Drama series about the students at an Australian school for the athletically-gifted.

The pressure cooker world of competitive sports provides the setting for this exciting teenage drama series. At the fictitious Sports West Academy, the gruelling routine of the career athlete provides a dynamic backdrop to the everyday loves and lives of our would-be Olympians. The series revolves around eight talented young characters - runners, cyclists, swimmers and gymnasts - their successes and failures both as top athletes and all-too-human individuals. And of course there are their coaches, families, rivals, lovers and friends - and their quest for gold.

Sweat was an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment in Perth. The show aired on Network Ten in 1996 (one season of 26 episodes) and centered around students at an Australian school for the athletically gifted. Sweat was Heath Ledger's first regular role on a television show. Ledger played Snowy Bowles, a gay cyclist.