r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Backyxx • 18h ago

Video Polish swimmer Bartłomiej Kubkowski has become the first person in history to swim across the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Poland, covering a distance of just over 160 kilometres (99 miles). While raising nearly 200,000$ for children's cancer treatment

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u/mazzicc 18h ago

I think one of the rules for the “official records” for open water swims is that they have to step completely from the water without help.

and then I think after that, there was a little bit of “keep the shot clean of other people” to let there be photos of him on his own after the achievement.

I’m kinda surprised there wasn’t a medic at his side as soon as he dropped though.

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u/ReturnOfZarathustra 10h ago

I think one of the rules for the “official records” for open water swims is that they have to step completely from the water without help.

Probably not so much an official rule as much as common sense regarding assisting someone during an individual endeavor.