"Gold Medal Families" showcases six Olympic hopefuls and their families, revealing the extraordinary lengths, economic hardships, and personal sacrifices they endure to get to the podium of the World Games.
Extraordinary athletes and their families sacrifice everything for their dreams of glory. Gold Medal Gymnast Aly Raisman, divers Steele Johnson and Jordan Windle, boxer Jajaira Gonzalez, and swimmer Sean Grieshop.
Nastasya Generalova pursues her goal of becoming the first woman of color in rhythmic gymnastics. Meanwhile, diver Steele Johnson is injured during practice, leaving his family to question if he will even make it to the Olympic trials.
As Diver Steele Johnson continues to mend from a recent triceps injury, his family turns to their faith for guidance. Boxer Jajaira Gonzalez focuses on losing 6 pounds before her Olympic Trials fight in just 2 weeks.
With her entire family present, Gymnast Aly Raisman heads to Hartford to compete in the Classic, where she will have to prove to Marta Karolyi that she has what it takes to bring home gold in Rio.
Nastasya competes at the Olympic trials for a chance to go to Rio, while Jajaira looks to the future. Steele's coach devises a new game plan for synchro and Jordan's coach delivers some bad news.