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And I was super happy.
I was like, "Oh, yeah, this is the sport I want to do." It felt more exciting
than swimming. ADAM: When Alexey started
to compete in freediving, his first nickname was
"The Golden Retriever" because he was so happy
and smiley and he had
this long, blond hair, and he was like a puppy dog. DAAN:
Alexey can be very playful, but there's
a sensitive side to him that he fiercely protects, which has Kevlar around it, and I'm not sure
how many people get to that bit of him. ADAM: His next nickname
was "The Machine." He just kept beating all the other people
and he never failed
I was like, "Oh, yeah, this is the sport I want to do." It felt more exciting
than swimming. ADAM: When Alexey started
to compete in freediving, his first nickname was
"The Golden Retriever" because he was so happy
and smiley and he had
this long, blond hair, and he was like a puppy dog. DAAN:
Alexey can be very playful, but there's
a sensitive side to him that he fiercely protects, which has Kevlar around it, and I'm not sure
how many people get to that bit of him. ADAM: His next nickname
was "The Machine." He just kept beating all the other people
and he never failed
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And I was super happy.
I was like, "Oh, yeah,
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this is the sport I want to do."
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It felt more exciting
than swimming.
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ADAM: When Alexey started
to compete in freediving,
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his first nickname was
"The Golden Retriever"
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because he was so happy
and smiley
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and he had
this long, blond hair,
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and he was like a puppy dog.
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DAAN:
Alexey can be very playful,
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but there's
a sensitive side to him
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that he fiercely protects,
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which has Kevlar around it,
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and I'm not sure
how many people get
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to that bit of him.
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ADAM: His next nickname
was "The Machine."
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He just kept beating
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all the other people
and he never failed.
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Movie Summary
Chronicles Alexey Molchanov's daring attempt to set multiple freediving world records in 2023, paying tribute to his late mother while confronting adversity and testing the boundaries of human endurance in this extreme sport.