Has the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics got you in the mood for some sports-themed movies and dramas? If so, here’s a special selection of hit series and films that are bound to get your adrenaline flowing – and get you sprinting to the finish line in time to watch another athletics-flavored favorite!

Reach for the Stars

Bok Joo is a college student and a weightlifting player. She deeply loves her father, who is sick but sells fried chicken to support her. She can't stand injustice and values loyalty. She has never had a chance to go on a blind date as she is a weightlifting player, but she accepts it as her life. Jun Hyung is a swimmer who goes to the same college as Bok Joo. They used to know each other when they were kids. He constantly teases her, so she resents him. Jun Hyung has a cousin, Jae Yi. He is kind to everyone, so it sometimes causes misunderstanding, making some women feel led on. One day, Bok Joo runs into Jae Yi and falls for him after seeing him smile at her. She finds out he is a doctor at an obesity clinic and signs up for the weight-loss program at the clinic. However, Jun Hyung finds out about this, and he can't pass up the opportunity to tease her.

Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok-joo

I'm Busy Getting Stronger Team

Hunan TV

Shen Zheng Yi (Song Zu Er) is a young female student with a passion for ice skating. She dreams of becoming a champion short-track speed skater, but as she has never trained in the sport, she knows she is already behind where she should be if she is ever to become a champion at the highly demanding sport. Her mother is also bitterly opposed to her taking up the sport. So Shen Zheng Yi decides to defy her mother and join an ice skating club anyway. She finds herself under the wing of a promising figure skater named Zhuang Yue (Wang An Yu).

Training with Zhuang Yue is no picnic, and learning how to perform on the short track is both physically and mentally grueling. But as she slowly builds up her confidence, both Shen Zheng Yi and her coach begin to understand that she might just have the grit, determination, and skill she needs to succeed at the highest level. Her passion also inspires Zhuang Yue to overcome his own demons on the ice rink...and the two start to develop deeper emotions for one another. But with a key competition on the horizon and her mother still hoping to thwart Shen Zheng Yi’s sporting plans, will her ice-skating dreams of victory ever come true?

“To Fly with You” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Sha Wei Qi.

To Fly with You

⛸️ The Cutting Edge Team ⛸️

Growing up, Kang Tae Joo (Shin Hyun Seung) and Shin Hae Won (Lee Soo Min) were practically inseparable. The best of friends, the two elementary school boys shared a fanatic love of baseball and enjoyed nothing more than spending their time utterly immersed in the game. Though Tae Joo and Hae Won believed they would be together forever, fate decided it had other plans.

After his parents announce he is moving to the United States, Tae Joo has no choice but to say goodbye to Hae Won. Despondent over being forced to leave his best friend behind, Tae Joo is determined to someday see Hae Won again. As the years pass, Tae Joo never gives up hope of being reunited with his childhood friend.&nbsp;

As suddenly as he once had to say goodbye, Tae Joo now finds himself back in Korea where he wastes no time in searching for his best friend. Tracking Hae Won down, Tae Joo is shocked beyond words to discover that his childhood best friend is now a high school girl! Will this unexpected switch change their relationship forever?

Based on the webtoon of the same name, “Pumpkin Time” is a 2021 fantasy romance drama directed by Kang Min Gu.

Pumpkin Time

⚾️If wishes could come true!🪄

Youku

Sheng Jing Chu (Niu Jun Feng) is a rising star in the world of professional Go. Few can match his skills on the board, but he is famously quiet, reserved, and media-shy – despite plenty of public interest. For him, the whole world is black and white, like the colors of the pieces on the Go board. But when he encounters a young trainee reporter named Cheng Liao (Landy Li), his world turns upside down. When he looks at her, he can finally see in color. The media gets the wrong end of the stick, however, and reports begin to emerge stating that she is his girlfriend. The duo decides to keep up the pretense, stating that they indeed are a couple.

But when Sheng Jing Chu suffers a shock Go loss, his mentor says he wants no more to do with him. Sheng Jing Chu is despondent and believes he has lost his knack for the sport. But in the meantime, his relationship with Cheng Liao is becoming deeper, while she is also developing feelings for him. But when she discovers his color blindness is the reason he first became drawn to her, Cheng Liao is unsure about his true feelings for her. Is she just a pawn in his game, or will it be checkmate for love?

“GO Into Your Heart” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Kuk Kok Leung and Liu Chang.

GO Into Your Heart

🎲Checkmate Team🎲

Despite the fact that things just never seem to go his way, Sang Ha (Lee Se Jin) always manages to find a reason to smile. A member of the school track team, Sang Ha loves to run, but distance has never really been his thing. For Sang Ha, sprinting is what brings him the most joy.

Jin Won (Cheon Seung Ho), on the other hand, is exactly the opposite. A record breaking marathon runner in high school, Jin Won is well on his way to becoming a marathon superstar. Determined to live up to the expectations of his coaches and colleagues, Jin Won cares about one thing and one thing only: running his next race.

When Jin Won finds himself struggling to maintain his record-breaking stats, his coach suggests Sang Ha step in to help as a pacemaker. Disappointed in the coach’s decision, Jin Won is anything but friendly to his new partner but with time and determination, the two runners come to find they share a similar passion, both on the track and off. As the two become closer, they begin to realize their feelings for each have taken an unexpected turn. But can they move from friend to friendlier without risking everything they’ve worked so hard to achieve?

The followup project to the popular BL drama, “Where Your Eyes Linger” (2020), “Mr. Heart” is a 2020 idol web drama directed by Park Seon Jae.

Mr. Heart

My Mr. Heart ❤

Many years ago, when they were high schoolers, Tang Xin (Xing Fei) met the tall and dashing Yuan Shen Qing (Hu Yi Tian). She instantly fell for him, although she didn’t tell him at the time. He told her that he wouldn’t forget her, but since then, their paths have gone in different directions: She has become a trainee reporter, while he has become the country’s leading 50-meter pistol shooter, heading China’s bid for Olympic glory. As the pistol shooting team prepares for the Olympics, Tang Xin is assigned to interview him. But when she is suddenly confronted by the man she held a candle for, she is overcome with nerves. He, meanwhile, is dismissive and cold toward her.

Tang Xin is assigned to film and interview the team as it prepares for the Olympics, but Yuan Shen Qing finds that he is unsettled by her presence, as it even starts to interfere with his performance. He cannot seem to understand why his aim is affected by Tang Xin. But as they spend more time together, he starts to wonder if he isn’t perhaps falling for her. Will Olympic glory – and maybe romance – come calling?

“Hello, the Sharpshooter” is a 2022 Chinese drama series that was directed by Liu Yi Zhi.

Hello, the Sharpshooter

Shot through the heart Team 💘

iQIYI

Sang Tian (Chen Yao) is an aspiring figure skater. On the day she turns 18, she vows to her family that she will be accepted to the same university that her mother once attended.

To get in, she must pass a test, which she – an exceptionally competent skater and student – expects to ace.

However, things do not go according to plan for Sang Tian and she fails the exam.

Undaunted, Sang Tian decides not to give up, and in desperation, she dresses as a male ice hockey player and joins in a trial match for the college team. She unexpectedly shines, and is selected as part of the men’s ice hockey program.

Things get even more complicated for her when she realizes that Wen Bing (Darren Chen), a young man she has crossed swords with in the past, is also part of the team. Worse still, she finds she must share a dormitory with him, and struggles to keep her true identity a secret.

On the ice, Sang Tian and Wen Bing prove to be the catalysts for their team’s newfound success, and the team finds itself in with a shot at the championship.

As the two students start to get to know one another, they develop a mutual respect for one another…but could that one day turn to love?

“My Unicorn Girl” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Wang Xiao Hui.

My Unicorn Girl

Love On Ice ⛸️💖

An ambitious equestrian with dreams of someday winning the Grand Prix Championship, Seo Joo Hee (Kim Tae Hee) has dedicated her life to the sport of horse racing. An accomplished jockey, Joo Hee was well on her way to making her dreams come true until an accident during one of her races put an end to everything. Losing her horse and injuring her arm, Joo Hee is too devastated by the loss to continue racing.

Sinking into an ever-deepening depression, Joo Hee realizes something is going to have to change, and soon. Knowing nothing will change without action, Joo Hee travels to Jeju Island, hoping the time away will help clear her head and heal her heart. She doesn’t hold out much hope for the trip but admits that a vacation might be nice.

While exploring the wonders of Jeju Island, Joo Hee meets Lee Woo Suk (Yang Dong Geun), a champion jockey who understands the pain and heartache that comes with racing. Able to relate to Joo Hee in ways no one else can, Woo Suk helps his new friend find the courage to start over. With Woo Suk by her side, Joo Hee once again dreams of winning the Grand Prix and this time, nothing is going to stand in her way.

An emotional story of broken dreams and starting over, “Grand Prix” is a 2010 sports film directed by Yang Yun Ho.

Grand Prix

SET TV

Can a woman who can’t remember her past and a man who is trying to hide his true identity break a swim team’s losing streak? Yu Die (Mandy Wei) was a genius child prodigy who lost everything she loved. Yu Die’s mother drowned while trying to save Yu Die and, in one very bad day, Yu Die lost her mother, her memory and her ability to swim. Years later, she crosses paths with Gao Hai Fei (Kingone Wang), the CEO of a multibillion corporation. Intrigued by Yu Die’s lost memories, Hai Fei hides his true identity from her and gets mistaken for a professional part-time worker who is a jack-of-all-trades. Yu Die asks Hai Fei for his help with the “Sea Horse” Men’s Swim Team, which has never been able to win a meet and is the laughing stock of the sport of swimming. With Hai Fei searching for a “mermaid” crush from his past, will he agree to help Yu Die turn the losing swim team around? “Swimming Battle” is a 2016 Taiwanese drama series.

Swimming Battle

The Flying Fish Team

A budding young female volleyball player named Kang Se Ra (Hwang Seun Eon) has an unfortunate incident, resulting in a sudden slump in form that she cannot seem to shake off.

As her woes continue, she ends up coaching a struggling men’s high school volleyball team where Hwang Jae Woong (Song Jae Rim) is the star player.

Despite his skills and sporting prowess, the rest of the team is nowhere near his level – and its win record is abysmal.

But when these two volleyball talents meet, sparks fly on and off the court. Despite Hwang Jae Woong’s sarcastic exterior, Kang Se Ra soon discovers an altogether more tender side of this volleyball ace.

With love in the air, could the team’s results improve? And could Kang Se Ra find her groove again – to return to the top of the volleyball game?

“Thumping Spike” is a 2016 South Korean drama series produced by Kim Jin Young.

Thumping Spike

Han Da Woon (Kim So Eun) is a nerdy university student who has never had any experience in love, but is a top 10, straight-A student. All of her crushes have been unrequited, and she is tired of being alone.

At college, she meets a former volleyball player, the super-popular Dong Hye Sung (Lee Won Geun).

After a promising start, Dong Hye Sung’s sporting career has hit an insurmountable hurdle: He has experienced a slump in form that goes on for so long, that he eventually decides to put his volleyball dreams on ice so he can study business.

Sadly for him, as a sporting star, he has never really had to study before – and quickly realizes that he has no idea how to go about it.

The two students soon realize that they may be able to help one another out: Han Da Woon agrees to become Dong Hye Sung’s study coach – if he agrees to become her love coach.

But as they learn together, a mysterious bond begins to form. Could love bloom for this unlikely couple?

“Thumping Spike 2” is a 2016 South Korea drama series directed by Kim Jin Young.

Thumping Spike 2

Se Young is the youngest head of the management team of Dreams, a cellar-dwelling baseball team. She's highly recognized for her perseverance and intense passion for the team. One day, Seung Su is appointed as a general manager. Although he's been working in the sports field, the teams he led to the championship were unpopular, and some of them were even disbanded after winning the league due to the financial difficulties of their parent companies.

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