ROLLERCOASTER RUTHERFORD DOCUMENTARY ONE LAST PUSH TO PREMIERE DURING DISCOVERY’S FINAL COUNTDOWN TO OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES BEIJING 2022

As the road to Beijing draws closer, Discovery, the Home of the Olympics in Europe, will mark the final countdown to the Olympic Winter Games* with a series of compelling documentaries and inspiring programming to unlock the power of the Olympics for viewers across discovery+ and Eurosport.

One Last Push

A rollercoaster ride alongside Team GB’s Olympic Games London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford, in his attempt to come out of retirement, switch sports and become only the second man in history to win gold at an Olympic Summer and Winter Games. 

One Last Push, a Discovery Sports original, is an exclusive discovery+ fly-on-the-wall documentary capturing the highs and the lows of a nail-biting and emotional race against time as Rutherford and his four-man bobsleigh team-mates attempt to qualify for Beijing 2022.

The one-hour documentary stars Rutherford’s fellow hopefuls Lamin Deen, Joel Fearon, Ben Simons and Toby Olub, iRyan Letts, Sam Blanchet and Luke Dawes and premieres on Eurosport across Europe (excluding UK) on Tuesday 1 February at 19:00 CET. One Last Push will be available to watch exclusively on discovery+ in the UK from Wednesday 2 February.

Click HERE for the official on-air promo and HERE for rights-free behind-the-scenes images from filming.

A Brilliant Curling Story

This Olympic Channel documentary, produced by Frank Marshall and Mandalay Sports Media (“The Last Dance”) tells the remarkable story of five unassuming women from Scotland who came together for a shot at Olympic curling glory. 

A Brilliant Curling Story details the story of five curlers - Rhona Martin, Deborah Knox, Fiona MacDonald, Janice Rankin and Margaret Morton - who won the hearts of the whole of Great Britain in 2002 and how they combined their personal lives with their dreams to compete at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games while also recounting the team dynamic challenges they faced.

Frank Marshall, producer of  A Brilliant Curling Story, said: “This legendary group of Scottish women winning Curling gold is truly one of those special Olympic moments. We wanted to revisit their powerful story on its 20th anniversary so those who were there can relive all the drama and emotion. But we also wanted to introduce the story – one of belief, friendship and togetherness – to the next generation of Olympic fans, so they too get to experience all the magic of the moment that united people around the world and to make sure that their legend lives on.”

A Brilliant Curling Story is available to watch on discovery+ in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Italy and will air for the first time across the Eurosport network on Monday 31 January. Click HERE to watch the trailer.

Discovery’s 360-offering in the lead-up, and during Beijing 2022, will include:

• discovery+ and Eurosport, the only place to watch every moment of Beijing 2022 live – 855 hours of live action on digital platforms and 365 hours of live action on linear

• Dedicated Beijing 2022 section – every event live as well as full event replays in multi-languages 

• Highlights and clips on the Eurosport App and Eurosport.com 

• Increased focus on comment and analysis

• Daily digital show Beijing Today***, sponsored by Bridgestone, will bring fans the latest reaction and analysis from the day’s action during Games Time in addition to the live action across discovery+ and Eurosport’s platforms

• Bringing the Games to life across all platforms – local daily shows on Snap in UK and France as well as content on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok

• Athletes to Watch, a co-production with the Olympic Channel (10 episodes) will give fans the chance to get up close and personal with some of the athlete hopefuls for Beijing

• Olympic Explainers – 15 sports explainers on winter sports

• Weekly Video Shows including Winter Pass, Chalet Club and Poligono360

• Olympic podcasts including Olympic Planet in Spain and Championes Du Monde in France

Viewers can watch all of the Olympics only on discovery+** and Eurosport platforms from 2 February.