Overview

• New video shared on Instagram shows Schmelz standing unsteadily in the Mediterranean and smiling for the camera.
• Schmelz tells viewers he is back in the water for the first time in a long while and hopes to swim again soon.
• He notes his wife Kathrin is still holding him for support, calling the outing a “geiler Erfolg.”
• He left the hospital in early September after weeks of treatment that included intensive care and a medically induced coma.
• Kathrin Mermi-Schmelz continues to post recovery updates and thank supporters for their messages.