Underwater cycling [Most | Pool]
Last updated: November 14, 2017 at 3:50 am
On September 8, 2013, 38 underwater riders cycled in a swimming pool at Bibert Bad Zirndorf, Zirndorf (Germany). The same competition set a speed record over a distance of 50 m., and a distance record in a swimming pool.
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