‘Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts’ docuseries added to Peacock Olympic programming

Peacock has added a new gymnastics docuseries to its countdown to Tokyo programming called, ‘Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts’ and is set to follow five gymnasts as they compete for four spots on the U.S. women’s Olympic team.

Partnering with Uninterrupted, which stars LeBron James and businessman Maverick Carter, Peacock has ordered six-episodes of the docuseries, which will follow five of the top American gymnasts – Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez, 2016 Olympic team alternate MyKayla Skinner, 2017 World all-around champion Morgan Hurd, 2019 World champion Sunisa Lee, and 2019 Junior World bronze medalist and first-year senior Konnor McClain.

Per a press release from Peacock, “The series will follow these athletes, whose preparation for the Games is fundamentally altered by the pandemic, over a five-month period as they continue their grueling training regimens and fight for a chance to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.”

Each hour-long episode will center on the “individual and intertwining journeys” of the aforementioned Team USA hopefuls, highlighting major milestones throughout the journey, including National Team camps, the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June.

Each of the six episodes with star one or two gymnasts in the cast while also checking in on the rest of the cast.

‘Golden: The Journey of USA’s Elite Gymnasts’ joins a number of recent and upcoming docuseries focusing on U.S. gymnastics, including DEFYING GRAVITY: The Untold Story Of Women’s Gymnastics, which premiered in fall 2020, Olympic Channel’s All Around series, which also follows Hurd, and the upcoming Facebook Watch Versus series, Simone vs. Herself, which will chronicle the superstar gymnast’s journey to Tokyo.

Per Deadline, Three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes is executive producing, along with James, Carter, and Uninterrupted‘s Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron.

“When I look back, I remember the tremendous sacrifice it took me to achieve my own Olympic pursuits,” Dawes said. “Similarly, these gymnasts have and will continue to endure physical, emotional and mental hurdles that most cannot fathom. The millions of viewers who watch the Summer Games are accustomed to witnessing the short-lived glory of the podium without truly understanding the demands these young female athletes face.”

A premiere date has not yet been confirmed for the show.