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‘ONE BREATH’: Russian free-diver swims record-breaking 181m under ice in memory of famed mother (VIDEO)
Russian diver Alexey Molchanov made a death-defying dive, swimming 181 meters under frozen waters in Moscow and setting a new Guinness world record, to pay tribute to his famed mother who vanished while diving in Spain in 2015.
Molchanov held his breath for more than two minutes as he covered a distance of 181 meters beneath the ice of Ameryev quarry, beating the previous record set by French diver Arthur Guerin-Boeri, who managed to swim 175 meters in 2017.
The daredevil diver swam between triangular holes cut in the quarry’s ice, wearing a monofin and wetsuit which allowed him to work effectively in the cold water.
