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'Glitch in the matrix' as people blown away watching 'insane' footage of professional divers practising

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Published 14:33 31 Jul 2024 GMT+1

'Glitch in the matrix' as people blown away watching 'insane' footage of professional divers practising

Viral footage of divers practising has people convinced 'this has to be AI' or 'a glitch in the matrix'

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

A video of two divers practising in the pool has people convinced it 'has to be AI' or is a 'glitch in the matrix'.

Is there any sport you didn't properly try out when you were younger but feel like if you had, that you may've actually turned out to be really good and ended up in the Olympics winning gold?

No? Just me? Well, if you did ever catch yourself pondering whether you had a missed talent in diving, no matter how hard you practiced, I doubt you could ever be as good as a pair of swimmers who have gone viral on social media for a video of their dives, which look too perfect to even be real. Why aren't they part of the Olympic team?

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Prepare to not believe your eyes:

A video shared to Twitter earlier today (July 31) by a user named Shanghai Panda shows two 'Chinese divers' practising by the pool.

The footage shows the first diver raise their arms in a point, their legs close together, before springing upwards, angling themselves back down and diving into the pool. But there's one thing missing - any sign of a splash.

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A few ripples simply lapping gently at the side of the pool.

As they climb back out, the next swimmer follows with an equally as impressive dive, pointing their hands and toes, leaping gracefully into the air and back down into the pool - once again, no matter how many times you stop and start the video it's impossible to see any splash, it's more like a little gurgle.

As the poster wrote: "I bet even if I threw a towel into the water, the splash would be bigger than theirs."

And it's not taken long for people to flock to the comments, astounded by the display of skill.

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Where is the splash?! (X/ @thinking_panda)
Where is the splash?! (X/ @thinking_panda)

One Twitter user said: "The body control is so impressive."

"WTF? If it wasn't you sending this & giving context, I'd say this has to be AI, or the work of the dev!l! AMAZING techniques. How is that possible! WOW!" Another wrote.

A third commented: "The actually stop for a sec midair, then control the drop - amazing."

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"I should think most people's stool hitting the water in the toilet bowl makes more of a splash," a fourth said.

And a final resolved: "They are one with the water and the water is one with them."

Featured Image Credit: Wang Xianmin/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images / Twitter/@mengyan1234567

Topics: Social Media, Sport, Twitter, Olympics, Viral, China

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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