SPRINT is one of Netflix’s most-watched new shows

The docuseries has amassed 2.4 million views worldwide in its first week of being released

SPRINT has flown out of the blocks and is one of Netflix’s most popular new shows.

The docuseries, which follows the journeys of some of the world’s elite sprinters in the build-up to last year’s World Championships in Budapest, has amassed 2.4 million views worldwide since its release last week.

That puts SPRINT sixth among the most-watched shows on Netflix right now, according to the latest figures released by the streaming service.

As well as 2.4 million views, the six-part series has also garnered 10 million viewing hours.

SPRINT tells the stories of the likes of Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles, Gabby Thomas and Shericka Jackson.

Since the release of SPRINT, each of the above athlete’s Instagram following has gone up by five figures. Richardson has gained 87,731 followers with Lyles, Thomas and Jackson seeing an increase of 76,682, 38,383 and 17,790 respectively.

Other stars on the show include Marcell Jacobs, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Zharnel Hughes, Ferdinand Omanyala and Elaine Thompson-Herah, to name just a few.

Alongside the athletes, the series also provides insight from the likes of Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix, Ato Boldon and Michael Johnson.

The hope is that the docuseries – produced by Box to Box Films, the company who made Formula 1: Drive to Survive – will have a similar, game-changing effect on athletics.

However, can SPRINT help solve all athletics’ problems? We recently explored why that might not necessarily be the case.

The six episodes of SPRINT are titled: Heir to the Throne; Queens; Belonging; Trials & Tribulations; The Gold Standard and The Double is Alive.

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