Solo, his girlfriend, and beastcoast players almost drowned during Bali Major
2023-08-01 11:14:009Pandas captain Aleksey "Solo" Berezin, his girlfriend Svetlana, and some of beastcoast Dota 2 players got into an extremely dangerous situation while swimming at the beach during IO Esports Bali Major 2023. This incident was shared by esports streamer agency producer Artur Gabdullin and confirmed by Svetlana on her Telegram.
The girl described what happened on July 8 without too much detail. She thanked the lifeguards and promised to share the specifics later but seemingly never did.
A little later, I'll tell you how I, Lesha [Solo], our friend, and two girls almost drowned today. 😅 And after that, beastcoast also went into the water, and the same thing happened!
On July 31, Artur shared the full story on social media. After 9Pandas got eliminated from the event, Solo, Svetlana, and two girls went to spend the evening on the beach. They "ordered some beers" (it's unclear if they drank it) and went swimming. After a while, the group realized the waves pushed them away from the shore and were stopping them from getting back.
Artur said all of them theoretically knew how to deal with it: They needed to not fight the stream and instead swim along the shoreline. But they were exhausted, which lead to them starting to panic and drown. Lifeguards spotted their desperate situation. They first decided to help two girls. Svetlana suggested saving the girl that felt the worst; she was close to drowning and was barely holding on.
Sveta, the queen of composure, maybe she entered zen or got used to the do-or-die situation, said, "Save this girl, we'll try to get out on our own." Solo swam to the shore because he had no energy left and looked really bad. He says: "Save Sveta," but I'm not feeling the bottom, Sveta is swimming 10 meters away from me, already with her eyes closed. I feel some rock beneath me but cannot stand properly because the waves throw me back and forth. I'm trying to catch it with my hip area, my leg is bruised, but at least I'm holding my ground. Sveta somehow reaches me, I'm holding her, and she says, "It's fine, I can swim." In the end, we somehow pushed each other to the shore, there's no other term for that. I was exhausted, completely out of breath, and I almost fell down on the beach.
