"Olympo focussed on young talented sports stars attending the Pirineos High Performance Centre, where they would train in hopes of reaching the Olympics. The series kicked off with competitive swimmer Núria (María Romanillos) collapsing in the school swimming pool while trying to beat her competitor Amaia (Clara Galle), with the rest of the season exploring the extreme lengths young athletes go to in order to reach their dreams. Along the way, the students at the school became embroiled in numerous, sizzling relationships, including a number of steamy queer romances."
"Real-life former Uruguay rugby player Agustín Della Corte played Roque Pérez in the series, a gay rugby player who enters into a risky relationship with his teammate, Sebas Sendón (Juan Perales). Olympo also featured sapphic representation in the form of bisexual heptathlete Zoe Moral (Nira Osahia) and intersex representation through fellow heptathlete Renara Aguilera (Andy Duato). The series was a particular hit for fans of fellow queer, Spanish-language teen drama , which ran for eight seasons between 2018 and 2024. Considering Elite's healthy run time, fans of Olympo are shocked - and pretty furious - that it has been canned just six months after its release. " Olympo having a cast full of talented people and stories that were fully developed p***es me off so much, like I need to know what happens between Zoe and Renata, both as a couple and individually," raged one fan on X, formerly Twitter. "At least give us some closure. Netflix is a mess," they added."
Olympo was a Spanish-language, queer-inclusive sports drama set at the Pirineos High Performance Centre where young athletes train for the Olympics. The season began with competitive swimmer Núria collapsing in the school pool and explored the extreme lengths athletes take to achieve success. The series featured multiple queer storylines, including a gay rugby player Roque Pérez in a risky relationship, bisexual heptathlete Zoe Moral, and intersex heptathlete Renara Aguilera. Netflix cancelled the show six months after release, ending potential future seasons and provoking angry fan reactions demanding closure for character arcs.
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