The docuseries has amassed 2.4 million views worldwide in its first week of being launched
SPRINT has flown out of the blocks and is one among Netflix’s hottest new exhibits.
The docuseries, which follows the journeys of a number of the world’s elite sprinters within the build-up to final 12 months’s World Championships in Budapest, has amassed 2.4 million views worldwide since its launch final week.
That places SPRINT sixth among the many most-watched exhibits on Netflix proper now, based on the most recent figures launched by the streaming service.
In addition to 2.4 million views, the six-part collection has additionally garnered 10 million viewing hours.
SPRINT tells the tales of the likes of Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and Shericka Jackson.
Because the launch of SPRINT, every of the above athlete’s Instagram following has gone up by 5 figures. Richardson has gained 87,731 followers with Lyles, Thomas and Jackson seeing a rise of 76,682, 38,383 and 17,790 respectively.
World 100m medallists in Budapest (Getty)
Different stars on the present embrace Marcell Jacobs, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Zharnel Hughes, Ferdinand Omanyala and Elaine Thompson-Herah, to call just some.
Alongside the athletes, the collection additionally gives perception from the likes of Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix, Ato Boldon and Michael Johnson.
The hope is that the docuseries – produced by Field to Field Movies, the corporate who made Components 1: Drive to Survive – could have an identical, game-changing impact on athletics.
Nevertheless, can SPRINT assist clear up all athletics’ issues? We lately explored why which may not essentially be the case.
The six episodes of SPRINT are titled: Inheritor to the Throne; Queens; Belonging; Trials & Tribulations; The Gold Commonplace and The Double is Alive.
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