Vauhdikas, valloittava ja viihdyttävä elokuva amerikkalaisen baseballmimmiliigan edesottamuksista 40-luvulla. Kun miehet lähtivät sotaan, urheilunnälkäiselle yleisölle oli tarjottava sitä mitä löytyi ja naiset saivat esitellä pelitaitojaan. Kaunis ja lahjakas Dottie värvätään pikkusiskonsa Kitin kanssa suoraan farmilta. Mukaan tulee myös täysillä elävä Mae Mordabito. Manageriksi he saavat viinaan sortuneen entisen huippupelaajan Jimmy Duganin, jolle maksetaan palkkaa "lippalakin heilauttamisesta yleisölle". Rockford Peaches on valmis lyömään kaikki vastustajansa ja tytöt yltävätkin loistaviin saavutuksiin niin pelikentällä kuin sen ulkopuolellakin.
James Erskinen ja Zara Hayesin dokumentti historiallisesta Billie Jean Kingin ja Bobby Riggsin välisestä tennisottelusta. Billie Jean King oli tennistähti ja aktivisti, Bobby Riggs sovinistinen showmies. Heidän välisensä ottelu oli television historian suurimpia urheilutapahtumia ja myös sukupuolten välinen taistelu.
Christy Martin mursi rajoja ja neniä noustessaan nyrkkeilymaailman huipulle, mutta julkikuvan takana piilivät piina, henkinen ja fyysinen väkivalta sekä hengenvaara.
As a result of a terrible car accident, young Ukrainian athlete Oksana Boturchuk suffers several serious injuries, almost losing her eyesight. However, after long rehabilitation and a returning to incredible training, she is able to conquer a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing.
A young girl meets a MMA coach and they quickly form a bond based on their mutual struggles with their own addictions.
The world of female bodybuilding provides the backdrop for this tale of an aspiring young actress who initially becomes interested in the sport as a means of self-defense following a physical attack by two men, but then finds that while concentrating on building up her body her relationship with her parents, with whom she is living, and her new-found boyfriend, a young cop, is breaking down. Several noted bodybuilders and iron-pumpers, male and female, put in appearances to give this production an added authenticity.
A cross-training athlete on the path to become a pro tests her limits one afternoon by pursuing several world-records just as conflict from her dissolving marriage collides, threatening to derail her.
Two young men and a girl, going through all the dilemmas of their generation, live together and try to build different world, to find their place in society. The manner of their life, understanding of truth and justice, love and passion, gets each of them in conflict with environment, with people who want to change their relationship and fit them into accepted moral norms. They are giving in slowly, and their whole world changes. Some of them will fit the dull everyday's life, and some will find strength to resist.
Based on her book, this World Premiere film follows Simone Biles through the sacrifices and hard work that led her to win 19 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Skate Dreams, the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding, profiles a group of women whose pursuit of self-expression, equality, and freedom have created an international movement on and off their skateboards. From their boycott of the X-Games, to their defiance of traditional skateboarding gatekeepers, through grueling worldwide skate competitions in the run up to the Olympics, Skate Dreams showcases the charismatic personalities, indomitable spirits and amazing talent of these trailblazing pioneers.
The story of a nation coming together around Indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman who delivered when it mattered on the greatest stage on earth. 20 years on, Freeman sheds light on one of Australia's proudest moments. In 49.11 seconds, Cathy Freeman's win at the 2000 Sydney Olympics brought Australia together as a nation.
On vuosi 1936. Yhdysvallat uhkaa boikotoida Berliinin olympialaisia, jos saksalaisten joukkueessa ei ole juutalaisia. Natsit haluavat vielä salata todelliset pyrkimyksensä maailmalta, joten juutalaisia on hyväksyttävä joukkueeseen. Yksi urheilijoista on aikansa johtava naiskorkeushyppääjä Gretel Bergmann. Gretel on muuttanut Englantiin ja on hallitseva Ison-Britannian mestari, eikä hän halua palata Saksaan. Natsipuolue kuitenkin kiristää Gretelin palaamaan uhkaamalla hänen Saksassa asuvaa perhettään. Saksalaisista naiskorkeushyppääjistä ei löydy Gretelille vastustajaa, kunnes tuntematon Marie Ketteler yllättäen nostetaan joukkueeseen. Muun joukkueen hyljeksimien kilpasiskojen välille muodostuu ystävyyssuhde. Mariella on kuitenkin salaisuus, joka panee ystävyyden ja natsien salaisen tavoitteen koetukselle...
She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the ’76 Olympics; she was drafted to the NBA. But have you ever heard of Lucy Harris?
PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN, a film that is changing the way the world views the female physique-creating "a new definition of the female form." Join four women as they prepare for the 1983 Caesars Palace World Cup Championship: the sultry and curvaceous Rachel McLish, the current champion; the super-muscular Bev Francis, Rachel's toughest competition; and newcomers Lori Bowen and Carla Dunlap.
When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run.
History of women in skateboarding.
The story takes the battle of the sexes into the hockey arena, as Paula Taymore - who almost once made the Olympic team - finds herself drawn into a challenge match against an irritating local men's squad. Fresh from a painful divorce, and doubting herself, Paula must make a winner out of an explosive, irreverent crew of women hockey players who flock to her town, Red Deer Alberta, to assemble the team.
Born in the small-town of Kutch, Rashmi overcomes all societal barriers to become a national-level athlete. But her glory is hindered when she is asked to undergo a gender test.