Going for gold
Get into sports top gear by streaming these intense doccies about global sports icons.
Wanna be a baller, a shot caller and sling gold medals around your neck after demolishing your opponents on the sportsfield? It takes more than blood, sweat and tears to be a global sport icon. Formula 1, basketball, rugby, soccer – you name the sport and there’s a doccie for you to stream to your device. Whether you’re looking for inside tips on lifting your game or inspiration for your life, check out these top sport stories on Showmax.
TIGER
Tiger Woods’s personal life has become the golfing round he’d rather forget. This two-episode doccie investigates golf’s most perfect player and how Tiger away from the 18 holes is anything but spotless. Sure, he can drop a 7 iron from the rough to within 2ft of the cup, but he’s a recovering alcoholic who cheated on his wife and had to be pulled from a crashed car after being chased down the road by his golf clubswinging wife, and most recently put his career on the line when he rolled his SUV and shattered his right leg. It’ll also help you improve your game because baby Tiger had impressive form.
THE WEIGHT OF GOLD
Think that the mental stress and strain of being an Olympic athlete is tough? Catch up with legendary US swimmer Michael Phelps, who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals (28), and US figure skater Gracie Gold as they reveal the real brain-breaker about being a top-tier professional athlete: When the competitions end, the cameras stop flashing, the fans stop asking for autographs and you’re just a “former” athlete. Being a pleb isn’t easy when you’re used to life as a celeb and the gold medals hanging on the wall are from when you used to matter. It also gives a deeper understanding of the mental stress that athletes experience and how they often struggle to overcome those fears and anxiety when they’re no longer able to compete at the top level.