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After geopolitics forced him into exile, Alexey Molchanov, the world’s greatest living freediver and son of freediving pioneer Natalia Molchanova, has spent 2023 on a journey to reclaim his athletic glory and honor his mother’s formidable legacy—her iconic attempts in the most dominant season in the history of the deadly sport. His near-suicidal quest to set five world records in under four months takes him to the most remote places on the planet and the farthest reaches of human performance. In the process, he is forced to reevaluate all the skills and beliefs he has developed over a lifetime.