Alexey Molchanov's World Record dive to 126 meters (Free Immersion)

On July 13, 2021, in the Bahamas, Alexey Molchanov of Russia dived to an incredible depth of 126m in the discipline of Free Immersion. The most remarkable fact about this new world record is that his performance of 126m/413ft not only replaces his own previous CMAS world record (118m/387ft, set in the 2019 CMAS World Championship in Roátan, Honduras), but also replaces the overall deepest record in this discipline (125m/410ft), which Alexey made at the 2018 Vertical Blue competition. For 8 years, the world records in this discipline belonged to William Trubridge. In 2011, William was the first to surpass the world record of the legendary Herbert Nitsch (120m/394ft), diving 1m/3ft deeper. In the next years, William continued setting the record deeper until 124m/407ft. In Vertical Blue 2017, Alexey Molchanov reached the same depth of 124m, but upon surfacing, lost his tag, ruling out the possibility of a world record. Only a year later in Vertical Blue 2018, Alexey successfully reached the necessary depth to set a new AIDA world record in FIM to 125m/410ft. In that competition, neither competition host William Trubridge nor anyone else could compete with Alexey in this discipline. In the 2019 CMAS World Championship, Alexey set a new CMAS world record in FIM to 118m/387ft. That result stood until today, and now the new CMAS world record is 126m! What an improvement and an amazing result - and on the first day of competition with 5 more days to go! Congratulations, Alexey, we adore you! The Molchanovs Mission is to share our love of freediving with the world. We do this by cultivating the level of knowledge and skill of all freedivers, by building global and local communities that fuel passion for freediving, and by developing gear that provides the best freediving experience possible. Our inspiration, Natalia Molchanova, is one of the greatest and most decorated freedivers in history. She was a passionate educator and a role model to many in the freediving community. Molchanovs is firmly rooted in her philosophies and approach to freediving, and is continuously updated with the latest developments in education, technology, and scientific research. We are inspired and honored to have had Natalia as our inspiration. Without her, the Molchanovs Movement would not exist today. Find out more about the Molchanovs Freediving Education here: https://molchanovs.com/pages/molchano... SUBSCRIBE:    / @molchanovsfreediving1537   Connect with Molchanovs Online: Visit the Molchanovs WEBSITE: https://molchanovs.com/ Like Molchanovs on FACEBOOK:   / molchanovsfreediving   Follow Molchanovs on INSTAGRAM:   / molchanovsfreediving   #Freediving #WorldRecord #AlexeyMolchanov