Caitlyn Jenneris looking back on her Olympics journey and the secrets she kept during her time in the spotlight.In a new trailer forNetflix’s forthcoming five-part sports-centered docuseries, titledUntold, the 71-year-old former athlete and reality star reflects on being an Olympic athlete and her past struggles with identity.“I spent my entire life hiding,” Jenner tells the camera at one point in thetrailer. “I didn’t want people to know me, and know who I was.“Jenner famously won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the men’s decathlon. Decades later, Jenner came out as transgender andreintroduced herself to the world as Caitlynon the July 2015 cover ofVanity Fair.“I was an Olympic Champion, the greatest athlete in the world,” she adds. “But I was still the same old person with all the same old issues.“Caitlyn Jenner.Paul Archuleta/Getty ImagesUntoldwill air weekly on the streaming platform, with each 80-minute episode looking back at iconic sports moments throughout history and uncovering the real stories that happened behind the scenes.Alongside Jenner, the series will also hear from boxer Christy Martin, tennis player Mardy Fish, basketball star Metta Sandiford-Artest and the United Hockey League team Danbury Trashers.“Sports is a great unifier in our country,” directors and co-executive producers Chapman Way and Maclain Way said in a statement, per theAssociated Press. “It crosses politics. It permeates culture. We’ve tried to separate it as its own industry, but just like art and film, it’s so pervasive it generates a wide discussion amongst people.““Untoldgets to the heart of the passion and single-mindedness it takes to be a champion and the ways in which the triumphs can be undone off the field,” Netflix teased of the project in a press release.Untold’sfirst episode, which will focus on the Pacers and Pistons' infamous basketball fight from 2004, will premiere on Netflix on Aug. 10.
Caitlyn Jenneris looking back on her Olympics journey and the secrets she kept during her time in the spotlight.
In a new trailer forNetflix’s forthcoming five-part sports-centered docuseries, titledUntold, the 71-year-old former athlete and reality star reflects on being an Olympic athlete and her past struggles with identity.
“I spent my entire life hiding,” Jenner tells the camera at one point in thetrailer. “I didn’t want people to know me, and know who I was.”
Jenner famously won gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the men’s decathlon. Decades later, Jenner came out as transgender andreintroduced herself to the world as Caitlynon the July 2015 cover ofVanity Fair.
“I was an Olympic Champion, the greatest athlete in the world,” she adds. “But I was still the same old person with all the same old issues.”
Caitlyn Jenner.Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
Untoldwill air weekly on the streaming platform, with each 80-minute episode looking back at iconic sports moments throughout history and uncovering the real stories that happened behind the scenes.
Alongside Jenner, the series will also hear from boxer Christy Martin, tennis player Mardy Fish, basketball star Metta Sandiford-Artest and the United Hockey League team Danbury Trashers.
“Sports is a great unifier in our country,” directors and co-executive producers Chapman Way and Maclain Way said in a statement, per theAssociated Press. “It crosses politics. It permeates culture. We’ve tried to separate it as its own industry, but just like art and film, it’s so pervasive it generates a wide discussion amongst people.”
“Untoldgets to the heart of the passion and single-mindedness it takes to be a champion and the ways in which the triumphs can be undone off the field,” Netflix teased of the project in a press release.
Untold’sfirst episode, which will focus on the Pacers and Pistons' infamous basketball fight from 2004, will premiere on Netflix on Aug. 10.
source: people.com
