After returning to ski racing at the women’s team combined event at Milano Cortina 2026, her first competition since tearing both her ACL and MCL in January 2024, Slovakian Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova has taken up a new low-impact sport to stay active during the offseason.
The alpine skiing star joined Martin Ruman, Slovakian freediving record holder, for an underwater training session at the deepest pool in Poland and the second deepest pool in the world. Located in Mszczonów near Warsaw, Deepspot bottoms out at an incredible 147.6 feet deep and holds 321,363 cubic feet of water.
Petra looked right at home cruising above the pools observation tube in her monofin and practicing rescues with her world-class instructor. The art of breath work has gained increasing attention in recent years across a wide range of sports and I’m sure Petra’s coaches are keen to see how her new training modality will reflect on her performance on the hill.
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