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The Weight of Gold is an HBO Sports documentary exploring the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes often face. The film comes during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has postponed the 2020 Tokyo Games — the first such postponement in Olympic history — and greatly exacerbated mental health issues.
In a typical year, more than 3.6 billion people globally tune in to watch the Olympic Games. What most of these viewers don’t know is that just like one in five Americans, many of these Olympic athletes similarly face serious mental health challenges and struggle to find the necessary support and resources.
The Weight of Gold seeks to inspire discussion about mental health issues, encourage people to seek help, and highlight the need for readily available support. It features accounts from Olympic athletes who share their own struggles with mental health issues, including Michael Phelps, Jeremy Bloom, Lolo Jones, Gracie Gold, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Sasha Cohen, David Boudia, Katie Uhlaender, and, posthumously, Steven Holcomb and Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (via his mother, Linda Peterson).
Original Release
07/29/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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David Boudia | Self |
Sasha Cohen | Self |
Gracie Gold | Self |
Steve Holcomb | Self |
Lolo Jones | Self |
Bode Miller | Self |
Apolo Ohno | Self |
Katie Uhlaender | Self |
Shaun White | Self |
Jeremy Bloom | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Boudia | Self |
Sasha Cohen | Self |
Gracie Gold | Self |
Steve Holcomb | Self |
Lolo Jones | Self |
Bode Miller | Self |
Apolo Ohno | Self |
Katie Uhlaender | Self |
Shaun White | Self |
Jeremy Bloom | Self |
Michael Phelps | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jeremy Bloom | Executive Producer |
Michael Phelps | Executive Producer |
Brett Rapkin | Executive Producer |
Peter Carlisle | Executive Producer |
Michael O. Lynch | Executive Producer |
Peter Nelson | Executive Producer |
Amber Theoharis | Executive Producer |
Bentley Weiner | Executive Producer |
Valerie LoCascio | Producer |
Scott Martin | Producer |
Jack Sheehan | Producer |
Michael Thomas Slifkin | Producer |
Ellyn Vander Wyden | Producer |