Czech freediver breaks world record for longest swim under ice
By AFP
07 March 2021 |
4:23 pm
Czech freediver David Vencl swims 80 metres beneath ice on February 23 2021 breaking the world record by braving freezing water in a lake at a former quarry in the village of Lahost, near the city of Teplice.
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