1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:07,616 [UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:20,498 [MUSIC FADES] 5 00:00:24,372 --> 00:00:27,201 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 6 00:00:49,092 --> 00:00:51,964 [WIND CHIMES TINKLING] 7 00:01:26,695 --> 00:01:30,438 [ENIGMATIC CHORAL MUSIC PLAYING] 8 00:01:47,629 --> 00:01:49,848 NARRATOR: [ECHOING] They ask why. 9 00:01:50,893 --> 00:01:54,114 The answer is larger than language... 10 00:01:55,419 --> 00:01:56,594 but I'll try. 11 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:01,556 In the abyss, time and space shrink 12 00:02:01,643 --> 00:02:05,821 to a point so fine, they hold no shadow. 13 00:02:09,477 --> 00:02:12,088 So we return to the giver of life, 14 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:16,875 awed by her quiet magic, 15 00:02:18,050 --> 00:02:21,793 becoming everything and nothing, 16 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:27,277 seeing further, clearer, 17 00:02:27,799 --> 00:02:32,195 reviving our freedom, our strength. 18 00:02:33,501 --> 00:02:35,503 This is why. 19 00:02:38,245 --> 00:02:41,161 [CLOCK TICKING] 20 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:49,560 [TICKING CONTINUES] 21 00:03:01,659 --> 00:03:04,053 [TIMER BEEPING] ERIKA: Please come up 22 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,750 and breathe through the mouth, please. 23 00:03:05,924 --> 00:03:07,099 [BREATHES DEEPLY] 24 00:03:07,361 --> 00:03:09,406 ERIKA: Two minutes rest before the next one. 25 00:03:10,842 --> 00:03:12,148 [DEVICE BEEPS] 26 00:03:12,888 --> 00:03:15,586 ERIKA: Two-minute breath hold.[INHALES DEEPLY] 27 00:03:16,848 --> 00:03:18,154 [CLOCK TICKING] 28 00:03:18,937 --> 00:03:20,504 ERIKA: We are testing divers 29 00:03:20,591 --> 00:03:23,768 to see which features are most predictive 30 00:03:23,986 --> 00:03:25,727 for diving performance. 31 00:03:28,338 --> 00:03:29,905 [TIMER BEEPING] 32 00:03:31,472 --> 00:03:32,690 [BREATHES DEEPLY] ERIKA: Some breaths. 33 00:03:32,908 --> 00:03:34,257 [EXHALES DEEPLY] 34 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:38,522 ERIKA: Three-minutes breath hold. 35 00:03:38,653 --> 00:03:39,784 [INHALES DEEPLY] 36 00:03:39,915 --> 00:03:40,916 Very good. 37 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:45,834 I started studying Alexey 16 years ago, 38 00:03:46,487 --> 00:03:49,272 and Alexey is now dominating the field. 39 00:03:49,446 --> 00:03:52,275 He has ideal physiology for diving, 40 00:03:53,102 --> 00:03:57,149 but also his mental capacity and attitude. 41 00:03:57,541 --> 00:03:59,151 Freediving is a mental sport. 42 00:03:59,282 --> 00:04:00,501 [TIMER BEEPING] 43 00:04:00,588 --> 00:04:02,807 [EXHALES DEEPLY] 44 00:04:03,852 --> 00:04:07,029 So we rest two minutes and then quit? 45 00:04:07,551 --> 00:04:10,380 - Uh, should we do five? - ERIKA: It's up to you. 46 00:04:11,381 --> 00:04:13,209 Let's do five. Let's do one more. 47 00:04:13,905 --> 00:04:15,864 But you are tired from all the diving. 48 00:04:16,168 --> 00:04:18,258 Well, I can feel it, but it's fine. 49 00:04:18,345 --> 00:04:20,085 I think I can-- [EXHALES, INHALES SHARPLY] 50 00:04:22,697 --> 00:04:24,916 If you want, we do five, but that's it. 51 00:04:25,743 --> 00:04:27,310 - Yeah. - ERIKA: But you promise to quit 52 00:04:27,397 --> 00:04:29,007 if you find it struggle. 53 00:04:29,356 --> 00:04:30,922 Yeah, yeah. I will for sure. 54 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:32,228 ERIKA: Start when you're ready. 55 00:04:34,796 --> 00:04:36,624 [CLOCK TICKING] 56 00:04:36,754 --> 00:04:39,975 ERIKA: Alexey is unusually hard on himself with training. 57 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:44,327 When you have dived very deep, you should take some days off 58 00:04:44,501 --> 00:04:46,677 because otherwise, that can be dangerous. 59 00:04:46,982 --> 00:04:48,810 He has a son now. 60 00:04:49,201 --> 00:04:50,507 I'm a little bit worried. 61 00:04:50,594 --> 00:04:52,814 [TIMER BEEPING] ERIKA: Come up. 62 00:04:52,988 --> 00:04:55,077 [BREATHES DEEPLY] 63 00:04:55,251 --> 00:04:57,297 ERIKA: No, you're changing color a little bit. 64 00:04:58,428 --> 00:05:00,343 Can see you have held your breath. 65 00:05:00,561 --> 00:05:02,302 That was good breath hold. 66 00:05:02,389 --> 00:05:04,347 Now you have to take a few days off. 67 00:05:04,608 --> 00:05:06,480 [SIGHS] No, no, no. 68 00:05:06,958 --> 00:05:08,220 I plan to train tomorrow. 69 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:10,266 I hope by tomorrow it's ready. [CHUCKLES] 70 00:05:10,353 --> 00:05:13,965 If you stress your body, you need to build it. 71 00:05:14,357 --> 00:05:16,707 And it is the rest that builds, of course. 72 00:05:18,013 --> 00:05:20,145 I give you a Superman Band-Aid. 73 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:22,496 [BOTH LAUGH] 74 00:05:23,105 --> 00:05:25,934 [ENIGMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 75 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:33,333 [SEAGULLS SQUAWKING] 76 00:05:50,567 --> 00:05:53,353 [MUSIC FADES] 77 00:05:55,659 --> 00:05:57,966 ALEXEY: I'm a freediver. It's all my life. 78 00:05:59,707 --> 00:06:01,622 I'm very competitive, I always have been 79 00:06:01,752 --> 00:06:03,101 since I was a kid. 80 00:06:05,626 --> 00:06:07,802 I'm 36 now, and in many sports, 81 00:06:07,889 --> 00:06:10,326 that would be too old to be a top athlete. 82 00:06:10,674 --> 00:06:13,198 But I have still quite some years to compete 83 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:15,331 and stay on top of the sport. 84 00:06:21,032 --> 00:06:22,599 I'm getting ready for the season. 85 00:06:23,295 --> 00:06:27,038 For this year, the goal is to get all five world records 86 00:06:27,256 --> 00:06:29,127 for all the disciplines for freediving. 87 00:06:29,519 --> 00:06:31,782 Nobody has achieved this ever before. 88 00:06:33,349 --> 00:06:38,049 [ENIGMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 89 00:06:40,269 --> 00:06:41,531 ALEXEY: My favorite is monofin. 90 00:06:41,966 --> 00:06:43,751 Monofin allows you to go deeper, faster. 91 00:06:43,838 --> 00:06:45,187 You feel like a dolphin. 92 00:06:48,756 --> 00:06:50,279 With the bi-fins, you can compare it 93 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:51,715 with a bicycle on land. 94 00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:56,503 Free immersion is the discipline where you pull on a rope. 95 00:06:56,590 --> 00:06:59,593 It's a great discipline to start depth exploration 96 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,290 because it allows you to stay at depth, 97 00:07:01,377 --> 00:07:02,422 not to fight buoyancy. 98 00:07:03,074 --> 00:07:06,121 And there's no fins, which is the hardest discipline 99 00:07:06,295 --> 00:07:08,515 because it's slower, you spend more oxygen. 100 00:07:08,602 --> 00:07:10,691 So it's a hard discipline, physically. 101 00:07:11,561 --> 00:07:13,781 And for my first world record this season, 102 00:07:13,868 --> 00:07:15,043 I will try variable weight. 103 00:07:18,133 --> 00:07:19,700 And it's going down with a weighted sled 104 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:22,833 to go fast and use as little energy as possible. 105 00:07:23,312 --> 00:07:25,445 The current record is 150 meters, 106 00:07:25,923 --> 00:07:27,708 and I will try 156 meters. 107 00:07:29,057 --> 00:07:30,406 Then I need to leave this weight there, 108 00:07:30,493 --> 00:07:32,190 and I need to swim up on my own. 109 00:07:33,191 --> 00:07:34,932 It's really a long distance to swim. 110 00:07:35,367 --> 00:07:36,891 So if I don't have power in my legs, 111 00:07:36,978 --> 00:07:38,458 then I will be tired halfway up. 112 00:07:38,632 --> 00:07:39,546 [INHALES SHARPLY] 113 00:07:40,764 --> 00:07:42,636 [EXHALES SHARPLY][WEIGHTS CLATTERING] 114 00:07:43,071 --> 00:07:44,594 Careful. Tomorrow we'll go deep. 115 00:07:44,681 --> 00:07:45,900 Yeah. [LAUGHS][CHUCKLES] 116 00:07:47,945 --> 00:07:51,601 DANIEL: Alexey is the greatest freediver in the world. 117 00:07:52,602 --> 00:07:55,475 But if Alexey can get all five world records 118 00:07:55,562 --> 00:07:56,824 within the same season, 119 00:07:56,998 --> 00:07:59,217 it would be something that's never been done before. 120 00:08:00,436 --> 00:08:02,960 And might be considered the greatest freediving season 121 00:08:03,047 --> 00:08:05,136 of all time.[EXHALES DEEPLY] 122 00:08:06,311 --> 00:08:09,053 [SEAGULLS SQUAWKING] 123 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:11,926 [TENSE ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING] 124 00:08:46,961 --> 00:08:49,790 [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] 125 00:09:09,113 --> 00:09:10,724 [MUSIC FADES] 126 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:16,991 [SEAGULLS SQUAWKING] 127 00:09:24,781 --> 00:09:26,740 ALEXEY: We can be fine without water and food 128 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:28,219 for days and days and days, 129 00:09:28,437 --> 00:09:30,961 but we cannot hold our breath for more than several minutes. 130 00:09:32,136 --> 00:09:36,880 So for our mind, breath hold is the hardest thing in life. 131 00:09:40,405 --> 00:09:41,668 And as soon as we hold our breath, 132 00:09:41,755 --> 00:09:43,974 we naturally push away other stress factors 133 00:09:44,148 --> 00:09:45,889 because this stress factor is stronger. 134 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:49,327 And you look at things differently after this. 135 00:09:54,898 --> 00:09:57,684 JEROEN: Alexey is going deeper than he has been before, 136 00:09:58,685 --> 00:10:01,078 which from medical point of view, 137 00:10:01,165 --> 00:10:03,515 creates a few hazards. 138 00:10:04,995 --> 00:10:08,390 Being on a sled, you can reach deeper depths very quickly, 139 00:10:08,651 --> 00:10:11,175 and this can create all sort of trauma. 140 00:10:14,526 --> 00:10:15,876 DIRECTOR: It's possible you could go down 141 00:10:15,963 --> 00:10:17,747 and never come back. That's possible. 142 00:10:17,878 --> 00:10:18,748 Isn't it? 143 00:10:19,706 --> 00:10:20,794 It is possible. 144 00:10:21,751 --> 00:10:23,013 With all safety systems, 145 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:25,494 it's very small chance right now. 146 00:10:27,191 --> 00:10:29,541 DIRECTOR: 147 00:10:29,759 --> 00:10:31,631 No. No, I... 148 00:10:32,936 --> 00:10:37,201 [IN RUSSIAN] 149 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:52,564 ADAM: [IN ENGLISH] At a freediving competition, 150 00:10:53,087 --> 00:10:55,698 Alexey doesn't see himself in any danger. 151 00:10:56,046 --> 00:10:58,962 But does a Formula One driver think they could die 152 00:10:59,049 --> 00:11:00,485 when they get behind the wheel? 153 00:11:01,486 --> 00:11:03,184 There are risks we are willing to take 154 00:11:03,271 --> 00:11:05,665 and we get comfortable with, and because of that, 155 00:11:05,752 --> 00:11:07,579 we think that we're immune to them. 156 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:10,278 DANIEL: Divers themselves very much downplay 157 00:11:10,452 --> 00:11:12,062 the danger of the sport. 158 00:11:13,150 --> 00:11:15,326 The one possibility of something going wrong 159 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:16,676 is a blackout. 160 00:11:20,984 --> 00:11:23,813 [GASPS] 161 00:11:26,207 --> 00:11:29,036 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 162 00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:33,693 DANIEL: Where it gets extremely scary 163 00:11:33,780 --> 00:11:36,696 is when a blackout occurs at depth. 164 00:11:38,828 --> 00:11:41,091 While there is a team of safety divers, 165 00:11:41,178 --> 00:11:44,007 they can only dive down to about 40 meters 166 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:45,617 due to the danger. 167 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:48,055 There's not scuba used because there's no way 168 00:11:48,142 --> 00:11:51,232 for a scuba diver to bring you up fast enough 169 00:11:51,319 --> 00:11:52,668 without getting the bends. 170 00:11:53,234 --> 00:11:55,584 [BREATHING RHYTHMICALLY] 171 00:11:55,715 --> 00:11:58,021 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 172 00:11:58,152 --> 00:11:59,457 [BLOWS] 173 00:12:28,269 --> 00:12:31,576 ANNOUNCER: Alexey Molchanov making a world record attempt, 174 00:12:31,663 --> 00:12:34,623 variable weight, to 156 meters. 175 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:37,582 Expected dive time, four minutes. 176 00:12:37,669 --> 00:12:41,978 MAN 1: Five, four, three, two, one. 177 00:12:53,642 --> 00:12:55,339 ADAM: As you go down and down and down, 178 00:12:55,426 --> 00:12:56,340 the blood shifts... 179 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,997 from your feet and your hands to your core. 180 00:13:04,261 --> 00:13:05,480 The heart rate starts dropping. 181 00:13:13,575 --> 00:13:15,011 MAN 2: Forty meters. 182 00:13:15,229 --> 00:13:17,448 [DEVICE BEEPING] 183 00:13:18,058 --> 00:13:19,189 Fifty. 184 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:22,105 [MUSIC BUILDS] 185 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:34,335 LEIGH: When you go down super deep, 186 00:13:34,422 --> 00:13:35,727 there's an astonishing amount 187 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,686 of pressure exerted on the lungs, 188 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:40,820 and the lungs eventually will flatten out. 189 00:13:42,996 --> 00:13:44,911 WILLIAM: To accommodate that, you have to develop 190 00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:47,304 flexibility in the rib cage, the diaphragm. 191 00:13:47,696 --> 00:13:49,132 If you don't have that flexibility, 192 00:13:49,263 --> 00:13:51,221 that's when lung squeeze occurs. 193 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:54,964 You have bleeding either in the trachea or bronchi 194 00:13:55,051 --> 00:13:56,792 or in the alveoli themselves. 195 00:14:02,406 --> 00:14:04,234 LEIGH: As the pressure gets bigger, 196 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:08,108 if you don't equalize, that pressure in your ear 197 00:14:08,369 --> 00:14:10,501 will become too great for the eardrum, 198 00:14:10,588 --> 00:14:11,981 and it goes... [GRUNTS] 199 00:14:14,070 --> 00:14:15,289 One forty. 200 00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:28,084 - MAN 1: Touchdown. - Touchdown. 201 00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:29,172 MAN 1: Touchdown. 202 00:14:30,739 --> 00:14:32,045 ADAM: As you go deeper, 203 00:14:32,219 --> 00:14:33,873 you have a little bit of narcosis. 204 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:38,312 Narcosis is due to the pressures of nitrogen 205 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:40,444 and carbon dioxide becoming narcotic. 206 00:14:40,531 --> 00:14:42,882 So it changes your mental state. 207 00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:47,712 ERIKA: You get dizzy and have visions 208 00:14:47,843 --> 00:14:48,844 that are not real. 209 00:14:49,845 --> 00:14:52,630 [MUSIC DISTORTS] 210 00:14:56,808 --> 00:14:58,114 Diver okay? 211 00:15:04,251 --> 00:15:07,341 [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] 212 00:15:21,659 --> 00:15:23,923 WILLIAM: When you turn around to swim back up, 213 00:15:24,010 --> 00:15:27,448 that's where the real physical part of the dive begins. 214 00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:36,674 One hundred. 215 00:15:37,066 --> 00:15:38,198 Go really slow. 216 00:15:41,288 --> 00:15:42,985 ADAM: Now you're really kicking hard 217 00:15:43,072 --> 00:15:45,379 and you have the adrenaline starting to surge, 218 00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:47,033 and you don't want it to surge too much 219 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,122 because you can't lose the last remaining oxygen 220 00:15:49,209 --> 00:15:50,862 that you've got in your bloodstream. 221 00:15:55,650 --> 00:15:56,520 Thirty. 222 00:15:59,697 --> 00:16:02,352 WILLIAM: On the way up, not only is the concentration 223 00:16:02,439 --> 00:16:04,050 of oxygen being depleted, 224 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:06,617 but that pressure drops back down as well. 225 00:16:07,444 --> 00:16:08,968 Your lungs re-expand. 226 00:16:11,318 --> 00:16:12,797 Your brain now realizes, "Wait, 227 00:16:12,928 --> 00:16:15,452 we have actually a lot less oxygen than we thought." 228 00:16:15,670 --> 00:16:18,151 So now you're teetering on blacking out. 229 00:16:18,325 --> 00:16:19,543 Diver inside. 230 00:16:22,329 --> 00:16:24,635 ADAM: 90% of the blackouts are gonna happen at the surface. 231 00:16:32,948 --> 00:16:35,646 [BREATHES DEEPLY][INDISTINCT CHATTER] 232 00:16:37,692 --> 00:16:39,041 ADAM: When you get to the surface, 233 00:16:39,128 --> 00:16:40,782 in order to get an official freedive, 234 00:16:40,869 --> 00:16:43,437 you have to clear your face of any equipment. 235 00:16:43,524 --> 00:16:45,526 Then you have to make an okay sign. 236 00:16:46,092 --> 00:16:48,442 And you have to say, "I am okay," in that order. 237 00:16:51,706 --> 00:16:52,924 [BREATHES HEAVILY] 238 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:54,970 I'm good. 239 00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:56,972 WILLIAM: If the dive is validated, 240 00:16:57,146 --> 00:16:58,756 you get a white card from the judges 241 00:16:58,843 --> 00:17:01,020 and that's the moment when you can celebrate. 242 00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:09,028 [ALL CHEER] 243 00:17:25,653 --> 00:17:28,047 OKSANA: [IN RUSSIAN] 244 00:17:29,787 --> 00:17:31,659 [LAUGHS] 245 00:17:31,833 --> 00:17:33,965 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 246 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:35,445 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] I started competing 247 00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:37,056 when I was four years old. 248 00:17:39,014 --> 00:17:40,885 When I was five years old, I already started 249 00:17:40,972 --> 00:17:42,670 to do some national records. 250 00:17:44,715 --> 00:17:46,674 ADAM: Alexey was a swim prodigy. 251 00:17:46,891 --> 00:17:49,894 He was the best Russian swimmer in his age group. 252 00:17:50,939 --> 00:17:54,029 [IN RUSSIAN] 253 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:55,117 [LAUGHS] 254 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:05,084 [SCREAMS, BLOWS RASPBERRY] 255 00:18:10,959 --> 00:18:12,439 [gibbers] 256 00:18:16,356 --> 00:18:17,748 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] My mom was my coach 257 00:18:17,835 --> 00:18:20,055 since the beginning, and this relationship 258 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:22,405 was really important for my growth. 259 00:18:22,536 --> 00:18:24,842 And when she was my coach, I had the best results. 260 00:18:26,714 --> 00:18:30,413 VIKTORIA: [IN RUSSIAN] 261 00:18:34,722 --> 00:18:35,853 ADAM: [IN ENGLISH] Natalia Molchanova 262 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:36,854 is widely considered 263 00:18:37,028 --> 00:18:38,769 the greatest freediver of all time. 264 00:18:38,856 --> 00:18:42,469 She'd had 41 world records and 23 world titles, 265 00:18:42,556 --> 00:18:44,384 which made her the most decorated athlete 266 00:18:44,471 --> 00:18:47,082 in the history of competitive freediving by far. 267 00:18:48,518 --> 00:18:51,956 [IN RUSSIAN] 268 00:19:00,443 --> 00:19:02,141 [GRUNTS] 269 00:19:04,621 --> 00:19:09,322 OLEG: 270 00:19:31,909 --> 00:19:35,043 NATALIA: 271 00:19:43,791 --> 00:19:45,358 DAAN: [IN ENGLISH] Natalia and Alexey, 272 00:19:45,445 --> 00:19:47,098 their interaction was lovely to watch 273 00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:49,144 because you could tell how much 274 00:19:49,231 --> 00:19:50,711 they enjoyed each other's company. 275 00:19:51,538 --> 00:19:54,410 GUILLAUME: Sharing freediving for a mother and son, 276 00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:56,238 that is something incredible. 277 00:19:56,369 --> 00:19:58,109 They were like best friends. 278 00:20:00,982 --> 00:20:02,592 And I was super happy. I was like, "Oh, yeah, 279 00:20:02,679 --> 00:20:03,767 this is the sport I want to do." 280 00:20:03,898 --> 00:20:06,205 It felt more exciting than swimming. 281 00:20:07,075 --> 00:20:09,686 ADAM: When Alexey started to compete in freediving, 282 00:20:09,773 --> 00:20:11,601 his first nickname was "The Golden Retriever" 283 00:20:11,688 --> 00:20:13,734 because he was so happy and smiley 284 00:20:13,821 --> 00:20:15,257 and he had this long, blond hair, 285 00:20:15,431 --> 00:20:16,911 and he was like a puppy dog. 286 00:20:17,912 --> 00:20:20,131 DAAN: Alexey can be very playful, 287 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,569 but there's a sensitive side to him 288 00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:24,875 that he fiercely protects, 289 00:20:25,180 --> 00:20:26,877 which has Kevlar around it, 290 00:20:26,964 --> 00:20:29,793 and I'm not sure how many people get 291 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:31,273 to that bit of him. 292 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,363 ADAM: His next nickname was "The Machine." 293 00:20:34,711 --> 00:20:35,930 He just kept beating 294 00:20:36,017 --> 00:20:37,932 all the other people and he never failed. 295 00:20:38,411 --> 00:20:40,630 And he could rip the heart... [LAUGHS] ...out of your chest 296 00:20:40,717 --> 00:20:42,023 and destroy you. 297 00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:45,679 DAAN: He's one of the greatest male freedivers 298 00:20:45,940 --> 00:20:47,202 of his generation. 299 00:20:48,421 --> 00:20:50,423 People like Natalia, Alexey, 300 00:20:50,553 --> 00:20:53,164 they've done stuff that nobody else has. 301 00:20:54,427 --> 00:20:56,211 That puts him in a special position 302 00:20:56,298 --> 00:20:58,039 and makes him a little bit alone. 303 00:20:59,910 --> 00:21:03,262 [IN RUSSIAN] 304 00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:10,181 ELENA: 305 00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:16,231 ERIKA: [IN ENGLISH] He was always very proud of his mother. 306 00:21:16,362 --> 00:21:19,147 Mother was very, very proud of her son. 307 00:21:20,148 --> 00:21:22,455 She was not only his mother, 308 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:25,849 but she was his trainer and his colleague. 309 00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:32,203 But still, he wants to show his mom he's the best. 310 00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,988 [MUSIC FADES] 311 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:49,133 [INSECTS CHIRRING][BIRDS CHIRPING] 312 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:59,013 [MEN SINGING INDISTINCTLY] 313 00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,976 [SINGING CONTINUOUS] 314 00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,548 ♪ Vertical Blue! 315 00:22:13,070 --> 00:22:14,158 [ALL LAUGH] 316 00:22:14,681 --> 00:22:17,640 MARCO: So, safety assignments, we'll go through them again. 317 00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:21,383 Rob will be on the platform, Francesco in the warm-up, 318 00:22:21,818 --> 00:22:24,125 Daniel, Kathleen, and Kristine in the water. 319 00:22:24,952 --> 00:22:26,475 We know what to do. 320 00:22:26,606 --> 00:22:28,477 KATHLEEN: "Papi chulo" on three. 321 00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:31,611 ALL: Papi, papi, papi chulo! 322 00:22:31,785 --> 00:22:35,179 [ALL LAUGH][BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYING] 323 00:22:37,268 --> 00:22:39,923 MATEUSZ: If you would ask someone to draw 324 00:22:40,054 --> 00:22:44,014 the perfect place to freedive, it would be exactly this place. 325 00:22:47,931 --> 00:22:50,978 It's pretty much a 200-meter-deep swimming pool 326 00:22:51,065 --> 00:22:52,371 in the corner of a lagoon... 327 00:22:54,721 --> 00:22:57,637 protected from weather from all directions. 328 00:23:00,422 --> 00:23:02,859 We are hosting one of the most prestigious competition 329 00:23:02,946 --> 00:23:06,515 in freediving world, which is called Vertical Blue. 330 00:23:09,736 --> 00:23:13,304 DANIEL: So Vertical Blue is the Wimbledon of freediving, 331 00:23:13,435 --> 00:23:15,742 where the best divers in the world break 332 00:23:15,916 --> 00:23:18,788 world records in the major freediving disciplines. 333 00:23:19,528 --> 00:23:21,269 MATEUSZ: Started by William Trubridge, 334 00:23:21,704 --> 00:23:24,011 and he is the freediving legend. 335 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:30,757 He's most known by his world record in no fins, 336 00:23:31,018 --> 00:23:32,106 102 meters. 337 00:23:33,499 --> 00:23:35,239 WILLIAM: The discipline that I specialize in 338 00:23:35,326 --> 00:23:37,328 is without fins, which I see 339 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,506 as the kind of purest expression of freediving. 340 00:23:40,854 --> 00:23:43,247 Set 12 world records in no fins 341 00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:47,077 to bring it from 81 meters up to 102. 342 00:23:47,382 --> 00:23:50,080 The no fins record hasn't been broken since 2016. 343 00:23:50,167 --> 00:23:52,213 So we're looking at seven years now, 344 00:23:52,387 --> 00:23:55,085 one of the longest standing records ever in freediving. 345 00:23:55,259 --> 00:23:57,784 And many consider that 102 almost a limit. 346 00:23:57,871 --> 00:23:59,916 There's only one guy who's been over 100 meters 347 00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:01,962 in no fins, and that's Will. 348 00:24:02,179 --> 00:24:05,095 But if anyone can do it, I think it's Alexey. 349 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,750 Alexey has been my biggest rival. 350 00:24:08,229 --> 00:24:11,101 SAM: Alexey and William, there were jousting 351 00:24:11,188 --> 00:24:13,147 with each other for various records. 352 00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:15,715 That's been a really long kind of relationship. 353 00:24:18,239 --> 00:24:19,936 ALEXEY: Vertical Blue 2021... 354 00:24:21,155 --> 00:24:22,635 I did three world records there. 355 00:24:24,593 --> 00:24:26,900 It was one of the most successful competitions for me. 356 00:24:28,815 --> 00:24:30,730 [CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING] 357 00:24:32,427 --> 00:24:33,428 ALEXEY: But last year, 358 00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:35,256 there was no competition for me, pretty much. 359 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,387 [BOMB WHISTLES] 360 00:24:36,562 --> 00:24:38,912 [CAR ALARMS BLARING] 361 00:24:39,216 --> 00:24:40,914 [BOMBS RUMBLING] 362 00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:43,307 SAM: Because of the invasion of Ukraine, 363 00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:45,353 Russians were not invited to compete... 364 00:24:48,095 --> 00:24:50,619 to send a message about the disapproval 365 00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:51,881 of what was happening there, 366 00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:54,275 but also to show solidarity for the Ukrainians. 367 00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:58,714 WILLIAM: A lot of freedivers were against the decision 368 00:24:58,801 --> 00:25:00,368 to ban Russian athletes. 369 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,197 The common sentiment was, we shouldn't mix freediving 370 00:25:03,371 --> 00:25:05,068 with something that's political. 371 00:25:05,242 --> 00:25:09,638 But they are so intrinsically associated 372 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:11,901 that I think it's impossible to separate them, 373 00:25:12,728 --> 00:25:14,948 and especially in a state like Russia, 374 00:25:15,035 --> 00:25:17,690 where so much of the propaganda 375 00:25:17,777 --> 00:25:20,127 and the nationalism is built around sport. 376 00:25:21,607 --> 00:25:24,566 [IN RUSSIAN] 377 00:25:29,702 --> 00:25:32,705 WILLIAM: [IN ENGLISH] And sure, freediving is a smaller sport, 378 00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:35,577 but every small amount counts. 379 00:25:35,795 --> 00:25:37,666 That last part strikes me 380 00:25:37,753 --> 00:25:39,494 as a little bit of self-importance. 381 00:25:39,712 --> 00:25:42,149 No one gives a shit. [CHUCKLES] Unfortunately. 382 00:25:42,323 --> 00:25:44,325 If you think that a freediving competition 383 00:25:44,412 --> 00:25:46,327 in the Bahamas is going to tip the scales 384 00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:48,024 in global power plays, 385 00:25:48,111 --> 00:25:50,592 especially... [LAUGHS] ...in the Kremlin, 386 00:25:51,288 --> 00:25:52,812 you're drinking your own Kool-Aid. 387 00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:55,336 DIRECTOR: 388 00:25:57,294 --> 00:25:58,165 Mmm. 389 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:04,693 Yeah, but it's difficult, um, when you mix 390 00:26:04,780 --> 00:26:08,175 kind of your own personal, 391 00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:13,180 um, ramifications with... 392 00:26:13,528 --> 00:26:16,226 with something that's political and everything else, 393 00:26:16,313 --> 00:26:19,665 but I feel like it's still... still the right thing. 394 00:26:29,457 --> 00:26:31,241 ALEXEY: It was emotionally very hard 395 00:26:33,374 --> 00:26:35,855 because everything Russian was canceled. 396 00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:38,727 But it was understandable 397 00:26:38,814 --> 00:26:41,295 because nobody wants this to happen nowadays. 398 00:26:42,557 --> 00:26:44,603 But I also was quite upset 399 00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:46,300 because I couldn't be there and compete. 400 00:26:53,655 --> 00:26:56,484 [ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING] 401 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,878 ALEXEY: As Vertical Blue 2022 started, 402 00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:00,575 I was holding three world records. 403 00:27:00,706 --> 00:27:03,404 I held world record in monofin, 404 00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:06,146 uh, bi-fins, and free immersion. 405 00:27:09,236 --> 00:27:10,803 And at the end of the Vertical Blue, 406 00:27:10,890 --> 00:27:11,978 it was only one record standing. 407 00:27:12,065 --> 00:27:13,327 It was monofin. 408 00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:17,026 It's hard to see your world records beaten 409 00:27:17,157 --> 00:27:20,334 and be not able to compete to defend the records. 410 00:27:20,464 --> 00:27:22,553 [CROWD APPLAUDING] 411 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,688 ALEXEY: I knew I could take them back later. 412 00:27:27,471 --> 00:27:29,386 Recently, there was a vote 413 00:27:29,473 --> 00:27:31,911 around how to compete under neutral flag. 414 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:36,655 And under neutral flag, it's fine, you can compete. 415 00:27:36,829 --> 00:27:37,699 And I'm fine with that. 416 00:27:39,048 --> 00:27:41,790 So for this year, the goal is to get 417 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:44,401 all the world records that I had before 418 00:27:46,012 --> 00:27:48,275 and try the no fins. 419 00:27:49,842 --> 00:27:52,061 This is the only one I was never able to do. 420 00:27:52,583 --> 00:27:54,977 No fins is a discipline where I had much more fails, 421 00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:58,111 and no fins is the focus for all the trainings I do now. 422 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,811 I would give up other records for the no fins for sure. 423 00:28:04,552 --> 00:28:06,119 ADAM: I think it's about revenge here, 424 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:08,382 and my money is on Alexey.[MUSIC FADES] 425 00:28:24,528 --> 00:28:26,835 ALEXEY: I love this job. I love the sport. 426 00:28:28,097 --> 00:28:30,012 But it was challenging for my family. 427 00:28:31,927 --> 00:28:33,015 [GRUNTS] 428 00:28:33,189 --> 00:28:35,409 As a freediver, I'm traveling all the time. 429 00:28:35,539 --> 00:28:37,106 [AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARS] 430 00:28:40,544 --> 00:28:43,243 And I don't spend enough time with my son. 431 00:28:43,634 --> 00:28:44,897 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 432 00:28:45,071 --> 00:28:46,986 ALEXEY: Max, he's two and a half. 433 00:28:47,247 --> 00:28:49,292 He is the most beautiful boy in the world. 434 00:28:49,771 --> 00:28:51,860 And we go together to do gymnastics. 435 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:55,081 And this one hour of the class is, like, 436 00:28:55,168 --> 00:28:56,909 one of the, like, sweetest memory I have. 437 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:02,131 [BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 438 00:29:02,349 --> 00:29:04,351 [IN ENGLISH] It's happiness, like, seeing him grow. 439 00:29:07,223 --> 00:29:08,529 I know he misses me. 440 00:29:09,312 --> 00:29:11,837 I do my best, but I'm also not the best father 441 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:13,752 or husband in terms of being there. 442 00:29:13,882 --> 00:29:15,362 It makes me sad. 443 00:29:15,536 --> 00:29:17,277 [AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING] 444 00:29:17,451 --> 00:29:19,583 [IN RUSSIAN] 445 00:29:34,685 --> 00:29:37,558 ALEXEY: But this is my sport. It involves traveling. 446 00:29:38,689 --> 00:29:40,517 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 447 00:29:40,735 --> 00:29:42,389 ALEXEY: It's always important to be able to achieve 448 00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:43,738 your own dreams as well. 449 00:29:44,304 --> 00:29:45,479 It's always a conflict. 450 00:29:45,609 --> 00:29:48,395 [CACOPHONY OF SOUNDS] 451 00:29:49,483 --> 00:29:52,312 [QUIET TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 452 00:30:08,371 --> 00:30:09,938 [THUNDER RUMBLING] 453 00:30:14,029 --> 00:30:16,336 THIBAULT: Direction of the wind is not good at all. 454 00:30:16,466 --> 00:30:17,859 It comes straight at us. 455 00:30:18,251 --> 00:30:21,602 So there will be waves, super strong wind. 456 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,038 We need to let people know 457 00:30:23,125 --> 00:30:26,302 that probably our ferries will be canceled. 458 00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:28,696 We are way out of the typhoon season, 459 00:30:28,783 --> 00:30:30,785 and still we have a super typhoon, like, 460 00:30:30,872 --> 00:30:33,005 going east of the Philippines. 461 00:30:34,702 --> 00:30:36,269 ALEXEY: When you go for the record dive, 462 00:30:36,356 --> 00:30:37,313 it's more stressful. 463 00:30:37,705 --> 00:30:39,185 Especially with typhoons, you never know. 464 00:30:39,446 --> 00:30:43,450 I need to be able to stay calm, not to panic. 465 00:30:44,190 --> 00:30:46,670 THIBAULT: This is the typhoon, and we are located here. 466 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:49,848 So you see it creates, like, strong winds here as well 467 00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:53,590 that goes between the islands, and it's rotating, 468 00:30:53,677 --> 00:30:56,985 so we might have some winds coming straight at us. 469 00:30:57,072 --> 00:30:58,030 [PHONE RINGING] 470 00:30:58,291 --> 00:30:59,553 METEOROLOGIST: Hello, good afternoon, sir. 471 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:02,295 THIBAULT: Good afternoon. Do you have any information 472 00:31:02,382 --> 00:31:04,732 regarding the typhoon in the next days? 473 00:31:04,819 --> 00:31:08,344 METEOROLOGIST: For now, there is no gale warning issued. 474 00:31:08,431 --> 00:31:11,130 THIBAULT: For now, we might expect bad conditions 475 00:31:11,217 --> 00:31:13,219 and not safe enough to dive. 476 00:31:13,741 --> 00:31:16,004 Typhoon is close to the Philippines 477 00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:18,528 at the moment, and some strong wind 478 00:31:18,615 --> 00:31:21,314 and bad conditions are coming to us. 479 00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:24,186 If you want to maybe take the chance 480 00:31:24,273 --> 00:31:26,449 to do one more day of competition, 481 00:31:27,015 --> 00:31:29,757 but with the conditions I mentioned before, 482 00:31:30,192 --> 00:31:32,238 there will be no diving tomorrow. 483 00:31:32,325 --> 00:31:34,849 Sorry. Might be up to one week. 484 00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:36,895 Honestly, it's a typhoon. 485 00:31:37,112 --> 00:31:40,115 No one can predict if it's gonna turn or not. 486 00:31:40,724 --> 00:31:43,466 [CRICKETS CHIRPING] 487 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:47,775 Today could be the last day of the competition 488 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:50,256 if typhoon turns right at us. 489 00:31:50,604 --> 00:31:52,780 So that's why I needed to prepare for the bi-fin record 490 00:31:52,867 --> 00:31:54,695 much sooner than I thought I should. 491 00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:58,394 So that's why I need to approach diving in this water 492 00:31:58,481 --> 00:31:59,569 more carefully. 493 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:12,321 IRENE: It's not that easy to relax 494 00:32:12,452 --> 00:32:14,497 when the waves are really strong, 495 00:32:14,584 --> 00:32:18,023 when you have the waves, like, pushing your body to and fro. 496 00:32:18,327 --> 00:32:21,678 [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] 497 00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:26,335 ALEXEY: I have five minutes to warm up, 498 00:32:26,422 --> 00:32:29,338 so I have much less time to prepare than usual. 499 00:32:43,657 --> 00:32:46,486 [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] 500 00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:54,015 ALEXEY: When you're underwater, resisting the pressure is bad, 501 00:32:54,929 --> 00:32:56,670 mental pressure, physical pressure. 502 00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:02,502 You can panic and it's really dangerous. 503 00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:06,723 My mom and me, 504 00:33:07,072 --> 00:33:09,161 we learned attention deconcentration technique, 505 00:33:09,422 --> 00:33:12,381 which helped us to control attention 506 00:33:12,468 --> 00:33:14,470 before the dive and during dive as well. 507 00:33:16,211 --> 00:33:19,998 BAKHTIYAROV: [IN RUSSIAN] 508 00:33:39,234 --> 00:33:40,540 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] You stop paying attention 509 00:33:40,627 --> 00:33:42,716 to every visual detail. 510 00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:46,024 Relax the eyes and focus on the point 511 00:33:46,415 --> 00:33:48,330 somewhere in between you and the object. 512 00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,464 Basically, you see everything but blurry, 513 00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:53,901 and redirect your attention inwards. 514 00:33:59,907 --> 00:34:02,214 BAKHTIYAROV: [IN RUSSIAN] 515 00:34:13,138 --> 00:34:15,575 ADAM: [IN ENGLISH] Through that physiological experience... 516 00:34:16,706 --> 00:34:18,882 with the pressure and the environment, 517 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,494 and you're at your apex... 518 00:34:24,236 --> 00:34:25,454 That's the flow state. 519 00:34:27,326 --> 00:34:29,328 When you have this physiological ticket 520 00:34:29,415 --> 00:34:31,895 to eternity, that would be addictive. 521 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:42,515 OKSANA: [IN RUSSIAN] 522 00:35:03,057 --> 00:35:04,928 JUAN: [IN ENGLISH] Freediving, I don't have a sense 523 00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:06,887 of the future or the past. 524 00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:09,585 The anxiety that I have, 525 00:35:09,803 --> 00:35:12,066 it just floats like a cloud. 526 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:14,590 And then it just goes away. 527 00:35:22,598 --> 00:35:24,948 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 528 00:35:41,226 --> 00:35:42,966 CLAIRE: People say you find yourself. 529 00:35:44,533 --> 00:35:46,753 I say you lose yourself. 530 00:35:47,057 --> 00:35:50,104 You lose yourself in the water and you become water. 531 00:35:51,366 --> 00:35:55,631 Water is a way to come back to the origin of life. 532 00:35:56,415 --> 00:35:59,069 It's where you came from. 533 00:36:00,245 --> 00:36:03,944 Even in the womb of the mother, you're in water. 534 00:36:04,988 --> 00:36:08,427 When you're born, you take a breath for the first time. 535 00:36:08,644 --> 00:36:11,299 So when you come back up from freediving... 536 00:36:14,128 --> 00:36:15,085 [GASPS] 537 00:36:15,477 --> 00:36:17,305 CLAIRE: ...it's like being reborn. 538 00:36:27,663 --> 00:36:28,708 I'm okay. 539 00:36:29,012 --> 00:36:32,277 [ALL CHEER] 540 00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:34,670 [TENDER MUSIC PLAYING] 541 00:36:37,064 --> 00:36:39,545 ALEXEY: I always wish my mom to see my success, 542 00:36:40,894 --> 00:36:42,809 to see what she taught me. 543 00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:45,986 INTERVIEWER: If she was here, what do you think she would say? 544 00:36:46,247 --> 00:36:49,381 When I did good, she always supported me 545 00:36:49,511 --> 00:36:51,470 and said to me straight how happy she is. 546 00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:56,953 We just celebrate. It was never about alcohol. 547 00:36:57,127 --> 00:37:00,218 I like sweets. I like cakes and ice cream. 548 00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:04,134 [SEAGULLS SQUAWKING] 549 00:37:06,006 --> 00:37:07,747 ALEXEY: She was good about providing support 550 00:37:08,008 --> 00:37:09,618 and being genuinely happy. 551 00:37:16,843 --> 00:37:19,541 VIKTORIA: [IN RUSSIAN] 552 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:33,947 ADAM: [IN ENGLISH] And she was an elite swimmer 553 00:37:34,469 --> 00:37:36,645 on the national team, kind of Olympic track 554 00:37:36,776 --> 00:37:38,212 as a teenager. 555 00:37:39,474 --> 00:37:42,956 And she met and fell in love with another swimmer. 556 00:37:43,478 --> 00:37:47,482 VIKTORIA: [IN RUSSIAN] 557 00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,013 OLEG: 558 00:38:04,107 --> 00:38:05,587 [BABY COOING] 559 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:07,763 [CHILDREN CHATTERING] 560 00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:10,244 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] My family, they all loved water. 561 00:38:12,115 --> 00:38:15,380 I remember us spending time together on the river, 562 00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,904 in those expeditions to the Black Sea, 563 00:38:18,034 --> 00:38:20,559 and my parents had good times together. 564 00:38:23,562 --> 00:38:26,304 And we had a dog, like, a big German shepherd. 565 00:38:27,566 --> 00:38:30,525 The dog... [LAUGHS] ...has actually a fun name. 566 00:38:30,612 --> 00:38:33,354 It was D... [LAUGHS] It was... 567 00:38:33,485 --> 00:38:34,399 The dog's name was Dick. 568 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:36,531 [LAUGHS] 569 00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:42,537 When I got, like, a bit older, ten, 11, 12, 570 00:38:42,798 --> 00:38:44,452 that's when my parents, 571 00:38:44,626 --> 00:38:48,021 they started to get a bit more, like, separated. 572 00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:53,156 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING][IN RUSSIAN] 573 00:39:06,169 --> 00:39:08,171 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 574 00:39:08,476 --> 00:39:10,609 OLEG: 575 00:39:15,614 --> 00:39:17,659 ADAM: [IN ENGLISH] Alexey's dad met another Natalia, 576 00:39:17,746 --> 00:39:19,661 replaced her with a younger version. 577 00:39:19,835 --> 00:39:21,750 And then their marriage ended. 578 00:39:21,924 --> 00:39:22,925 That's gonna mess you up. 579 00:39:24,144 --> 00:39:26,538 ALEXEY: We didn't know who was this other woman. 580 00:39:28,366 --> 00:39:29,410 I remember I was very sad 581 00:39:29,628 --> 00:39:31,325 when they announced they were divorced. 582 00:39:33,675 --> 00:39:36,330 VIKTORIA: [IN RUSSIAN] 583 00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,276 [MUSIC FADES] 584 00:40:21,027 --> 00:40:25,031 [STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING] 585 00:40:54,016 --> 00:40:56,932 NARRATOR: We enjoy the melody of movements 586 00:40:57,193 --> 00:40:59,544 on the crest of a sonic wave. 587 00:41:01,154 --> 00:41:03,025 We soar in space, 588 00:41:03,852 --> 00:41:06,899 sliding into infinite dimensions, 589 00:41:08,378 --> 00:41:12,470 leading us into the world of impermanence. 590 00:41:13,558 --> 00:41:17,475 And we penetrate into endless reality. 591 00:41:48,288 --> 00:41:50,769 [ALL LAUGH, CHEER] 592 00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:55,034 BEATRIZ: Natalia still holds the static breath hold record 593 00:41:55,121 --> 00:41:57,950 with a time of nine minutes and two seconds. 594 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,606 No other woman has able to go beyond that yet. 595 00:42:02,084 --> 00:42:04,478 GUILLAUME: When she discovered freediving at 40 years old, 596 00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:06,393 she was like, this changed my life, 597 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,483 so I want to bring this to as much people as possible. 598 00:42:09,788 --> 00:42:11,050 She was interesting 599 00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:13,400 in organizing freediving workshop 600 00:42:13,487 --> 00:42:15,794 and courses to share her passion. 601 00:42:15,881 --> 00:42:17,447 That was her main focus. 602 00:42:17,578 --> 00:42:19,972 I thank you for this wonderful celebration, 603 00:42:20,059 --> 00:42:21,495 and I love you. [CHUCKLES] 604 00:42:21,582 --> 00:42:24,542 [CROWD CHEER, APPLAUD] 605 00:42:27,806 --> 00:42:30,635 [ENIGMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 606 00:42:39,818 --> 00:42:41,646 THIBAULT: Natalia Molchanova developed 607 00:42:41,733 --> 00:42:44,257 the Molchanovs Freediving Education, 608 00:42:44,344 --> 00:42:46,868 first in Russia and then internationally. 609 00:42:47,913 --> 00:42:51,830 Alexey's role is to go around the world to inspire people 610 00:42:51,917 --> 00:42:54,267 and bring a freediving community together 611 00:42:54,615 --> 00:42:57,096 and also present the Molchanov program. 612 00:42:57,923 --> 00:43:02,144 So today, Alexey is gonna teach a class 613 00:43:02,231 --> 00:43:05,147 in the cave about how to hold your breath 614 00:43:05,234 --> 00:43:06,888 and relax through it. 615 00:43:07,454 --> 00:43:10,675 It's called Timubo Cave. It's a very special place. 616 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:12,720 ALEXEY: Hey, guys. 617 00:43:12,894 --> 00:43:15,027 Let's do a little breath hold session here. 618 00:43:15,288 --> 00:43:17,203 It should be very enjoyable. So no pushing. 619 00:43:17,290 --> 00:43:19,553 If you push, that's not the right approach, right? 620 00:43:20,336 --> 00:43:21,642 Take a couple of, like, deeper sighs. 621 00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:23,252 Like... [EXHALES DEEPLY] 622 00:43:23,731 --> 00:43:25,211 And... [INHALES DEEPLY] 623 00:43:25,298 --> 00:43:28,954 Like, three, four, five of those to calm down even more. 624 00:43:29,432 --> 00:43:31,347 When you go underwater, you don't breathe 625 00:43:31,434 --> 00:43:33,393 and you're, like, hundreds of feet underneath the surface 626 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,091 of the, like, water, and the air is far, far away, 627 00:43:36,265 --> 00:43:37,745 there are some situations when you can panic, 628 00:43:37,876 --> 00:43:39,225 and you burn much more oxygen. 629 00:43:39,399 --> 00:43:41,749 So freedivers, they learn how to be calm. 630 00:43:42,358 --> 00:43:44,099 Which is your best result so far? 631 00:43:44,186 --> 00:43:46,014 - Around six minutes. - ALEXEY: And-- 632 00:43:46,101 --> 00:43:47,363 STUDENT: My PB is four, 633 00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:50,105 but it's also been quite some time ago. 634 00:43:50,192 --> 00:43:51,454 ALEXEY: And what is your experience? 635 00:43:51,541 --> 00:43:52,673 Zero?[OVERLAPPING CHATTER] 636 00:43:53,152 --> 00:43:54,936 ALEXEY: Zero-- which is good, - which is really good. - Yeah. 637 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:56,851 So let's start. 638 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,251 So that was already a minute, so really good, really good. 639 00:44:05,947 --> 00:44:08,689 Try to do inhale three, four, five seconds. 640 00:44:08,776 --> 00:44:11,518 Like... [INHALES DEEPLY] 641 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:12,519 [INHALES] 642 00:44:12,954 --> 00:44:15,087 ALEXEY: Relax your shoulders. Relax your neck. 643 00:44:15,914 --> 00:44:17,132 And slowly go. 644 00:44:28,056 --> 00:44:32,365 My mom saw how much effect freediving have on people, 645 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:36,151 how calmer they become, become less reactive. 646 00:44:43,550 --> 00:44:44,464 The whole freediving sport 647 00:44:44,943 --> 00:44:46,945 is about how not to get adrenaline reaction. 648 00:44:48,381 --> 00:44:50,426 We learn how to get more into this mode 649 00:44:50,513 --> 00:44:52,385 where we rest and relax. 650 00:44:55,083 --> 00:44:59,827 Good. Slowly. [BREATHS DEEPLY] 651 00:45:00,959 --> 00:45:01,916 Very good. 652 00:45:04,223 --> 00:45:05,311 You're at 25. 653 00:45:05,398 --> 00:45:09,315 Oh, cool.[ALL LAUGH] 654 00:45:09,489 --> 00:45:12,840 So, we see it's like, you don't push. 655 00:45:12,927 --> 00:45:15,190 You just relax, and it's longer and longer. 656 00:45:16,975 --> 00:45:18,411 THIBAULT: This education system 657 00:45:18,498 --> 00:45:20,718 will inspire several generations. 658 00:45:20,892 --> 00:45:23,764 This system is the biggest part of her legacy. 659 00:45:28,247 --> 00:45:30,989 [MUSIC FADES] 660 00:45:35,776 --> 00:45:38,300 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 661 00:45:50,835 --> 00:45:53,141 GUILLAUME: I met Alexey in 2005. 662 00:45:53,881 --> 00:45:59,060 It was the first time we heard about this new phenomenon, 663 00:45:59,147 --> 00:46:00,322 Natalia Molchanova. 664 00:46:04,718 --> 00:46:08,809 And she was with her son that was just 18. 665 00:46:09,592 --> 00:46:12,857 And we had little chats back then. 666 00:46:12,944 --> 00:46:15,033 He was, like, so excited, 667 00:46:15,163 --> 00:46:17,296 playful and enthusiastic. 668 00:46:17,426 --> 00:46:20,516 We can have a Q&A and--Oh, that's cool. 669 00:46:22,170 --> 00:46:24,869 Then in 2006, he was competing in Egypt, 670 00:46:24,956 --> 00:46:26,653 and we spent more time together. 671 00:46:34,182 --> 00:46:36,706 We were kind of the two young kids. 672 00:46:36,837 --> 00:46:39,666 All the athletes were like, "Ah, the two boys." 673 00:46:44,236 --> 00:46:47,108 And this is when we became real friends. 674 00:46:49,328 --> 00:46:51,460 Alexey is someone very open, 675 00:46:51,547 --> 00:46:54,159 but there is something he want to keep inside of him. 676 00:46:55,203 --> 00:46:59,642 There is this inner part that is closed. 677 00:47:06,562 --> 00:47:08,129 [MUSIC FADES] 678 00:47:18,226 --> 00:47:19,837 [IN FRENCH] 679 00:47:21,403 --> 00:47:22,883 GUILLAUME: 680 00:47:27,148 --> 00:47:28,410 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] We will not use the word 681 00:47:28,497 --> 00:47:29,977 we always use when we see each other. 682 00:47:30,064 --> 00:47:30,935 [LAUGHS] Starting with S. 683 00:47:31,196 --> 00:47:32,719 - GUILLAUME: [LAUGHS] Yeah. - Su... Su... 684 00:47:33,241 --> 00:47:34,329 GUILLAUME: [IN FRENCH] 685 00:47:34,416 --> 00:47:35,461 ALEXEY:GUILLAUME: 686 00:47:36,114 --> 00:47:38,856 [IN ENGLISH] We prepare you, like, the perfect recovery... 687 00:47:38,986 --> 00:47:40,074 ALEXEY: Thank you very much....meal. 688 00:47:40,161 --> 00:47:42,555 Tempeh-- You know tempeh? Veggie protein. 689 00:47:42,685 --> 00:47:44,513 - JULIE: Like chickpea. - Chickpea, yeah. 690 00:47:44,731 --> 00:47:45,906 Okay, let's move. 691 00:47:46,820 --> 00:47:47,821 Let's go. 692 00:47:48,256 --> 00:47:50,171 ALEXEY: I was diving with a big sea lion. 693 00:47:50,302 --> 00:47:51,869 I can show you. JULIE: Underwater? 694 00:47:52,043 --> 00:47:53,566 ALEXEY: Underwater. JULIE: Okay, yeah, yeah. 695 00:47:55,046 --> 00:47:56,308 GUILLAUME: Where was it? In Japan? 696 00:47:56,395 --> 00:47:57,483 It's right next to Japan. 697 00:47:57,613 --> 00:47:59,137 - It's Sakhalin. - GUILLAUME: Sakhalin, yeah, yeah. 698 00:47:59,267 --> 00:48:01,095 - ALEXEY: Yeah, the island. - When was that? 699 00:48:01,269 --> 00:48:02,531 Two weeks ago. 700 00:48:02,618 --> 00:48:05,621 Two weeks ago. [LAUGHS] 701 00:48:05,708 --> 00:48:06,927 Do you ever get jet-lagged? 702 00:48:07,449 --> 00:48:09,887 You need to learn how to handle jet lag, of course. 703 00:48:10,017 --> 00:48:11,062 How do you do that? 704 00:48:11,497 --> 00:48:13,064 ALEXEY: Try to work out as soon as possible 705 00:48:13,194 --> 00:48:14,152 to sweat a little bit, 706 00:48:14,456 --> 00:48:17,155 and then it also helps to reset the inner clock. 707 00:48:17,329 --> 00:48:19,200 Yeah, because we were wondering yesterday 708 00:48:19,287 --> 00:48:22,116 how on Earth you could arrive, 709 00:48:22,290 --> 00:48:25,119 dive deep several time, go to the gym... 710 00:48:25,250 --> 00:48:26,468 Gym is the answer....10:00 p.m. 711 00:48:26,773 --> 00:48:29,732 This is something that helps me because of course I'm tired 712 00:48:30,298 --> 00:48:31,647 from diving, from traveling. 713 00:48:32,213 --> 00:48:35,086 And then I go, and I use, like, low intensity workouts 714 00:48:35,173 --> 00:48:37,610 to boost hormones and to recover faster. 715 00:48:37,697 --> 00:48:38,698 Hm. 716 00:48:39,351 --> 00:48:41,919 GUILLAUME: Alexey needs to attempt 717 00:48:42,006 --> 00:48:43,921 a new world record with monofin. 718 00:48:44,225 --> 00:48:45,487 [SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] 719 00:48:45,661 --> 00:48:50,188 He will try to dive at 133 meters. 720 00:48:50,710 --> 00:48:53,756 I will coach Alexey in the water 721 00:48:54,018 --> 00:48:56,759 and give him as much energy and support as possible 722 00:48:56,846 --> 00:48:57,935 for him to succeed. 723 00:49:01,677 --> 00:49:04,680 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 724 00:49:04,811 --> 00:49:05,855 - ALEXEY: Hello. - Hi, hi. 725 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:07,770 - How are you? - Very good, very good. 726 00:49:08,423 --> 00:49:09,947 The purpose of this registration 727 00:49:10,034 --> 00:49:11,687 is to check that you are fit to dive. 728 00:49:11,818 --> 00:49:14,038 There should be evidence that you're able to do that 729 00:49:14,168 --> 00:49:17,389 so there is no risk somebody crazy announcing 730 00:49:17,519 --> 00:49:18,738 something he's not ready for. 731 00:49:20,044 --> 00:49:21,697 - RECEPTIONIST: Hello. - Hello, hello. 732 00:49:22,046 --> 00:49:24,657 The thing you need to know is that on day two, 733 00:49:24,874 --> 00:49:26,180 if you want to change the depth, 734 00:49:26,267 --> 00:49:27,486 you will be able to do it. 735 00:49:27,573 --> 00:49:29,009 But you can't change the discipline. 736 00:49:29,096 --> 00:49:30,402 - Okay. - RECEPTIONIST: Okay? 737 00:49:31,142 --> 00:49:32,926 For Alexey to make a world record 738 00:49:33,013 --> 00:49:35,407 with the monofin here is something very special. 739 00:49:35,494 --> 00:49:38,323 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 740 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,896 This is where his mother made her first world record 741 00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:49,377 in the deep with the monofin. 742 00:49:50,074 --> 00:49:51,553 ALEXEY: I think for me, it's important to do 743 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:55,079 my depth world record here in this birthplace 744 00:49:55,166 --> 00:49:57,298 of modern competition freediving, 745 00:49:57,385 --> 00:49:59,126 where my mom did her depth record. 746 00:49:59,997 --> 00:50:01,346 It is a tribute to her 747 00:50:01,737 --> 00:50:03,522 and it's just important for myself 748 00:50:04,566 --> 00:50:07,047 to remember these times back in 2005 749 00:50:07,134 --> 00:50:08,396 when we were driving together here. 750 00:50:16,361 --> 00:50:18,363 GUILLAUME: Eighteen years later, 751 00:50:18,493 --> 00:50:21,670 to have Alexey being here to break a new world record 752 00:50:21,757 --> 00:50:25,631 with the monofin, like, this is really powerful. 753 00:50:33,769 --> 00:50:38,078 Natalia's success adds some more pressure on him. 754 00:50:38,861 --> 00:50:41,342 And now Alexey is training very hard 755 00:50:41,473 --> 00:50:44,084 to follow in the footstep of his mother. 756 00:50:44,171 --> 00:50:45,390 [MUSIC FADES] 757 00:50:45,477 --> 00:50:47,435 But that can be dangerous. 758 00:50:47,870 --> 00:50:50,134 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 759 00:50:51,439 --> 00:50:54,790 GUILLAUME: The day before the deepest monofin dive ever, 760 00:50:54,877 --> 00:50:56,357 you're supposed to rest. 761 00:50:57,489 --> 00:50:59,012 This morning, I was asking him, 762 00:50:59,273 --> 00:51:00,405 are you resting? 763 00:51:00,535 --> 00:51:02,972 He sent me a picture of him on the boat, 764 00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,236 and he told me that he made a dive. 765 00:51:08,587 --> 00:51:12,591 I don't know if Alexey is crazy, but he's going too far. 766 00:51:31,131 --> 00:51:33,960 Alexey has his own way to deal with pain. 767 00:51:50,933 --> 00:51:54,589 But being very good at dealing with emotions and feeling 768 00:51:54,676 --> 00:51:57,070 doesn't mean that you put your feelings in a box 769 00:51:57,157 --> 00:51:59,116 and you hide it and you forget about it. 770 00:52:01,770 --> 00:52:05,296 The real first step is facing your emotions, 771 00:52:05,644 --> 00:52:06,819 facing your fears. 772 00:52:14,174 --> 00:52:19,005 There is nothing you can solve if you don't face the reality. 773 00:52:21,703 --> 00:52:23,836 [IN FRENCH] 774 00:52:38,459 --> 00:52:39,765 GUILLAUME: [IN ENGLISH] I remember 775 00:52:39,852 --> 00:52:42,420 the 2nd of August, 2015. 776 00:52:42,507 --> 00:52:43,769 I was in shock. 777 00:52:43,899 --> 00:52:46,163 Wow. We had no words. 778 00:52:47,468 --> 00:52:50,210 ADAM: Natalia was teaching in Spain 779 00:52:50,602 --> 00:52:52,517 and went down on a fun dive. 780 00:52:54,562 --> 00:52:55,563 She wasn't going deep. 781 00:52:55,694 --> 00:52:57,391 It was, like, 40-something meters. 782 00:52:59,393 --> 00:53:02,091 ALEXEY: It was a group of amateur divers. 783 00:53:02,918 --> 00:53:04,485 My mom wasn't familiar with the location. 784 00:53:04,616 --> 00:53:05,921 It was, like, a new place. 785 00:53:06,792 --> 00:53:11,666 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 786 00:53:16,193 --> 00:53:18,543 ALEXEY: But then the current pushed her 787 00:53:18,630 --> 00:53:19,979 into the deeper waters. 788 00:53:28,379 --> 00:53:29,380 And she didn't come back up. 789 00:53:29,684 --> 00:53:31,730 [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] 790 00:53:37,953 --> 00:53:39,172 ALEXEY: It felt surreal... 791 00:53:40,826 --> 00:53:42,915 like a nightmare, like, come reality. 792 00:53:43,176 --> 00:53:45,091 [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING] 793 00:53:59,801 --> 00:54:01,673 It was kind of unbelievable. 794 00:54:04,458 --> 00:54:05,372 Sorry. 795 00:54:07,983 --> 00:54:09,724 ALEXEY: Started my way to Spain. 796 00:54:11,900 --> 00:54:13,989 There was a search happening, 797 00:54:14,076 --> 00:54:17,602 and there was an attempt to find the body. 798 00:54:30,484 --> 00:54:31,398 I didn't know actually 799 00:54:31,703 --> 00:54:33,313 how much do I want the body to be found or not. 800 00:54:38,884 --> 00:54:39,841 For me, it almost was better 801 00:54:40,015 --> 00:54:41,669 to remember her the way she left, 802 00:54:42,453 --> 00:54:45,064 not sort of, like, seeing her dead body. 803 00:55:04,388 --> 00:55:08,217 [BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 804 00:55:10,132 --> 00:55:11,220 [LAUGHS] 805 00:55:28,934 --> 00:55:30,109 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] In a month time, 806 00:55:30,196 --> 00:55:31,589 I got back to freediving... 807 00:55:34,766 --> 00:55:36,289 to keep myself busy... 808 00:55:37,464 --> 00:55:39,510 and prepare for the next world championship. 809 00:55:45,994 --> 00:55:49,737 ERIKA: I also went to Cyprus in 2015. 810 00:55:50,303 --> 00:55:54,089 Alexey, tough guy, he was there competing. 811 00:55:54,176 --> 00:55:55,482 I was thinking, "Oh, my God, 812 00:55:56,004 --> 00:55:58,529 can you not take a year off or so?" 813 00:55:58,703 --> 00:56:00,226 But this is his way of... 814 00:56:01,532 --> 00:56:03,577 handling it. It was very sad. 815 00:56:05,927 --> 00:56:07,364 GUILLAUME: And I was so surprised 816 00:56:07,451 --> 00:56:10,062 to see Alexey was coming and competing. 817 00:56:10,802 --> 00:56:15,023 That was the moment I realized that he has the ability 818 00:56:15,807 --> 00:56:19,288 to create different spaces into his mind. 819 00:56:23,641 --> 00:56:27,906 I asked him how he could make it to this world championship, 820 00:56:27,993 --> 00:56:30,474 and he said, "What else could I have done?" 821 00:56:31,039 --> 00:56:35,392 That was his way to overcome the pain. 822 00:56:42,486 --> 00:56:44,444 OKSANA: [IN RUSSIAN] 823 00:57:16,911 --> 00:57:18,522 ERIKA: [IN ENGLISH] When he had a world record, 824 00:57:18,739 --> 00:57:20,785 I said, "Your mom would be proud." 825 00:57:20,872 --> 00:57:22,134 [SOBS] 826 00:57:22,264 --> 00:57:23,352 [SNIFFLES] 827 00:57:25,703 --> 00:57:27,922 [ALL CHEER] 828 00:57:30,490 --> 00:57:33,624 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] My mom was a big leader 829 00:57:33,711 --> 00:57:35,190 for the community. 830 00:57:37,497 --> 00:57:39,630 All the actions and all, like, changes to the world 831 00:57:39,847 --> 00:57:42,459 we do as individuals, it stays in the world. 832 00:57:43,677 --> 00:57:45,897 Everything my mom did, it stays in the people. 833 00:57:46,941 --> 00:57:48,508 And now there is no mom, 834 00:57:48,595 --> 00:57:50,771 so I need to be that example for the community. 835 00:57:53,121 --> 00:57:54,253 Now I have to train. 836 00:57:54,558 --> 00:57:57,474 I have to be even better freediver, better example, 837 00:57:58,213 --> 00:57:59,998 to continue what my mom was doing. 838 00:58:00,651 --> 00:58:01,565 [ALL CHEER] 839 00:58:01,826 --> 00:58:03,175 ALEXEY: She's still, like, with me 840 00:58:03,262 --> 00:58:04,655 and with a lot of other people. 841 00:58:06,265 --> 00:58:08,833 And when I'm in the water, in the sea, 842 00:58:09,224 --> 00:58:12,271 I can feel it as well. And I'm happy with that. 843 00:59:16,291 --> 00:59:18,250 [BREATHES DEEPLY] 844 00:59:18,772 --> 00:59:19,686 I'm okay. 845 00:59:20,078 --> 00:59:22,733 MAN:[ALL CHEER, APPLAUD] 846 00:59:39,227 --> 00:59:41,839 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 847 00:59:45,625 --> 00:59:47,322 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] Thank you very much. Thank you. 848 00:59:56,462 --> 00:59:58,116 If I would have been there in Ibiza 849 00:59:58,203 --> 00:59:59,900 the day that my mom disappeared, 850 00:59:59,987 --> 01:00:00,988 that would never happen. 851 01:00:06,124 --> 01:00:08,387 And that's sad, of course. 852 01:00:09,257 --> 01:00:10,563 [MUSIC FADES] 853 01:00:16,743 --> 01:00:20,312 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 854 01:00:20,965 --> 01:00:22,880 GUILLAUME: After you break a world record, 855 01:00:23,097 --> 01:00:25,752 you need to take a rest day. 856 01:00:27,928 --> 01:00:31,323 But still, Alexey goes to train harder 857 01:00:31,453 --> 01:00:34,631 and to push his own limits. 858 01:00:36,633 --> 01:00:40,027 Today he's diving no fins with a depth of 80 meters. 859 01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:43,378 It's a huge depth in this discipline. 860 01:00:46,643 --> 01:00:49,733 ANNOUNCER: Three, two, one, top times. 861 01:00:58,567 --> 01:00:59,699 White card! 862 01:00:59,960 --> 01:01:03,094 [ALL APPLAUD][INDISTINCT CHATTER] 863 01:01:05,574 --> 01:01:07,011 ALEXEY: All in all, it was good, 864 01:01:07,141 --> 01:01:08,577 especially after yesterday dive. 865 01:01:08,665 --> 01:01:12,669 Like, I feel a bit of fatigue... [CHUCKLES] ...like, still. 866 01:01:13,582 --> 01:01:15,672 My ultimate goal with no fins is to do 867 01:01:15,759 --> 01:01:18,152 the world record, which is 103 meters. 868 01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:21,025 Next competition is in Bahamas, Vertical Blue, 869 01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:23,418 and I have just one month. 870 01:01:24,115 --> 01:01:28,119 This year, I really trained a lot with no fins, 871 01:01:28,597 --> 01:01:31,818 and now I feel confident in this. 872 01:01:32,166 --> 01:01:35,300 [STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING] 873 01:01:52,273 --> 01:01:53,797 ELIETTE: We are here on beautiful 874 01:01:53,884 --> 01:01:55,668 Long Island in the Bahamas 875 01:01:55,755 --> 01:01:58,105 for nine days of competitive freediving 876 01:01:58,279 --> 01:02:00,717 from the best freedivers in the world. 877 01:02:01,021 --> 01:02:02,501 My name is Eliette Rutledge, 878 01:02:02,762 --> 01:02:04,633 and I'm super excited to be here. 879 01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:06,374 I am accompanied by... 880 01:02:06,635 --> 01:02:08,942 Harry McCahill. Absolute pleasure to be here. 881 01:02:09,203 --> 01:02:11,684 ELIETTE: This is going to be an exciting competition. 882 01:02:16,776 --> 01:02:19,518 Day one is starting out rough, really rough. 883 01:02:20,301 --> 01:02:21,738 We're having a bunch of blackouts. 884 01:02:27,134 --> 01:02:30,268 The problem lies in if it's a deep blackout. 885 01:02:30,355 --> 01:02:33,097 If it's below 20 meters, that's a big deal. 886 01:02:38,493 --> 01:02:39,581 ELIETTE: Alexey Molchanov, 887 01:02:39,712 --> 01:02:43,411 the Russian 33-time world record champion, 888 01:02:43,542 --> 01:02:46,153 is finally back after being banned last year 889 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,286 due to the Russian war in Ukraine. 890 01:02:48,939 --> 01:02:50,767 SAM: None of us can be separate from politics. 891 01:02:50,941 --> 01:02:52,856 This year, any athlete can compete, 892 01:02:52,943 --> 01:02:55,380 but Russian athletes cannot compete under the Russian flag. 893 01:02:55,989 --> 01:02:57,861 WILLIAM: The war still rages on. 894 01:02:57,948 --> 01:02:59,558 So if it was the right decision then 895 01:02:59,645 --> 01:03:01,038 to ban Russian athletes, 896 01:03:01,299 --> 01:03:02,779 then, it will be the right decision now. 897 01:03:02,953 --> 01:03:05,390 But it's great to have Alexey back. 898 01:03:06,391 --> 01:03:08,741 ALEXEY: I have still two world records to get. 899 01:03:08,872 --> 01:03:11,831 So now in Vertical Blue, the main goal for me is no fins 900 01:03:11,918 --> 01:03:13,920 and to try to do the world record 901 01:03:14,007 --> 01:03:16,662 in free immersion as well. Those two records is my goal. 902 01:03:19,621 --> 01:03:21,188 [MUSIC FADES] 903 01:03:22,450 --> 01:03:24,975 [STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING] 904 01:03:40,512 --> 01:03:43,384 ELIETTE: We have some amazing dives coming your way, 905 01:03:43,471 --> 01:03:45,734 especially that by Alexey Molchanov, 906 01:03:45,822 --> 01:03:48,694 going to perform a world record attempt 907 01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:51,828 to 133 meters in free immersion, 908 01:03:51,915 --> 01:03:53,046 so pulling on the line. 909 01:03:54,526 --> 01:03:56,528 ANNOUNCER: Alexey Molchanov, 910 01:03:56,658 --> 01:04:01,968 free immersion, 133 meters world record attempt. 911 01:04:06,016 --> 01:04:07,365 ELIETTE: One hundred and thirty-three 912 01:04:07,452 --> 01:04:10,237 is no easy feat. However, Alexey has been training 913 01:04:10,324 --> 01:04:12,022 super, super well. 914 01:04:13,675 --> 01:04:14,938 Go, Alexey! 915 01:04:19,551 --> 01:04:21,422 HARRY: Look at his streamlining. It's just unbelievable. 916 01:04:21,553 --> 01:04:22,728 He's like a submarine. 917 01:04:23,685 --> 01:04:24,948 Sixty meters. 918 01:04:25,035 --> 01:04:26,340 Two minutes. 919 01:04:28,255 --> 01:04:30,518 HARRY: Let's have a look. ELIETTE: Hey, there he goes. 920 01:04:31,171 --> 01:04:33,217 HARRY: Oh my God. ELIETTE: Touchdown. 921 01:04:33,565 --> 01:04:36,611 Definitely seeing how strong of a dive this is. 922 01:04:36,742 --> 01:04:38,918 HARRY: Look at that, that white card. 923 01:04:39,049 --> 01:04:41,094 Unbelievable.[CROWD CHEER] 924 01:04:41,181 --> 01:04:43,314 HARRY: Alexey Molchanov's done it again. 925 01:04:43,444 --> 01:04:45,098 INTERVIEWER: It is a huge production... 926 01:04:45,185 --> 01:04:46,491 ALEXEY: Yeah. INTERVIEWER: ...filming you. 927 01:04:46,621 --> 01:04:49,537 How does that factor into your mental state? 928 01:04:49,624 --> 01:04:52,105 ALEXEY: I think it doesn't because I just really focus 929 01:04:52,192 --> 01:04:53,759 on my routines. 930 01:04:53,846 --> 01:04:55,456 I focus on my preparation breathing 931 01:04:55,543 --> 01:04:58,155 and how to stay really focused. 932 01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,030 Well, my wife, she sent me some pictures 933 01:05:04,117 --> 01:05:06,946 of Max watching on the phone the live stream of my dive. 934 01:05:16,477 --> 01:05:17,435 HARRY: Welcome back. 935 01:05:17,609 --> 01:05:19,480 Now I'm joined by William Trubridge. 936 01:05:19,654 --> 01:05:21,265 We've got a good second session coming up. 937 01:05:21,352 --> 01:05:24,094 WILLIAM: Alexey is going for his no fins dive today. 938 01:05:24,181 --> 01:05:26,531 HARRY: I'm guessing this dive to 95 meters 939 01:05:26,618 --> 01:05:28,489 is basically his practice dive. 940 01:05:28,881 --> 01:05:31,101 I bet he'll go for the 103-meter world record 941 01:05:31,275 --> 01:05:33,407 no fins dive later in the competition. 942 01:05:34,060 --> 01:05:37,455 WILLIAM: And this is the deepest he's done in a long time. 943 01:05:37,672 --> 01:05:40,675 His condition, of course, is at the peak. 944 01:05:41,459 --> 01:05:43,069 HARRY: There's one record that eludes him. 945 01:05:43,156 --> 01:05:44,157 WILLIAM: You're right. 946 01:05:44,418 --> 01:05:46,638 HARRY: Yes, he probably wants to make that move. 947 01:05:51,730 --> 01:05:52,992 Down goes Alexey. 948 01:05:53,253 --> 01:05:55,429 WILLIAM: A lot of his power comes from his legs, see. 949 01:05:55,516 --> 01:05:57,779 HARRY: But he does have good upper body strength as well. 950 01:05:58,737 --> 01:06:00,391 He got such a strong breath hold. 951 01:06:01,609 --> 01:06:04,047 WILLIAM: His hands are knives going through that water. 952 01:06:04,134 --> 01:06:05,657 HARRY: He's looking towards the surface 953 01:06:05,787 --> 01:06:07,267 but doesn't have very far to go. 954 01:06:08,965 --> 01:06:11,402 WILLIAM: Ah, just feeling a little hypoxic there 955 01:06:11,489 --> 01:06:12,664 on the surface. 956 01:06:13,186 --> 01:06:15,797 HARRY: He's a little dizzy from that lack of oxygen. 957 01:06:16,973 --> 01:06:18,626 And he's giving the okay signal 958 01:06:18,713 --> 01:06:22,543 before removing the nose clip, which is the incorrect protocol. 959 01:06:24,589 --> 01:06:26,591 Yeah, that's a red card for Alexey. 960 01:06:29,115 --> 01:06:30,856 WILLIAM: He was about as close as you could get 961 01:06:30,943 --> 01:06:32,597 without getting a white card. 962 01:06:33,772 --> 01:06:35,556 Sure he's capable of that depth and more, 963 01:06:35,643 --> 01:06:37,602 and he still has three dives remaining. 964 01:06:37,776 --> 01:06:40,300 This isn't the last no fins dive we'll see of Alexey 965 01:06:40,387 --> 01:06:41,649 in this competition for sure. 966 01:07:05,847 --> 01:07:07,719 [MUSIC FADES] 967 01:07:08,676 --> 01:07:10,026 [ALEXEY PANTS] 968 01:07:11,331 --> 01:07:14,160 Ninety-five no fins wasn't a great dive. 969 01:07:16,206 --> 01:07:19,470 But usually, even if I'm physically not 100% ready, 970 01:07:20,427 --> 01:07:22,777 I can mentally overcome this and like, still do the dive. 971 01:07:25,084 --> 01:07:26,955 So I think I'm ready to try the world record 972 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:28,261 in the no fins. 973 01:07:30,829 --> 01:07:33,701 [WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING] 974 01:07:35,225 --> 01:07:39,403 ELIETTE: Alexey announced 103 meters for no fins, 975 01:07:39,533 --> 01:07:41,057 which is one above the world record. 976 01:07:43,711 --> 01:07:44,625 ALEXEY: No fins. 977 01:07:44,886 --> 01:07:46,149 That's the record I want the most. 978 01:07:46,236 --> 01:07:47,411 2014 was the year 979 01:07:47,498 --> 01:07:50,109 when I did my successful 96-meter dives 980 01:07:50,283 --> 01:07:51,893 in the no fins discipline. 981 01:07:52,894 --> 01:07:54,418 And then after this, I was not able to repeat 982 01:07:54,505 --> 01:07:56,072 96 for many, many years. 983 01:07:56,159 --> 01:07:58,639 One of the big factors was that in 2014, 984 01:07:58,813 --> 01:08:01,294 after the accident with my mom, I had other things to deal with 985 01:08:01,468 --> 01:08:04,167 and couldn't handle dealing with no fins. 986 01:08:04,645 --> 01:08:07,474 My mom held a world record in no fins. 987 01:08:07,996 --> 01:08:09,824 It would be to repeat this, 988 01:08:09,911 --> 01:08:11,304 same like my mom did. 989 01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:15,003 And I feel much more ready now than ever before. 990 01:08:16,048 --> 01:08:18,572 ELIETTE: William Trubridge has the current world record 991 01:08:18,659 --> 01:08:21,140 for 102 and he has held that record 992 01:08:21,227 --> 01:08:22,663 since 2016 993 01:08:22,837 --> 01:08:25,057 without anybody ever really coming close to it. 994 01:08:25,449 --> 01:08:26,754 This year, he's not competing, 995 01:08:26,928 --> 01:08:29,714 but this has been one of his longest standing records. 996 01:08:29,801 --> 01:08:32,325 It will be a punch to the gut for him. 997 01:08:32,847 --> 01:08:35,981 No fins is the hardest discipline 998 01:08:36,068 --> 01:08:38,505 in freediving, the most pure, 999 01:08:38,636 --> 01:08:40,159 the most demanding. 1000 01:08:40,290 --> 01:08:42,901 It requires of somebody to almost live like a monk 1001 01:08:42,988 --> 01:08:45,251 and just train that for years. 1002 01:08:45,773 --> 01:08:47,123 ALEXEY: The announcement for 103 1003 01:08:47,210 --> 01:08:48,863 was to put the number out there 1004 01:08:48,950 --> 01:08:52,171 and see how everybody reacts and see how I react 1005 01:08:52,476 --> 01:08:53,825 to me announcing this depth. 1006 01:08:55,043 --> 01:08:58,177 DAAN: I was flabbergasted by his announcement of 103 1007 01:08:58,264 --> 01:09:01,180 because we saw him do the 95, and he was on the edge. 1008 01:09:01,572 --> 01:09:03,530 I don't understand the reasoning 1009 01:09:03,617 --> 01:09:07,491 for adding eight meters to a dive that you failed. 1010 01:09:08,318 --> 01:09:10,450 MAN 1: Maybe his ego got the better of him. 1011 01:09:10,624 --> 01:09:12,017 DAAN: If Natalia was around 1012 01:09:12,104 --> 01:09:14,672 if she saw that announcement of 103 meters, 1013 01:09:14,802 --> 01:09:16,021 she'd tell him, "You're an idiot." 1014 01:09:16,891 --> 01:09:18,806 KRISTINE: 1015 01:09:22,897 --> 01:09:24,725 WILLIAM: If he has a white card on this performance, 1016 01:09:24,856 --> 01:09:26,727 I still wouldn't be able to understand. 1017 01:09:28,381 --> 01:09:30,166 MAN 2: 1018 01:09:45,268 --> 01:09:47,357 ANNOUNCER: Alexey Molchanov, 1019 01:09:47,835 --> 01:09:51,665 constant weight, no fins, 103 meters. 1020 01:09:52,231 --> 01:09:53,841 World record attempt. 1021 01:09:54,059 --> 01:09:56,583 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1022 01:09:59,891 --> 01:10:02,154 ELIETTE: Today, he's had a couple of days rest 1023 01:10:02,285 --> 01:10:03,416 leading up to this dive. 1024 01:10:03,677 --> 01:10:06,202 So it's definitely very mental for him. 1025 01:10:24,872 --> 01:10:27,832 HARRY: This is a big dive, even for Alexey Molchanov. 1026 01:10:28,615 --> 01:10:30,835 ELIETTE: This is such a big moment 1027 01:10:30,922 --> 01:10:32,358 in freediving history. 1028 01:10:34,969 --> 01:10:36,841 HARRY: Think he'll make it? ELIETTE: Yes. 1029 01:10:40,540 --> 01:10:41,802 Fifty meters. 1030 01:10:42,847 --> 01:10:43,978 HARRY: He's making good speed. 1031 01:10:48,374 --> 01:10:50,376 His free fall is beautiful. 1032 01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:59,951 Oh, my God! [CROWD CHEER] 1033 01:11:01,518 --> 01:11:03,041 [CHEERING] 1034 01:11:04,042 --> 01:11:07,088 HARRY: He looks good. He's got a nice glide as well. 1035 01:11:07,263 --> 01:11:08,525 This looks good. 1036 01:11:10,483 --> 01:11:12,485 Fifty meters, having a little glance up. 1037 01:11:12,964 --> 01:11:14,357 ANNOUNCER: Forty meters. 1038 01:11:15,575 --> 01:11:18,012 HARRY: That glance could mean he's getting tired, 1039 01:11:18,230 --> 01:11:20,276 and he is still a long way down. 1040 01:11:23,496 --> 01:11:24,628 First safety. 1041 01:11:25,455 --> 01:11:27,370 And he's had a little dolphin kick here. 1042 01:11:27,718 --> 01:11:29,285 Could be another sign of fatigue. 1043 01:11:29,981 --> 01:11:31,548 Thirty meters. 1044 01:11:34,681 --> 01:11:37,205 HARRY: It's going to be right on his dive time, probably. 1045 01:11:44,909 --> 01:11:46,519 [MUSIC DISTORTS] 1046 01:11:52,873 --> 01:11:54,179 [MUSIC FADES] 1047 01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:55,311 [TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] 1048 01:11:55,441 --> 01:11:57,138 HARRY: He's had a deep blackout. 1049 01:12:30,258 --> 01:12:31,825 Breathe, Alexey. Breathe. 1050 01:12:31,999 --> 01:12:35,046 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1051 01:12:35,481 --> 01:12:37,962 [MUSIC FADES] 1052 01:12:39,442 --> 01:12:43,968 [MUFFLED VOICES] 1053 01:13:09,733 --> 01:13:11,604 [DEVICE BEEPING] 1054 01:13:31,494 --> 01:13:33,104 WILLIAM: To black out at 30 meters, 1055 01:13:33,191 --> 01:13:34,714 it's not a close call. 1056 01:13:35,759 --> 01:13:37,064 It means that that dive 1057 01:13:37,151 --> 01:13:39,589 was far beyond your capabilities. 1058 01:13:42,505 --> 01:13:45,290 It's a sport where we have to be mindful 1059 01:13:45,377 --> 01:13:47,335 of the fact that if we do something 1060 01:13:47,423 --> 01:13:49,729 that stretches us beyond our capabilities, 1061 01:13:49,903 --> 01:13:51,383 we're not just putting ourselves in jeopardy. 1062 01:13:51,470 --> 01:13:54,038 we're putting this whole safety team in jeopardy. 1063 01:13:54,168 --> 01:13:56,997 We're putting the event and the image of the sport 1064 01:13:57,084 --> 01:13:57,911 in jeopardy as well. 1065 01:13:58,085 --> 01:13:59,086 [DEVICE BEEPING] 1066 01:13:59,260 --> 01:14:00,261 WILLIAM: And I don't think 1067 01:14:00,392 --> 01:14:03,308 that result was good for any party. 1068 01:14:09,227 --> 01:14:11,534 I'm glad to be talking to you. That was very scary for us. 1069 01:14:11,621 --> 01:14:13,100 ALEXEY: Yeah, it was a hard day. 1070 01:14:13,274 --> 01:14:15,015 It is very rarely I have these blackouts, 1071 01:14:15,189 --> 01:14:16,147 and in no fins, 1072 01:14:16,321 --> 01:14:17,496 it's pretty much the only discipline 1073 01:14:17,844 --> 01:14:19,933 I might have it, right, because you saw with all 1074 01:14:20,020 --> 01:14:22,414 the other disciplines, it's like for the whole season, 1075 01:14:22,501 --> 01:14:24,677 it was zero, zero blackouts. 1076 01:14:24,764 --> 01:14:28,333 And no fins is just, like, tricky, very tricky. 1077 01:14:31,902 --> 01:14:33,207 DAAN: Alexey is so clever. 1078 01:14:34,078 --> 01:14:36,123 Then every once in a while, he does that thing 1079 01:14:36,210 --> 01:14:37,516 that clever people do. 1080 01:14:37,690 --> 01:14:39,475 You make a really stupid mistake. 1081 01:14:41,215 --> 01:14:43,043 He's carrying a lot on his shoulders, 1082 01:14:43,304 --> 01:14:46,003 Natalia's legacy. That's a lot to carry. 1083 01:15:03,542 --> 01:15:04,500 NARRATOR: The ocean... 1084 01:15:04,848 --> 01:15:07,894 [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] 1085 01:15:08,504 --> 01:15:09,679 NARRATOR: ...however silent, 1086 01:15:10,636 --> 01:15:12,986 a racing mind deafens. 1087 01:15:14,379 --> 01:15:17,164 And though it has no physical form, 1088 01:15:17,556 --> 01:15:20,254 ego rips us to ribbons. 1089 01:15:21,517 --> 01:15:25,564 In our realm, struggling at all is failure. 1090 01:15:32,353 --> 01:15:35,879 Value doesn't exist in meters or medals. 1091 01:15:37,271 --> 01:15:38,925 It lives in silence. 1092 01:15:41,972 --> 01:15:42,973 Harmony... 1093 01:15:45,366 --> 01:15:46,454 joy. 1094 01:15:50,241 --> 01:15:53,331 So, when our greatest rival is ourself, 1095 01:15:54,114 --> 01:15:56,247 we return to the beginning. 1096 01:15:59,511 --> 01:16:02,079 Balance is how we discover... 1097 01:16:04,211 --> 01:16:05,735 who we really are. 1098 01:16:12,045 --> 01:16:13,830 [MUSIC FADES] 1099 01:16:35,503 --> 01:16:36,853 ALEXEY: It's been like eight years 1100 01:16:36,940 --> 01:16:38,768 since the day that my mom disappeared... 1101 01:16:41,640 --> 01:16:43,947 but the sensation of us traveling together 1102 01:16:44,034 --> 01:16:45,601 and training together is always with me. 1103 01:16:45,775 --> 01:16:48,908 [ENIGMATIC MUSIC PLAYING] 1104 01:16:57,656 --> 01:17:01,791 ALEXEY: My mom's approach as a coach was she trained hard, 1105 01:17:01,878 --> 01:17:03,357 but then she played in the water 1106 01:17:04,184 --> 01:17:06,622 because she wanted me to enjoy the sport, 1107 01:17:06,709 --> 01:17:07,927 enjoy the competition. 1108 01:17:09,363 --> 01:17:11,670 But there is much more to freediving. 1109 01:17:13,106 --> 01:17:14,151 There is ocean, 1110 01:17:15,065 --> 01:17:16,196 sea life. 1111 01:17:16,893 --> 01:17:18,285 There's adventures. 1112 01:17:21,332 --> 01:17:22,725 That's why we do this because 1113 01:17:23,943 --> 01:17:25,423 joy is a big part of freediving. 1114 01:17:25,510 --> 01:17:27,425 Like, it's like enjoying being on the water. 1115 01:17:46,749 --> 01:17:47,706 HUGUES: They're playing. 1116 01:17:49,534 --> 01:17:50,404 Good news... 1117 01:17:51,579 --> 01:17:52,798 we locate them. 1118 01:17:54,104 --> 01:17:55,671 We have to go south. 1119 01:17:59,152 --> 01:18:02,112 SVETLANA: I hope that we will see sperm whales. 1120 01:18:02,242 --> 01:18:04,027 We had a newborn 1121 01:18:04,114 --> 01:18:06,986 just a little bit more than one week ago. 1122 01:18:07,204 --> 01:18:11,556 So when they have newborns, whales normally is quite slow 1123 01:18:11,643 --> 01:18:14,385 because the baby is not swimming fast. 1124 01:18:15,255 --> 01:18:16,474 Sperm whales, 1125 01:18:16,561 --> 01:18:19,129 one of the best divers in the planet. 1126 01:18:19,738 --> 01:18:22,654 They can dive up to 2,000 meters. 1127 01:18:23,699 --> 01:18:25,309 Sometimes they are breached, 1128 01:18:25,483 --> 01:18:27,528 and then they are going like this. 1129 01:18:27,746 --> 01:18:30,314 And from the deep, they-- bloop-bloop-bloop. 1130 01:18:30,662 --> 01:18:31,881 [CHUCKLES SOFTLY] 1131 01:18:36,973 --> 01:18:38,496 ALEXEY: Breach, breach! 1132 01:18:43,370 --> 01:18:45,416 Get ready. Ask them to be ready. 1133 01:18:51,944 --> 01:18:53,206 ALEXEY: Being a freediver in the ocean 1134 01:18:53,293 --> 01:18:56,906 allows us to use our skill to see something 1135 01:18:57,384 --> 01:19:00,039 and experience something that is really hard to do 1136 01:19:00,561 --> 01:19:02,520 and something really beautiful. 1137 01:19:03,303 --> 01:19:04,217 Look at them. 1138 01:19:05,001 --> 01:19:07,177 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. 1139 01:19:11,094 --> 01:19:13,879 Okay, go. Please go, go, go. 1140 01:19:39,165 --> 01:19:41,298 HUGUES: This animal hunt in the deep. 1141 01:19:41,515 --> 01:19:44,301 And in the abyss, there is no light. 1142 01:19:45,824 --> 01:19:49,436 So to see their environment, they need echolocation. 1143 01:19:49,610 --> 01:19:50,960 [WHALES CLICK] 1144 01:19:51,264 --> 01:19:53,353 HUGUES: When the whale does scanning, 1145 01:19:54,267 --> 01:19:56,530 it is a series of clicks. 1146 01:19:57,923 --> 01:20:00,360 The whale's scanning you to know who you are 1147 01:20:00,534 --> 01:20:01,797 and what you're feeling. 1148 01:20:03,973 --> 01:20:05,583 It's something incredible. 1149 01:20:10,893 --> 01:20:14,461 The whole body of that whale may be 30 tons... 1150 01:20:16,246 --> 01:20:17,813 but they will be afraid 1151 01:20:17,900 --> 01:20:20,293 of anything that could be a danger to them. 1152 01:20:21,686 --> 01:20:24,167 But when they feel it is not the case 1153 01:20:24,254 --> 01:20:26,604 they will just accept you as one of theirs. 1154 01:20:54,153 --> 01:20:55,372 [ALEXEY GRUNTS] 1155 01:20:55,546 --> 01:20:57,896 Epic would be an understatement. 1156 01:20:58,027 --> 01:20:58,984 Oh, my God. 1157 01:21:24,140 --> 01:21:26,882 [MUSIC FADES] 1158 01:21:31,843 --> 01:21:34,411 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 1159 01:21:41,244 --> 01:21:43,115 ALEXEY: My mom, she always said to me 1160 01:21:43,202 --> 01:21:46,379 that sports is just part of life and like, it's not enough. 1161 01:21:48,251 --> 01:21:51,080 It's important to have results in other areas of life. 1162 01:21:52,472 --> 01:21:55,998 [BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1163 01:21:56,389 --> 01:21:58,261 ALEXEY: [IN ENGLISH] For me, it's important to become 1164 01:21:58,348 --> 01:22:00,741 a better father, a better husband... 1165 01:22:02,743 --> 01:22:05,181 because I know this will make me much more happy 1166 01:22:05,268 --> 01:22:07,792 than these extra records and extra achievements. 1167 01:22:07,966 --> 01:22:10,795 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 1168 01:22:18,716 --> 01:22:20,413 ELIETTE: Good morning, everybody. 1169 01:22:20,500 --> 01:22:22,807 Welcome to Roatán, Honduras. 1170 01:22:25,462 --> 01:22:28,639 Today, we have the most demanding discipline, 1171 01:22:28,726 --> 01:22:30,554 the no fins discipline. 1172 01:22:31,859 --> 01:22:33,383 ALEXEY: I lost a lot of confidence 1173 01:22:33,470 --> 01:22:35,124 with no fins after Bahamas. 1174 01:22:35,341 --> 01:22:38,866 I'm used to diving really well, not having blackouts. 1175 01:22:39,389 --> 01:22:40,477 It's frustrating. 1176 01:22:40,999 --> 01:22:43,567 It was hard to accept that I'm not 100% ready 1177 01:22:43,654 --> 01:22:45,090 to do this 103-meter dive. 1178 01:22:47,005 --> 01:22:48,615 My mom, she always reminded me 1179 01:22:48,789 --> 01:22:50,574 the numbers of meter and medals don't matter. 1180 01:22:51,053 --> 01:22:53,011 Even though I really want to do the world record, 1181 01:22:53,446 --> 01:22:55,753 I don't want to push it and to make it too dangerous. 1182 01:22:56,406 --> 01:22:59,061 I want to be around for my family. 1183 01:23:04,805 --> 01:23:08,070 ELIETTE: And now we have our deepest diver 1184 01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:10,986 of the day, Alexey Molchanov, 1185 01:23:11,290 --> 01:23:13,901 going for 100 meters. 1186 01:23:14,163 --> 01:23:17,122 He is scaling back just a few meters today 1187 01:23:17,209 --> 01:23:19,733 after his deep blackout at Vertical Blue. 1188 01:23:24,390 --> 01:23:28,786 ANNOUNCER: Alexey Molchanov, 100 meters. 1189 01:23:31,919 --> 01:23:34,096 ALEXEY: I changed the way I approached diving... 1190 01:23:34,487 --> 01:23:35,575 Eighty down. 1191 01:23:36,011 --> 01:23:38,274 ALEXEY: ...in terms of having less chances 1192 01:23:38,361 --> 01:23:39,753 of getting blackout. 1193 01:23:42,843 --> 01:23:44,889 MAN: Ninety down. ALEXEY: Because I realized 1194 01:23:44,976 --> 01:23:46,978 I have to be even better freediver, 1195 01:23:47,065 --> 01:23:49,763 better example for my kid Max. 1196 01:23:51,983 --> 01:23:54,116 MAN: Diver inside and okay. 1197 01:23:54,899 --> 01:23:56,074 ALEXEY: When he gets a bit older, 1198 01:23:56,292 --> 01:23:57,989 I'm really looking forward to have him around more 1199 01:23:58,076 --> 01:23:59,034 and dive together. 1200 01:24:05,344 --> 01:24:06,606 MAN: Diver approaching. 1201 01:24:09,827 --> 01:24:12,264 [BREATHES HEAVILY] 1202 01:24:17,487 --> 01:24:18,531 I'm okay. 1203 01:24:19,097 --> 01:24:23,536 You have a white card.[ALL CHEER, APPLAUD] 1204 01:24:28,889 --> 01:24:30,282 That was the best white card in my life. 1205 01:24:30,369 --> 01:24:33,720 Like, I know from all previous years, for sure. 1206 01:24:33,851 --> 01:24:34,808 [LAUGHS] 1207 01:24:35,548 --> 01:24:37,768 After all these world records, even though I didn't do exactly 1208 01:24:37,855 --> 01:24:39,074 what I wanted to do with no fins, 1209 01:24:39,161 --> 01:24:40,510 I did everything I could. 1210 01:24:40,814 --> 01:24:41,989 I'm really happy. 1211 01:24:47,952 --> 01:24:49,910 [IN RUSSIAN] 1212 01:24:50,172 --> 01:24:51,869 [IN ENGLISH] My mom would be very proud of me... 1213 01:24:52,522 --> 01:24:53,610 [IN RUSSIAN] 1214 01:24:54,001 --> 01:24:55,351 [IN ENGLISH] ...and she was very much waiting 1215 01:24:55,481 --> 01:24:56,874 for the grandkids. 1216 01:25:01,574 --> 01:25:04,447 So of course, I'm sad she never met my son. 1217 01:25:04,838 --> 01:25:05,970 That bothers me. 1218 01:25:07,232 --> 01:25:09,930 But I know Max would be very proud to know 1219 01:25:10,105 --> 01:25:11,802 that he had such a great grandmother. 1220 01:25:16,415 --> 01:25:17,895 Telling him her story... 1221 01:25:23,030 --> 01:25:25,337 will help him to be inspired 1222 01:25:25,424 --> 01:25:27,513 and motivated to do something he loves. 1223 01:25:29,036 --> 01:25:31,126 That's what stories make us do... 1224 01:25:32,301 --> 01:25:34,041 be proud of our family 1225 01:25:34,390 --> 01:25:36,609 and pushes us to have a better life. 1226 01:25:36,696 --> 01:25:37,915 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1227 01:25:38,655 --> 01:25:42,833 [BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN] 1228 01:25:44,269 --> 01:25:45,662 [MUSIC FADES] 1229 01:25:45,923 --> 01:25:48,839 [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING] 1230 01:25:58,675 --> 01:26:01,243 ♪ And sometimes 1231 01:26:01,678 --> 01:26:05,421 ♪ We're just memories inside ♪ 1232 01:26:05,508 --> 01:26:08,250 ♪ And sometimes ♪ 1233 01:26:08,859 --> 01:26:12,167 ♪ We are holding on to life ♪ 1234 01:26:12,254 --> 01:26:15,039 ♪ And sometimes ♪ 1235 01:26:15,779 --> 01:26:19,304 ♪ There are whispers In the sea ♪ 1236 01:26:19,391 --> 01:26:22,307 ♪ And sometimes ♪ 1237 01:26:22,612 --> 01:26:26,006 ♪ They are searching To be free ♪ 1238 01:26:26,398 --> 01:26:31,360 ♪ And then the seas Will glow ♪ 1239 01:26:34,667 --> 01:26:40,020 ♪ And I feel it when I sway by your side ♪ 1240 01:26:42,153 --> 01:26:46,331 ♪ Held onto the tale Of your life ♪ 1241 01:26:46,853 --> 01:26:49,334 ♪ And those secrets ♪ 1242 01:26:50,117 --> 01:26:53,251 ♪ Of the deep 1243 01:27:00,867 --> 01:27:03,522 ♪ And searching 1244 01:27:03,957 --> 01:27:07,309 ♪ For those dreams That we cannot see ♪ 1245 01:27:07,483 --> 01:27:10,486 ♪ And you're searching ♪ 1246 01:27:11,095 --> 01:27:14,403 ♪ And you're yearning To be free ♪ 1247 01:27:14,533 --> 01:27:17,057 ♪ And I hear that ♪ 1248 01:27:17,536 --> 01:27:21,148 ♪ You can tell Our voices in the rain ♪ 1249 01:27:21,410 --> 01:27:24,021 ♪ And they're telling you ♪ 1250 01:27:24,543 --> 01:27:28,895 ♪ Telling you You will not be tamed ♪ 1251 01:27:28,982 --> 01:27:33,378 ♪ Then the tide will flow ♪ 1252 01:27:36,947 --> 01:27:42,387 ♪ And I feel it When I sway by your side ♪ 1253 01:27:44,433 --> 01:27:48,741 ♪ Held onto the tale Of your life ♪ 1254 01:27:50,874 --> 01:27:56,140 ♪ And I know that I hold onto your side ♪ 1255 01:27:57,794 --> 01:28:02,015 ♪ And I trust that It'll be all right ♪ 1256 01:28:02,973 --> 01:28:05,236 ♪ And those secrets 1257 01:28:06,150 --> 01:28:08,935 ♪ Of the deep 1258 01:28:10,676 --> 01:28:12,330 [SONG FADES] 1259 01:28:13,375 --> 01:28:18,728 [MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING] 1260 01:31:34,532 --> 01:31:36,969 [MUSIC FADES]