Feb 13
Elite Athletics, 'Elite' Alum, First-Look Photos: Check Out Netflix's 'Olympo'
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 4 MIN.
Last year's Paris Olympics may have featured a groundbreaking 195 openly LGBTQ+ athletes, with at least 65 of them taking medals, but with an upcoming Netflix show about elite young athletes training at a facility in Spain, there's the promise of even more representation.
"The country's best athletes train at the Pirineos High-Performance Center, such as Amaia, the captain of the national synchronized swimming team who demands only the best from herself and does not allow any mistakes," the logline for "Olympo" thumbnails.
The description suggests that there are hints some among the youthful athletes might be doping.
Source: Zeta Studios
"After years of pushing their bodies to the limit and sacrificing their lives for the sport," the synopsis concludes, "they face a dilemma: How far are they willing to go?"
Further than viewers might anticipate, to judge from steamy teen dramas like "Elite" and, in the U.S., "Euphoria."
"Olympo" comes from the same studio as the recently concluded "Elite," and features one of that show's actors in a new role, according to Australian newspaper the Star Observer.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
