Olympo

Olympo
Genre
Created by
  • Jan Matheu
  • Laia Fogue
  • Ibai Abad
Starring
ComposerPablo Borghi
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Ruben Goldfarb
  • Xavier Toll
ProducerAntonio Asensio
Cinematography
  • Carlos Garcés
  • Miquel Prohens
Editors
  • Irene Blecua
  • Ascen Marchena
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time42–53 minutes
Production companyZeta Producciones
Original release
NetworkNetflix
Release20 June 2025 (2025-06-20)

Olympo is a Spanish teen drama series created and written by Jan Matheu, Laia Foguet, and Ibai Abad for Netflix. The show is set at the Pirineos Center of High Performance, a fictional elite training school which hosts the most promising young athletes in the country, and focuses on their interpersonal relationships as they compete to win prestigious and lucrative sponsorship deals with global fashion brand Olympo and strive to prove themselves as the best in their chosen sports. The first season premiered on 20 June 2025.[1]

Cast and characters

Main

  • Clara Galle as Amaia Olaberria, an accomplished and competitive artistic swimmer
  • Nira Osahia as Zoe Moral, a heptathlete and newcomer to the HPC who is hiding a secret
  • Agustín Della Corte as Roque Pérez, a gay rugby player
  • Nuno Gallego as Cristian Delallave, Amaia's boyfriend and a member of the rugby team
  • María Romanillos as Núria Bórges, former best friend, duet partner, and later rival of Amaia
  • Andy Duato as Renata Aguilera, a heptathlete
  • Najwa Khliwa as Fátima Amazian, a member of the artistic swimming team
  • Juan Perales as Sebas Sendón, a wealthy and confrontational member of the rugby team
  • Martí Cordero as Charlie Lago, a rugby player and Sebas' best friend
  • Jesús Rubio as Iker Delallave, Cristian's successful older brother
  • Melina Matthews as Jana Castro, a scout working for Olympo and a former Olympic medalist who trained at the HPC
  • Nicolás Furtado as Hugo Teixeira, a scout working for Olympo

Recurring

  • Vicenta Ndongo as Isabel Durán, the director of Pirineos Center of High Performance
  • Alexandra Prokhorova as Svetlana Rominova, coach of the artistic swimming team
  • Mario de la Rosa as Javier Montes, coach of the rugby team
  • Juan López-Tagle as Jacobo Fuentes, coach of the heptathlon team
  • Chos as Pepa Gracia, a physiotherapist at the HPC
  • Mara Lãzaro as Yaiza Compés, Zoe's best friend
  • Gleb Abrosimov as Diego Sorokov, a swimmer at the HPC
  • Alberto Ávila as Miqui, a member of the heptathlon team
  • Laura Moray as Jennifer Pina, an cyclist at the HPC with a connection to Zoe
  • Laura Ubach as Peque, a member of the artistic swimming team
  • Nerea Mazo as Claudia Tur, a cyclist at the HPC and Jennifer's friend
  • Ismael Fritschi as Gunter Bronstein, owner of a cabin near the HPC where the athletes go to party
  • Fanny Gautier as Yolanda Medina, chief of the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency

Production

Filming for the series officially began on 23 July 2024, alongside the announcement of the main cast.[2][3] The first trailer for the series was released on 29 April 2025.[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2025)

No.
overall		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"This is Not Olympic Level"
(Esto no es nivel olímpico)		Marçal ForésJan MatheuJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
Zoe is scouted to attend the Pirineos Center of High Performance, and reluctantly agrees to join their heptathlon team. She meets Núria, an artistic swimmer recovering from a shoulder injury, who gives her a tour of the facility and introduces her to her best friend and duet partner Amaia, and their wider friend group. Representatives from global fashion brand Olympo arrive at the HPC to award lucrative scholarships to some of the athletes. Zoe struggles to adjust to her new environment and is teamed up with Renata, who doesn't acknowledge or talk to her at all. Amaia's mother, a failed former athlete, advises her to cut Núria loose because she is holding her back, and alleges that she lied about being injured to go on vacation. Núria refuses to tell Amaia the truth, and Amaia begins auditioning some of the other swimmers to replace her. At rugby training, Cristian almost gets injured and is informed by the coach that his performance is subpar and that he must leave the HPC. Hugo, one of the reps, secretly meets with Núria, who warns that Amaia might be onto them. Zoe is granted one of the Olympo sponsorships, earning ther ire of the other athletes. Roque secretly hooks up with swimmer Diego, who doesn't want to make their relationship public. Amaia discovers that Peque has been doping, but agrees not to tell the coach. After Roque vents to Christian about his frustration regarding Diego, Cristian posts a photo of Roque and Diego together. Zoe tries to leave the HPC, but is convinced to remain by Hugo. Núria finds out about Amaia trying to replace her, and outperforms Amaia in front of the others. She then falls unconscious, and Zoe and Amaia jump into the pool to rescue her.
2"Cry or Win"
(Llorar o ganar)		Marçal ForésLaia FoguetJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
Núria is taken to the infirmary and Amaia tells the doctors to test for drugs in her system. Roque receives hate comments from the photo with Diego, who punches him in the face. He is also demoted from rugby captain in favour of Charlie, but the coach refuses to tell him why. Cristian tells Amaia he is leaving, and she criticizes him for not putting enough effort into his training and for how this will affect her image. Zoe fakes an ankle injury to avoid training, and confronts Amaia for pushing Núria too hard. She later leaves the HPC and is followed by Renata who warns Zoe that her attitude could result in her losing her sponsorship and being expelled. Zoe reveals that she must remain at the HPC to avoid potentially having to go to jail. Amaia is shocked to see Núria unconscious, with Hugo holding her hands. Cristian's brother Iker collects him from the HPC and chastises him for being weak. Roque overhears Jennifer trying to convince Claudia to take drugs. Following an intense sparring round, he confesses to Amaia that he thinks Sebas might be gay. At a party, Amaia calls Zoe a fraud and she, in return, accuses Amaia of being responsible for Núria's condition. Sebas tries to have sex with Zoe, but is unable to get aroused, and she assures him that it is okay. Renata takes a video of the medical team taking Núria away via helicopter.
3"Not Again"
(Otra vez no)		Daniel BaroneLaia FoguetJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
The rugby team travel to play a series of qualifying matches in Turin, where Roque continues to experience abuse and remains out of the starting line-up. When he is substituted in and helps win the match, he speaks about homophobia to the media. He and Sebas later have sex. Zoe reconnects with Jennifer, her former girlfriend, and tells her she doesn’t want to be at the HPC following the death of her friend Yaiza in a car accident that she caused. She confesses feeling exhausted all the time. The coach tells Zoe that Renata has to stop competing, but does not give further details. Amaia tries to find out where Núria has been taken, but Isabel announces that she has been taken home and that her accident was a result of low blood sugar. Núria’s mother evades Amaia’s request to speak to her. Amaia threatens Peque, Claudia, and Jennifer, who all deny giving any drugs to Núria, and brings her concerns about doping to Isabel, who declines to take action. Renata shows Amaia the video she took the previous night, and she then follows Jennifer and sees her giving drugs to Zoe. She calls the Anti-Doping Agency make a report.
4"You'd Better Stop Here"
(Es mejor que te detengas aquí)		Daniel BaroneJan MatheuJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
Cristian returns, stating that he has been allowed back onto the team after intensive training with Iker. He and Amaia agree to rekindle their relationship, though Fatima continues to flirt with him. The Anti-Doping Agency arrive to collect samples from the athletes, and Jennifer tells everyone that Amaia is responsible for calling them before she is expelled from the HPC after testing positive. Many of the other samples come back positive for doping, but one of the HPC doctors confesses that she was responsible for calling the ADA. Isabel flees to avoid being prosecuted. Roque and Amaia suspect that Cristian has used drugs to improve his strength in such a short timeframe, but he is defensive and tests negative, much to his own surprise. Amaia refuses to apologize and he breaks up with her. Roque is awarded the second Olympo sponsorship. Zoe flees to avoid being tested but is eventually apprehended and the results only find THC within permitted levels. The ADA find drugs in Amaia’s locker and tell her that, despite Isabel giving them a fake address, they found out Núria in Andorra. Amaia shares her belief that Isabel covered up what happened to Núria, but the ADA disregard this and disqualify her from competing.
5"Nothing Can Be Said to You"
(A ti no se te puede decir nada)		Ibai AbadLaia Foguet and Jan MatheuJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
Isabel is arrested and Jan, one of the Olympo scouts, becomes the new director of the HPC and imposes a new edict of zero tolerance, installing security cameras and an athlete curfew. Amaia alleges that Olympo gave Roque the sponsorship because he’s gay. Jana has a documentary team follow the rugby team’s journey to the World Cup, where the team deny any homophobia and grow jealous of the focus on Roque. At a secret party, Cristian tells Fatima that he was awarded the final Olympo scholarship. Sebas speaks to Zoe, who advises him that hiding his sexuality will only cause him pain, and he later reconciles with Roque. Renata gets drunk and reveals to Zoe that she is intersex and can no longer compete due to the impact that the treatment to remove the testosterone from her system has on her body. Amaia finds a key to Núria’s drawer, finding that she was going to be sponsored by Olympo. In exchange for the ADA lifting the sanctions against her, she informs Jana where the party is being held and the Police locate the drug dealer responsible for the doping epidemic at the HPC. Amaia later sees Cristian having sex with Fatima. Zoe hallucinates Yaiza while training and collapses, causing Jana to call her a fraud and insists she quit the heptathlon team. Roque’s hand is broken by Charlie during training and he’s told he can’t play in the World Cup or he will risk becoming permanently disabled.
6"You've Always Been My Favorite"
(Siempre has sido mi favorita)		Ibai AbadAlba LucíoJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
7"They Are Called Tactics"
(Se llaman tácticas)		Ana VázquezJan MatheuJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)
8"Amaia is Always Right"
(Amaia siempre tiene razón)		Ana VázquezLaia FoguetJune 20, 2025 (2025-06-20)

References

  1. ^ De Brun, Liam (20 June 2025). "Netflix dropping 'high stakes' sports drama series that makes for essential summer viewing". Manchester Evening News.
  2. ^ Reche, Cristina (23 July 2024). "Netflix Begins Filming on Its New Young Adult Series, 'Olympo'". Netflix.
  3. ^ "De Uruguay a las grandes ligas: el camino de Agustín Della Corte, cara de la nueva superproducción de Netflix". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Netflix Drops Steamy First Teaser for 'Olympo,' the New Drama from the Creators of 'Élite'". Gayety. 29 April 2025.
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