'Personal Best' is released in cinemas by Verve Pictures today.
Filmed over four years, Personal Best follows up-and-coming
British sprinters on their journey from the grassroots of athletics to the
international stage. The film is both a gripping portrait of the athletes in
training and competition, and a deeply personal account of their lives
unfolding -- revealing victory, defeat, agony, ecstasy and the simple trials of
growing up.
On the eve of the 2012 Olympics, this film tells the stories
of Britain's young sprinters as they strive towards their dreams. This is an
inspiring but genuine portrait of Britain's youth and a penetrating study of
the art of sprinting, peeling back the layers so we can finally understand
everything it means to them as they wait on the start line for the gun to fire.
