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TIME reporter Sean Gregory joins the women in the USA Olympic synchronized swimming team to experience just how tough the sport really is_ by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Mar 9, 2015 7:18 AM UTC by [Kevin McSpadden](https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Mar 9, 2015 7:18 AM UTC The world record for the [largest simultaneous skinny-dip](http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/skinny-dip-world-record-smashed-by-790-nude-swimmers-at-fremantles-south-beach/story-fnhocxo3-1227253829788) has apparently been set in Perth, Australia, by 790 participants. The event appears to have surpassed the previous record of 744 set in Gisborne, New Zealand, in 2013, according to _Perth Now._ _Guinness World Records_ still has to confirm the new feat, however. “It was very nerve-racking in the lead-up, but then everyone started dropping their sarongs and strangely it felt so normal because if you weren’t naked you were the odd one out,” said Heidi Anderson, a _Perth Now_ columnist who participated in the event. Local media reported that the mass skinny-dip raised money and awareness for the [Butterfly Foundation](http://thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/), a group that helps those affected by eating disorders. “I had huge body image issues over the last few years and over the last three years I have been working on myself. 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