Adventure lovers circulated viral videos of a new challenge, via the “Tik Tok” website, which is to perform a dangerous sport known as “deadly diving”.
Deadlift diving is an extreme exercise for turning your stomach while diving horizontally into the water.
What is the deadlift challenge?
According to the American New York Post, this challenge dates back to a sport that originated in Norway in the seventies of the last century, as a way for men to show off in front of girls. abdominal area.
The newspaper said, “Deadly diving is an extreme exercise to turn the abdominal area while diving horizontally in the water.”
The videos all came with safety warning signs, showing people jumping from the roofs of tall buildings, intentionally turning their stomachs as they descended into the water.
The Norwegian athlete, Asborg Nisg, appeared in a video clip that achieved more than 42.5 million views, and she jumped from a high building into the water.
The video showed Nesig jumping off a wooden platform 81 feet in the air, although the highest Olympic diving board is about 33 feet high, then circled in the air for a few seconds before landing and plunging into the water below.
According to the newspaper, the astonished followers demanded confirmation of Nessig’s safety. What prompted her to post a video clip from another angle of the jump, clearly showing her landing and re-emergence from the water.
Sports laws
This sport is regulated by the Norwegian Deadly Diving Association, which sets the rules for this game.
The federation has hosted the World Championships in this sport every August since 2008.
The federation sets three main criteria for scoring a good jump: “running, flying and landing.” Running is judged by speed and strength, which usually comes from skipping one foot.
According to the laws, the performance of the “deadly diving” sport should be consistent in the air and controlled at all times.
Fears spread on “Tik Tok”
The new challenge for this sport on “Tik Tok” raised the concerns of many, because the impact of the collision on the surface of the water when practicing “deadly diving”, is similar to the force of a blunt shock.
Belly flips can also cause serious bruising and, in more serious scenarios, internal injury to the body.
However, professional athletes have identified three safe deadlift landings: “hands and feet first,” “elbows and knees first,” or “head and knees first.”