Shavo has no equal as a swimmer. Despite top results, he does not get selected for the World Championship Team. But he continues training and starts every morning with a long run around the lake.
One day Shavo witnesses as a bus full of passengers loses control and drives full speed off a dam into the lake. Without hesitating, Shavo dives into the water and for twenty minutes he is saving lives, not knowing that deep underwater is his fiancée Alisa.
A blood sepsis and a double pneumonia leave Shavo fighting for his life and puts an end to his career. No one believes that Shavo can ever be a competing athlete again, not even Shavo himself. In saving others, he lost his love, Alisa, and his faith in his future.
But Shavo eventually finds a way to challenge himself, and returns to his training and ultimately stands once again at the starting line to break his 11^th world record.