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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org

How about some free diving? Swimming for distance and holding your breath underwater.

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aug 11, 2025, 4:44 am • 81 6

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champaignsupernova.bsky.social @champaignsupernova.bsky.social

Up there with ski jump for "how do you train for this without dying?"

aug 11, 2025, 4:37 pm • 2 0 • view
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drfli.bsky.social @drfli.bsky.social

A hotel pool tradition

aug 11, 2025, 4:50 am • 17 0 • view
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ScreamingMD @screamingmd.bsky.social

This is very relaxing to watch

aug 11, 2025, 4:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Wayne Chow 🇨🇦 🍁 @waynechow.bsky.social

Underwater swimming was an Olympic event in 1900. 200m obstacle swimming sounds like something you'd see on Takeshi's Castle. www.reuters.com/graphics/OLY...

aug 11, 2025, 6:38 am • 3 0 • view
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anti-dabo aktion 🏳️‍⚧️ @theyfag.kindboys.online

when i was on swim team this was my favorite part i never knew this was a sport of its own!!

aug 11, 2025, 4:44 am • 6 0 • view
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GribWrites @gribwrites.bsky.social

You’re going to freak out when you learn about No Limits freediving, where they go for depth with weighted sleds.

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aug 11, 2025, 7:41 pm • 2 0 • view
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Fletcher @hypeerror.bsky.social

I have so many questions about what makes a legal stroke.

aug 11, 2025, 5:06 am • 3 0 • view
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Ida Clemens @idaclemens.bsky.social

I would assume this is "freestyle" and the stroke is what the athletes have determined is the most efficient for distance. The optimized stroke for a purely underwater contest of speed rather than distance would look a lot more like breaststroke and wouldn't have the same glide

aug 11, 2025, 4:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jock Cartier @jockcartier.bsky.social

I think it needs to be like breaststroke. Baring in mind it’s maximizing distance to effort (therefore oxygen consumption)… many go for 3 minutes+

aug 11, 2025, 5:10 am • 2 0 • view
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Jock Cartier @jockcartier.bsky.social

I suppose what makes the other typical strokes more efficient on the surface are they’re half above water… which isn’t an option here

aug 11, 2025, 5:14 am • 2 0 • view
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Quirky Research @quirkyresearch.bsky.social

It's no plunge for distance.

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aug 11, 2025, 5:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jeff Duda @jeffdudaphdco.bsky.social

How long of a pool donthey have?

aug 11, 2025, 5:01 am • 0 0 • view
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MSJ | Student | DFW @wxandpi.bsky.social

Standard 50 meter. They touch the wall and turn underwater.

aug 11, 2025, 2:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mads @madison5000.bsky.social

Hey Sickos, go to YouTube and search “underwater torpedo league”

aug 11, 2025, 11:50 am • 3 0 • view
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Dana M @dana-m.bsky.social

Are they all Italian?

aug 11, 2025, 9:32 pm • 1 0 • view