
Semifinals for the men's 200 meters.
[in Setswana] I'm a bit scared.
[man] Your heart is probably beating out of your chest!
[boom]
[commentator in English] coming back for the final.
[commentator 2]
He has not smiled a great deal. He is here on a business trip.
[Letsile] They say I am too playful, but when it's business, it's business.
[commentator 2] Noah Lyles.
The 100-meter champion.
[suspenseful music playing]
[gunshot]
[commentator 2] that Noah Lyles leads.
Tebogo running really well.
Look at him come off the curve. Tebogo has got the lead.
Noah Lyles, he's not gonna catch him.
[commentator] Noah Lyles in second place.
Tebogo is bidding to become the first African man to win this title.
He's a big danger in that final.
A big, big danger.
[uplifting music playing]
[whistles] Let's go. Stadium. Stadium. Stadium. Let's go.
Kasarani Stadium. Let's go.
[laughs]
[man] Bye, boss.
Uh, my name is Letsile Tebogo. I am an athlete from Botswana.
This is my third year out of school,
so it hasn't really clicked for me that I'm an Olympian.
But that's the goal.
To take over the world
as African sprinters.
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.
This guy's a complete sprinter. He can run the one, the two, and the four.
He finished sixth in the Olympic 100-meter final,
but could Tebogo be the Olympic champion in the 200 in Paris?
Abso-freaking-lutely 'cause I think the 200 might be his better event.
[cheering]
[commentator] very, very hard on the outside.
A blockbuster finish in Budapest.
Tebogo, a brilliant bronze.
[Letsile] When I went to Budapest, that's where everything clicked for me.
That was my biggest championship.
The stadium was full of people.
-[camera clicks] -My mom, she's just all smiles.
The tears of joy were rolling down her cheeks.
I was the happiest human being ever.
I'm so proud that he put Africa on the map.
It's Africa before Botswana, so we are really thrilled.
[whistle toots]
[man] For Letsile, it's a big year.
After the medals at the World Championships,
everyone expects him to either match that or better that.
It's his first Olympics.
He is 21. He wasn't there in Tokyo.
He didn't qualify. He was still a boy.
Preparations have been going on, but we had a bit of a hurdle.
We just lost, uh, I think,
two, three weeks of not training, you know, because of my mom's death.
Sometime in… late April,
that's when the… the sickness started.
[somber music playing]
When it happened, it just took over everything from me.
[somber music continues]
It's really difficult for me to move forward.
The main goal for me at the Olympics
is running in the name of my mom.
That's where the… the… the dedication comes in.
[suspenseful music playing]
I am always wary of an athlete
who is dealing with something tragic in his or her life.
'Cause sometimes that can be all the motivation they need
to summon something that they have not produced before,
and that can be a dangerous athlete.
[Letsile] In the 200, that's where the opportunity is.
You know, it's… it's wide open.
That's where I believe, uh, the medal is gonna come in from.
[music fades]
[man] Tell them what happened. Confess.
What's up? I almost missed my practice day today.
Shame! Shame!
Dennis knock on the door.
I'm like, "Who is knocking on my door?" Then I see it's Dennis. I went, "Oh shit."
Hey, it couldn't be but one of two people. Either me or your girlfriend.
Kenny, the world is gonna see the real you.
"Kenny sleeps in. Why can't I sleep in?"
"Kenny sleeps in, and he's an Olympic champion."
[laughs]
[mysterious music playing]
Noah's not here.
[ominous music playing]
I don't know. I don't… He's not… I don't see him here.
[phone chimes]
I'm like, "Good morning, Olympic champion."
[phone chimes]
He texts me, "I have Covid."
Then I'm like, "Oh gosh."
[Noah] It's Covid.
Of course, I'm like, "Dang." Like… [chuckles]
"God, what's going on?" [laughs]
Like, I, uh…
I… I thought we… we had prepped, you know? I thought I had prepared for everything.
[phone chimes]
In that moment,
everything just went spiraling out. [chuckles]
[boom]
[eerie, ambient music playing]
[Lance] No negative thoughts. Just do what we do.
You got me?
-[Noah] I got you. -[Lance] All right. Junelle?
-[Lance] Yeah, I got you. -[Lance] Okay.
[Noah] I can't tell anybody.
I don't wanna give my competition the idea that,
you know, they could beat me now because I'm sick.
I want to go in with everybody believing that this is Noah,
and this is the Noah that you faced every other year.
Sorry, you guys are too close.
Uh…
It's just being precautious.
Yeah, nobody wants to get anything before a big meet.
I'm always under the belief
that, you know, God does things for a purpose and a reason.
I have been sick before. I've foughten through sickness.
I'd be very upset with myself
if I didn't at least take the first chance of saying, "Maybe I can run through this."
[boom]
[energetic music playing]
I'm freaking out.
I'm freaking out right now. I…
Oh my God. This doesn't feel real. [chuckles]
I know that I'm capable, and I know what I can do.
'Cause I know that I can win. I'm gonna be mentally strong.
I'm gonna go out there and compete hard,
and whatever happens, happens.
-[woman] Good luck, Gabby! -[Gabby] Thank you.
[Julien] I definitely feel hungry for another medal.
It would mean a lot to win the double.
How your body feel?
-[Julien] It feels good. -[Flo] Okay, yeah. Ready?
-Yeah. -[Flo] You said you wanted to make me cry.
No… [chuckles]
-I'm gonna try today. -[Flo] Yeah, you'll try.
I feel like I'm doing it for myself. I'm also doing it for my coach,
who has sacrificed so much for me to get to this level.
-I wanna see me cry. -[Julien] You wanna see you cry?
-[chuckles] -[Flo] You need that 200.
It's not gonna come easy,
but I'm ready for the challenge.
-Let's see if you listened to your coach. -[Julien] Okay.
[Flo speak indistinctly]
-[Julien] Yeah. -Let's finish this. I want this one, okay?
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] the climax of the evening,
and what a climax this is going to be.
[boom]
[commentator 2] Julien Alfred and Gabby Thomas.
[Gabby] Anyone is capable of winning any race at any given time.
It comes down to the mentality of it.
I'm really hungry.
I want my gold medal now.
[Julien] As long as I do the exact same thing that I just did,
nobody can stop me.
[cheering]
[announcer] in 2021 for USA,
Gabby Thomas!
Whoo!
[announcer] Julien Alfred!
[cheering]
[commentator 2] in the world.
[commentator] can she beat Gabby Thomas?
[mysterious music playing]
[Gabby] When I am actually at the line,
nothing else exists to me…
except for my lane on that track.
[announcer 2] On your marks.
[Julien] My hands are shaking.
There's a medal on the line.
Focus on just my lane. Focus on what I have to do,
and think about execution.
[announcer 2] Set.
Come on, y'all. Come on, girl.
[gunshot]
[commentator 2] with the gun,
as they explode out of the blocks.
She looks great. That's right where we want it.
[commentator 2] big on the curve.
Gabby Thomas is going to have to chase her down.
Come on, baby! Come on, baby!
[Gabby] Every hardship, every practice,
every race and competition
all was leading up to this.
Yes, Gabby!
[commentator 2] to the final 100 ahead.
[Julien] You don't just get here.
You have to make sacrifices. You never know what's gonna happen.
[cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
[Gabby] Oh my gosh. I… I cannot believe that this happened.
[cheering]
[uplifting music playing]
[Gabby] That's when it clicks that I did it. I'm an Olympic champion.
[commentator 2] a second medal for Saint Lucia.
Brittany Brown, the American, across in third.
But the glory and the gold go to that woman,
Gabby Thomas.
[dramatic music playing]
[cheering]
[Gabby squeals]
[Spencer] Congratulations.
You fucking did it. Gold medal.
Good job, baby.
I'm so proud of you.
Good job, baby.
[Gabby] It's something that I wanted so badly.
And it just happened.
It's the best moment of my life.
[bell ringing]
[laughing]
You show 'em.
[Gabby] I can't believe it.
-What it feel like? -Doesn't feel real.
It feels like a dream. It… it really does.
I know, like, I earned it.
I know that, but…
I feel great, actually.
The goal was to come out with two gold, but, you know, I'm still happy.
Um, happy for my coach.
I finished strong, my first Olympic Games, and gave my country two medals.
Uh, made my country's name known.
I got to put them, like, on the map and give them, um, Olympic recognition.
I'm done.
[poignant music playing]
She can hear you.
[Gabby] Hello?
Gabby, this is one of your big fans, Snoop Dogg. Congratulations.
Oh my God! [laughs]
Thank you, Snoop.
You got all three of the 200 ladies here.
Who is this?
[chuckles] She said, "Who's this?"
[Snoop] Great job. Way to go.
Thank you.
-Snoop Dogg? -Snoop Dogg!
[Snoop]
-Thank you. -Thanks, Snoop.
-[laughing]
They gotta go to drug testing.
Girl, you're so funny.
-I really wanted to make you proud-- -I'm proud.
-You spent so long away from my family. -No, girl.
Winning doesn't make me proud.
It's just you.
You could've quit. You wanted to several times.
-Especially this year. -You would've never got to this moment.
-Yeah. -You know what I mean?
And all the doubters, and all the shit that happened.
-Yeah. -So, no.
You don't have to win to make me proud.
-I'm just glad you've taken me along. -[Julien] Thank you so much.
Now we get a day to chill. You think you'll have a glass of wine?
Yeah, okay. [chuckles]
Glass of champagne!
[laughs]
Glass of champagne to celebrate!
[boom]
[energetic music playing]
[commentator] was exciting? Wait till you see the 200.
It's gonna be electrifying.
We're gonna see some of the greatest human feats we've ever seen.
[commentator 2] but is there a question mark
because Tebogo looked absolutely phenomenal in the semifinal.
[Letsile] Going into that final, I think of my mom.
That feeling of missing her
because there are a lot of hurdles, ups and downs of being an athlete
that we went through together.
EST.
Elizabeth Seratiwa Tebogo.
My mom's names.
But I'm not… I'm not the favorite. The king of 200 meter is Noah Lyles.
[Lance] If we've got time, we'll get one more in.
[Noah] I'm… definitely not 100%.
I have no idea what's gonna happen.
Despite what's going on,
I can still push through.
Despite the challenge.
That just fuels my fire.
Hey, man.
You know we train in Florida, right? We're firemen.
You know that? We ain't scared of the heat.
We ain't scared of nobody making no sparks, no nothing.
Everybody wanna make fire,
but nobody want to put the fire out, you know.
Bro, put the fire out. Control that shit. All right?
Control that shit.
[Kenny] I gotta make sure to stay in my flow state,
and I should be good to go.
All the work has been done, so there's nothing for me to worry about.
I'm just ready to tear up the track.
[in Setswana] It is what it is. I mean, these guys are really fit.
No, we've got this, man.
[in English] Got you, brother.
I'd like to see a double gold.
You hear me? Let's do it.
-Get after it. -[Noah] Oh yeah.
Spirit animal right there.
-It's time to be you, you understand? -Mm-hmm.
No more, no less than you.
-Okay? You're all you need tonight. -Mm-hmm.
-You got me? -Yep.
Go in there, execute your fucking race, and put the pressure on them.
No pressure on you.
You got me? Let's go have some fun.
[Noah] Almost all my life, I've had to fight through asthma.
I had to fight through allergies, sickness. Constantly.
And here I am again, at the highest level, and it was thrown at me again.
If you want to obtain the impossible, the hardest,
you have to believe, no matter what, there's gonna be a will and a way.
[boom]
[commentator] for the men's 200-meter Olympic final.
[announcer]
[cheering]
[woman] Come on, Kenny!
-You got this. You're ready. -You got it. You've worked all year.
[announcer]
[intriguing music playing]
[commentator] have to contend
with the man who makes his entrances like no other.
[cheering]
[Noah] I had to come out running. If I didn't come out running,
I wasn't gonna find the energy that I need
for the biggest fight of my life.
[Kenny] This is my race.
I know what I need to do to get the job done.
I'm just gonna let my feet do the talking.
[Letsile] The sun will rise and give me the blessings to take over the world.
Now is the beginning of a great dance.
[Noah] I remember finally getting on the line
and just saying, "Thank you, God. Thank you, God."
[announcer 2] On your marks.
[Noah] They call "On your marks."
[Noah] To be honest,
my mind kind of just goes blank.
[swoosh]
[announcer 2] Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd roars]
[commentator] What an occasion.
[energetic music playing]
[commentator] is into the lead around that bend.
-Come on, Kenny. You gotta go! -[cheering]
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
[commentator] to mount his charge now.
But look at Tebogo!
[Letsile] My mom
is just waiting for me at the finish line.
I'm coming for that gold medal.
[commentator]
The first African man to win this title!
[dramatic music playing]
[cheering]
[commentator] see Lyles lose over 200 meters.
The pressure. The weight of expectation.
Maybe this time, even for him, it was a step too far psychologically.
This time, Lyles had no answer.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] has done it for Botswana,
and he's done it for his mother.
[Letsile] My mom, she was just there to guide me,
just to show me the right path.
I knew I was carrying, uh, her body on my back,
because she has been carrying me throughout my entire life.
[commentator] his mom, would be so proud.
[Letsile] Against all odds, I did it.
As an Olympic champion, I live with a happy smile, you know.
I did it!
[uplifting music playing]
[commentator] from Bednarek.
A silver here in Paris.
[Sharmila] I'm happy he beat Noah.
I love Noah, but he be trash talking my baby, so, Noah Lyles, sh!
[Kenny] I did beat Noah,
but I still didn't accomplish what I wanted.
I didn't get the gold.
But then my mom was just ecstatic.
She was overwhelmed with happiness.
[Mary Ann laughs] Oh, you don't know how I cried at this.
[kisses] Oh! Yippee!
Oh, God bless.
-And you did great against, you know… -[Kenny] I almost had it.
-You did! You did good! You did good! -[Kenny] That close!
Yes, get it next time.
[Kenny] When I was a kid, I always said I was gonna be an Olympian and then,
you know, the fact that I'm actually an Olympian
and she's actually there to witness it,
I mean, yeah, it's just… it's just an amazing feeling.
[Mary Ann crying]
[woman] Glasses off.
[Kenny] You know, she was crying, giving me a hug.
So that… that was just a special moment between me and her.
[Dennis] You know, this is the Olympics, man.
This is the best in the world.
Like, planetary.
Not, like, countries. This is the best on the planet.
So if you're going for gold and you get silver or bronze,
you're still in good company, man. Still in good company.
[tense music playing]
[commentator 2] didn't have quite the same pop.
[Junelle] I was sitting there with Ms. Keisha, and we're holding hands.
We were just praying.
We saw him go down,
and that's where, like, all the panicking started.
[Noah] I just get a strong pain in my chest,
and it literally feels like my muscles are ripping.
And I just… I had to go to the ground, 'cause I couldn't breathe.
[commentator 2]
if there's something with him physically here that is not the same.
[man] Is he okay?
He's sick.
Yeah, I mean, he's been sick for two days.
[man speaks indistinctly]
Yeah.
They're just doing the most.
[Noah] So the race didn't go exactly to plan,
but that bronze medal means so much to me because I feel it encapsulates
my childhood… in that one medal.
The fight I had to go through as a young kid
is the same challenge I had to go through at the Olympics as an adult.
And being able to say, "Despite this, I'm still going to go after my dream."
I got third.
Huh.
I got third with Covid. [chuckles]
I'm pretty amazing. [chuckles]
[Junelle] I said he did good, because even 3:00 a.m. last night,
I had to be touching him, the way he was coughing.
[Noah coughs]
Thanks, baby.
["Bonny and Clyde" by BROLY playing]
[lyrics in French]
Good morning!
4x1!
[Fred yells]
[Allyson] Coming off the drama of the 200 is the relays.
We all get excited for this, you know.
For the athletes who missed out on gold in their individual event, um,
the relay is huge.
You know, it's an opportunity to get that first gold medal ever.
[woman] Be aggressive. Push the stick through the hand from the shoulder
through the elbow. Stable wrist.
Here we go!
Set. Go!
Push! Push! Push! Push! Push!
[Allyson] In the women's 4x1, there's Gabby Thomas,
but also, Dennis Mitchell has three members from his training group.
Here we go!
Come on. Ho! Ho!
Use those arms, Melissa. Use those arms!
He has Sha'Carri Richardson. He has Melissa Jefferson.
And he has TeeTee Terry.
[TeeTee] To leave Paris with a gold medal
and be able to call myself an Olympic gold medalist,
it would definitely mean a lot.
[panting]
[Allyson] But it is not easy.
You go from being fierce competitors with someone.
You have to now come together and be teammates.
-[Gabby] That was so good. -[Mechelle] It was good. Yeah.
TeeTee, I like how you kept running.
Whoo!
[Mechelle] Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
Gabby, that was all you needed to do, was fix that damn stance.
It's honestly kind of weird just the way we compete
against each other all season
and then have to come together and be a team.
[Mechelle] Push! Push! Push! Push! Push!
[Gabby] The other three girls train together in Florida,
so they kind of had that… that chemistry.
[Mechelle] Okay, so two things on that. Gabby, you just literally missed her hand.
So, Sha'Carri, don't move.
[Sha'Carri] Don't move, okay.
-I started feeling for it. -[Mechelle] Don't move.
-[Sha'Carri] Okay. -[Mechelle] Okay?
[Ato] In recent memory, the US relay has been plagued at times
by some big blunders.
They've dropped the baton in the Olympics in 2008.
[commentator] for the USA.
[Ato] When both teams did not make the final.
Hugely disappointing there.
And this year,
we all know how the US men 4x1 turned out.
[commentator 2] exchange between Coleman and Bednarek,
and their aspirations are over.
[Ato] It's one of the beautiful things about the relay.
You can have the four fastest men or women on the planet.
If you do not properly pass that baton,
you will lose.
[commentator] a grandstand finish at the 33rd Olympiad.
You can tell we're getting to the end 'cause we've got the relays.
[yells]
-[woman yells] -[woman 2 yells]
[Mechelle] Pressure's here. You wanna win, you know?
You want it to go right. You want the zones to go well.
Athletes are used to thinking about what works for them,
and the relay is just that one time that you have to change that mindset
and bring everybody to what works best for the team.
And if we just come together, we can do what we came here to do.
-[Gabby] 3 to 4, you wanna do tape? -[Mechelle] All right, let's go.
TeeTee, we gotta be in the call room. You got your water?
[Sha'Carri] I know what we're capable of.
It's just a matter of trusting each other
and getting clean exchanges around the track.
[Melissa] You focusing on your job,
you have to also trust that everyone else is gonna do their job as well.
[Gabby] Everybody is very determined to get a gold medal.
Sha'Carri Richardson, especially after that 100.
I mean, a gold medal would probably mean everything to her.
[Mechelle] All right, real quick.
Be the best first leg out there,
be the best second in the world, be the best third leg in the world,
be the best fourth leg in the world, and we'll be the best 4x1 in the world.
-In the world. -[Mechelle] All right? Here.
Execute on three. Here we go. Execute on three. Execute on me.
-One, two, three. Execute! -Execute!
[Dennis] We're prepared, and we're ready for this Olympic final.
The disappointment of losing a race that you wanted
would be a tough pill to swallow.
And I think the toughest thing about the Olympics
is you gotta wait four years to do it again.
All of our marbles are in the relay. So they gotta get that medal.
You know, they… they gotta get that medal.
[commentator] to this incredible showdown.
Olympic drama like we have never seen before.
Everybody cannot wait to begin.
[commentator 2] it will be.
It's exciting. There are thrills. There are spills.
And there's a little baton that you gotta get around there.
It's the women's 4x1.
[boom]
[energetic music playing]
[Melissa] This is a chance to take the gold medal home.
Best believe I'm there. I'm gonna step up and get the job done.
[commentator 2]
[TeeTee] Standing on the line, I'm not gonna let the baton fall.
I don't want to be the one
that's responsible for messing up our chances of a gold medal.
[commentator 2] Gabby Thomas. You see her there.
It is Sha'Carri Richardson that will get the stick last,
provided the other three do their job to get there.
[Dennis] Give all you got, ladies.
[commentator 3] It is just pouring,
so they are gonna have to be a little bit careful.
You can see on the baton, there is water,
so they've gotta figure out how to keep it dry.
And hopefully it stays dry.
[announcer] Set.
[gunshot]
[crowd roars]
[commentator 2] That's the easy part.
Now comes the handoff.
Good pass by the Americans as they go down the backstretch.
Gabby Thomas will take the third leg for the Americans.
Still very close, the Americans. Can they give it to Sha'Carri Richardson?
[Gabby] It's pouring rain.
[commentator 3] from Gabby to Sha'Carri.
[Gabby] Her hand is moving around.
And I'm like, "Oh gosh."
[TeeTee] Watching the screen when Sha'Carri took the baton,
I did wonder how we was behind.
Come on, girl. Gotta run!
[TeeTee] But when things go wrong,
her top-end speed is unmatched.
[commentator 2] have to come from behind.
[Dennis] They always say the definition of a champion
is how do you deal with adversity.
Come on, girl. Come on.
-Come on, girl! -[commentator 2]
[Dennis] And as a coach,
that kind of stuff is what I live for.
[commentator 2] It's gonna be Richardson.
[cheers]
-Come on! -[man] Yes!
[yells]
[cheering and applause]
What?
[Dennis] Way to go, ladies!
[laughs]
[commentator 2] batons dropped from the Americans
over the last couple decades, especially the men.
But that's an achievement.
[Gabby] We all came together, despite everything,
and got an Olympic gold medal.
I thought it was an incredible display of hard work and trust.
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
-[woman] Congratulations! -Yes, again!
-We got three! -Yes.
[laughs]
Gold medal. Oh my goodness. Sha'Carri, how you feeling right now?
I'm feeling blessed. I'm honored to be standing here with these ladies.
Anything is possible, as long as we believe in ourselves,
believe in the work when we all come together,
and know that confidence, faith, is all that we need when we come on the track.
[announcer] and Olympic champions,
the United States of America.
[cheering]
[Sha'Carri] There is so much that comes with getting a gold medal,
so just being able to be a part of that is such an amazing feeling.
[Melissa] I came to my first Olympics, and I left with two medals,
and I couldn't be more proud of myself.
[announcer]
[cheering]
[Dennis] I'm always proud of my athletes.
You know, I've been there, and I've done that,
so I can just imagine how they feel at that moment.
I'm just so very proud of the things that my athletes did.
It is emotional.
You sit back and you say,
"Damn, did we just do that?"
[announcer] the pinnacle of your journey.
[cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
[Ato] You're forever Olympic champion, uh, when you win the Olympics.
Going back home. It's gonna be a big celebration.
[Julien] I'm just thinking of how my life is about to change.
[crowd chanting] Juju! Juju! Juju!
[Gabby] Coming away from this Olympics with three gold medals.
[announcer]
I'm just hoping my life doesn't change too much.
We have your three gold medals with us right now!
-[laughs] -[cheering]
[announcer] as athletes.
Now you're Olympians.
[Noah] Now I go into a room, "Oh, that's the fastest man in the world."
[laughing]
Whoo!
Next season starts already.
[laughs]
We gotta get ready for next season, baby.
[boom]
♪ 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 battle ♪
♪ All in ♪
♪ Check stats ♪
♪ Swinging for fans They yelling, "It's back, back!" ♪
♪ Hey, all in ♪
♪ Nothing less ♪
♪ Gotta get to it They gotta know you the best ♪
♪ Yo ♪
♪ We all in ♪
♪ Yeah, all in ♪