Warner Bros. Discovery to unlock the Power of Sport for a second season
The first episode will feature Olympic athlete Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
As an action-packed summer of sport fast approaches, The Power of Sport – Warner Bros. Discovery’s weekly purpose-driven magazine show – returns today (5 April) promising to highlight important human stories and issues in a bold and powerful take on the sporting week.
Airing on Eurosport, discovery+ and the Eurosport app, the 30-minute, 15-episode series, kicks off with a host of exclusive interviews with Polish amputee footballer Marcin Oleksy and former Swiss long-distance runner Gabriela Andersen-Schiess – who took part in the first women’s Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics – in addition to a special feature on the hopes of some of Ukraine’s athletes with Paris 2024 just 16 months away. The opening episode will also preview the upcoming Paris-Roubaix cycling Monument race and the Monte-Carlo Masters tennis event.
Future episodes will include special reports on Pride Month, World Refugee Day and The Ocean Race. The final programme in the series is scheduled for 26 July to coincide with the ‘One Year To Go’ until Paris 2024 milestone.
Scott Young, SVP content and production at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, said: “Sport has the power to unite communities through its diversity, its rivalries and above all its trailblazing athletes who have the power to inspire fans all around the world, partly through the sacrifices they make to reach the pinnacle of performance.
“As we gear up for a hugely exciting summer of sport, we want to connect fans with these athletes on a deeper level to help tell their stories as part of our mission to champion content that goes far beyond the live action.”
The first season of The Power of Sport, launched in Spring 2022, delivered in excess of 60 features, including interviews with Janja Garnbret (Olympic sport climbing champion), Susie Wolff (CEO, ROKiT Venturi Racing), Tim Gajser (three-time MXGP World Champion), Bartosz Zmarzlik (two-time Speedway Grand Prix World Champion), recounting the journeys of some sport’s most iconic athletes and telling the stories of a host of initiatives that saw the sporting fraternity give back to their communities.