🏅 Olympo (2025) on Netflix: Cast, Plot, Release Date & What to Expect from the High-Stakes Sports Drama Streaming June 20

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Jul 1
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🏊‍♂️🏉🏃‍♀️ Olympo (2025): Glory Has a Price

Streaming on Netflix from June 20, 2025

Falling. Breaking. Burning out. Losing yourself—and everyone else. But being the best. That’s Olympo.

In Netflix’s newest Spanish teen drama, Olympo, ambition isn't just a dream—it's a deadly game. Set in a world where athletic excellence collides with psychological pressure and fierce competition, Olympo explores what young elite athletes are willing to sacrifice for the promise of glory, fame, and high-end sponsorships.

Created by Jan Matheu, Laia Foguet, and Ibai Abad, Olympo unfolds at the fictional Pirineos Center of High Performance (HPC), a high-stakes training ground for Spain’s most promising sports stars, where alliances form fast, rivalries run deep, and ambition can be both a weapon and a curse.

🔍 The Plot

When a swimmer suddenly collapses during training, Amaia Olaberria (played by Clara Galle), a fiercely dedicated artistic swimmer, starts to investigate. What she uncovers is a disturbing reality: many athletes are pushing their minds and bodies beyond limits in the pursuit of success, some under the pressure of the elite Olympo fashion sponsorship, others for personal validation.

As secrets unravel and the veneer of perfection cracks, Amaia finds herself drawn into a world of doping, emotional breakdowns, toxic relationships, and institutional neglect. What’s really going on beneath the chlorinated surface and polished gym floors of HPC?

🌟 The Cast: A New Generation of Stars

Clara Galle as Amaia, the golden girl of artistic swimmin,g with a sharp mind and even sharper intuition
Nira Osahia as Zoe, a new heptathlon athlete hiding a dark secret
Agustín Della Corte as Roque, a gay rugby player navigating identity and pressure
Nuno Gallego as Cristian, Amaia’s boyfriend and a rising rugby star
María Romanillos as Núria, Amaia’s ex-best friend turned fierce competitor
Andy Duato, Najwa Khliwa, Juan Perales, and Martí Cordero bring dimension to a supporting cast of athletes grappling with the demands of performance, loyalty, and youth

Veteran performers like Vicenta Ndongo, Melina Matthews, Nicolás Furtado, and Fanny Gautier add gravitas to the story as coaches, scouts, and authority figures with complex motivations of their own.

🧬 Themes: Pressure, Power & the Price of Winning

At its core, Olympo is more than a teen drama—it’s a psychological thriller, an exposé, and a coming-of-age story wrapped into one. It questions:

How far can an athlete go before they lose themselves?
What does "winning" really mean in a system that thrives on burnout?
Who's really in control—the athletes, or the institutions grooming them?

As Amaia dives deeper into the mystery surrounding the collapsed swimmer, she must confront her own complicity, ambitions, and fears. Her journey becomes not only about exposing the truth but also reclaiming her identity in a world that only values victory.

🎬 Why Olympo Is Worth Watching

If you were hooked on the tension of Elite, the aesthetic of Tiny Pretty Things, or the emotional intensity of Spinning Out, Olympo offers a fresh, Spanish-language spin on the genre, filled with drama, twists, and compelling performances. With high production value, emotional storytelling, and timely commentary on the pressures facing young athletes, it's set to be Netflix’s next must-watch teen saga.