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The Documentary Podcast

Hidden Sport: Drone racing

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.32.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Kim Tserkezie soars into the skies with the drone racers to learn about a technology that is increasingly shaping the world, both for good and bad. With the help of racing pioneers, she discovers how this young sport is accessible to many. Determined to have a go herself, Kim goes in search of "flow state", the out-of-body experience described by so many who fly drones. But will she even be able to take off?

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0:00.0

I had this secret.

0:02.8

I robbed banks in my spare time.

0:06.3

Lives less ordinary from the BBC World Service.

0:09.6

This is not a good thing to do because police are after you.

0:14.9

Find out more at the end of this podcast.

0:24.2

If you ever hear this sound, be sure to look up.

0:27.4

It's the state of mind where you're completely focused on the one thing in front of you.

0:34.6

Every fiber of your being and thought and process is entrenched on this thing that you're

0:42.0

doing right now.

0:43.8

You're listening to Hidden Sport on the BBC World Service.

0:48.8

My name is Kim Zikersi and I might just be the least sporty person you could meet.

0:55.1

As a disabled person, I felt pressure right back from my childhood to play sport like I

1:02.0

need to prove I can be physically active to be successful, be the Paralympian.

1:08.6

I rarely watch sport or play it.

1:12.5

But whilst my relationship with sport may be a complicated one, I do recognise how important

1:18.4

it is to communities across the globe.

1:22.1

It's a way to be myself.

1:24.5

I feel like I won't fly if you're alive.

1:27.4

In this series, I want to be taken out of my comfort zone.

1:31.5

It's a little bit of a sensation I might have been on a roller coaster right now, I think.

1:36.6

Commercial competitive sports haven't really drawn me in, but I've heard there is a world

1:42.4

of lesser-known sports out there.

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