Category: World Record
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French Freediver Breaks Deep Dive World Record – BBC News
A French freediver broke the world record for deepest dive with bi-fins as he descended to a depth of 120m (393ft). Arnaud Jerald took 3 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the dive, during the annual Vertical Blue competition in the Bahamas. It’s the seventh time the 26-year-old has broken the world record in his…
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New World Record: Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay | FINA
World Record!!! 🇦🇺 Australia smashes World Record in the Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay as Ariarne Titmus splits fastest ever! ⏲️ 7:39.29 Australia become the first team ever under 7:40, erasing China’s world record from last year at Tokyo 2020, topped off by Ariarne Titmus swimming the fastest relay split ever at 1:52.82 at the Commonwealth…
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Ariarne Titmus Sets 400-Metre Freestyle World Record at 2022 Australian Swimming Championships
Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has broken the women’s 400-metre freestyle world record at the Australian swimming championships. Titmus finished in three minutes, 56.40 seconds in Sunday night’s final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre to improve on Katie Ledecky’s previous mark of 3:56.46 that the American set at the 2016 Rio Olympics. “It’s kind…
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Freediver Walks 107 M Underwater in One Breath to Break Record | Guinness World Records
Vitomir MariÄić (Croatia) can’t walk on water, but he can do the next best thing – walk under it. After walking a total of 107 m (351 ft 0.5 in), he has broken the record for the longest underwater walk with one breath (male). The previous record belonged to fellow Croatian freediver Boris Milosic, who…
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Emre Sakçı Shatters 50 Breast World S/C Mark As First-Ever Under 25 Seconds
Emre Sakçı today became the first Turkish swimmer to hold a World swimming record and the first swimmer ever inside 25sec over 50m breaststroke: in 24.95sec, the 24-year-old bolter pulverized the global standard at his national short-course championships in Gaziantep. Sakçı was out in 11.23sec, back in 13.72sec. Read State of Swimming
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Dutch Swimmer Maarten Van Der Weijden Sets New World Record | I Am Expat
Van der Weijden has certainly had a successful career, taking home gold in the 2008 World Championships and Olympics for the 25-kilometre and 10-kilometre open water marathons respectively. Since his cancer diagnosis in 2001, the Olympian has also worked to raise funds for cancer research, establishing the Maarten van der Weijden Foundation in 2017. In…
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Belarusian Swimmer Ilya Shymanovich Sets New World Record in 100 Meter Breaststroke | CBS
Swimming for Energy Standard of the ISL, Ilya Shymanovich broke the world record in the 100-meter breaststroke Friday hitting the wall with a time of 55.32. See CBC
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Take a Dive Into the World’s Deepest Swimming Pool | Guinness World Records
The Pearl Diving Pool is a facility of approximately 5,000m2 gross floor area constructed for His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. It will primarily be an indoor scuba diving facility for training and recreational purposes, with facilities for education, training, and recreation. The Pool is a concrete structure including a circular…