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#1
May 2nd, 2008
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Hi!
On Youtube, thre is a new video from the italian Show "lo show dei record" about a woman, who did 30 summersaults underwater on one breath of air. NEW WORLD RECORD! Here is the link: Do you understand the italian speakers (can you translate??) or do you know something about the woman? Any photos or other videos? Links? Thank you 
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#2
May 2nd, 2008
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I was skeptical at first, but it was actually quite beautiful while she was doing it. FYI: the more normal English spelling is: "somersault" ["an acrobatic stunt performed by turning the body one full revolution forward or backward, heels over head..."]
A record for "breaching" would be much more important, don't you think? ;-) HJ
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#3
May 2nd, 2008
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Geez,
Thirty is not so many I do not think. I did these alot as a kid. Next time I am at pool with my wife for safety I will try and see. Maybe I can get on Oprah for this!! Cheers Wes
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#6
May 6th, 2008
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Dave - exactly my thinking...
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#7
May 7th, 2008
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Well, here are the results of my unscientific test:
Experimental Results: Walked to pool, rested up about 60 sec. Started doing somersaults, lost count and got dizzy, also did not wear weights so slowed down when came to surface. Wife counted 14 and this took about 60 secs and I hadn't got contractions yet (unless you count laughing as contractions). Conclusions: 30 somersaults it more impressive than at first seems. First problem is to not get dizzy, second problem is to keep count, third problem is to avoid laughing as laughing can be painful underwater while doing somersaults (worse than contracitons), so this girl now has my deep respect. Cheers Wes
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#8
May 7th, 2008
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Quote:
 ) but in summary:This is a show on italian TV which hosts record attempts for the guinness book. Among them, Tom Sietas' O2 static. The anchorwoman barely knows what she is talking about, but to her side there is Umberto Pelizzari who tries to give the right context for the record attempt. Some comments about the girl being nervous, about her mother at the side of the pool, and Umberto recalling how his own mother was also following his record attempts. The event in issue was to beat the number of u/w somersaults, 28, which already belonged to (or had been equalled by, not clear) the contestant, Francesca Bravin. She must be a teenager, though I didn't hear her age being mentioned in the clip. She has to do it in one minute, never surface out of the water with any part of her body, and never touch bottom or walls of the tank. She is a synchronized swimming athete. I don't think the problem is running out of air (she didn't do any special breathing, she still had lots of air when she came out), more keeping your balance and staying in the same spot. Remember she had only 1 minute. She managed 30, but the last one was not counted because she emerged. So a total of 29, which is the new record. Last edited by rxcnc2; May 7th, 2008 at 08:02.
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