new World Records...
Martin Stepanek has set a new World Record with a 122 meter self propelled dive, known as the constant weight (CWT) discipline. He swam down 122 meters, grabbed a tag attached to a bottom plate, and then swam back up using a monofin, for a dive time of 3:36. The CWT is considered the premiere discipline due to being able go very deep, and having to be extremely athletic in regard to gas efficiency and overall conditioning.
Martin CWT dive was rather significant as he is the first human to go beyond 400ft self propelled on one breath.
Today, he broke the free immersion record (FIM) with a dive of a 110 meters, setting another World Record in this separate discipline. Free immersion is when a diver pulls down the line using his hands and back up the same way without wearing fins. It is a slower discipline without having fins to propel him or lengthen his hydrodynamic shape, and his dive time was 3:56.
There is more photos and video on the links posted above in the thread.
I learned freediving from Martin and know how gifted but also how hard he worked to achieve these dives. Cool thing is there are several days left to rest and try for some additional records...
But really all that I can say is "hats off....122 meters !!!"
Jared
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