The film features: the american sprinter stars Maurice Green, Ato Boldon, Inger Miller, cuban heavyweight champion Felix Savon, ethopian long distance queen Gete Wami and german trackcyclist Robert Bartko. The five athletes represent various sport disciplines and also come from different social surroundings. They all have one thing in common, however, and that is the dream of an Olympic victory.
The film explores the lives of these athletes: routines that are driven by years, even decades, of training and geared to culminate in the few seconds of a perfect performance.
The central themes of this film are the methods used for the constant improvement and conditioning of the human body, the reservoir of inner strength and mental toughness, and the human capacity for suffering and performing under pressure.
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