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After geopolitics forced him into exile, Alexey Molchanov – the world’s greatest living freediver and the son of freediving pioneer Natalia Molchanova – spent 2023 on a journey to reclaim his athletic glory and honor his iconic mother’s towering legacy season most dominant in the history of the deadly sport. His near-suicidal quest to set five world records in under four months brings him to the farthest reaches of the globe and to the very edges of human performance. In the process, he’s forced to reevaluate all the skills and beliefs on which he has built his entire life.