Why? That one-word question bobs up more than once in “Freediver,” director Michael John Warren’s often fascinating documentary about Alexey Molchanov, a champion in a sport to which audiences may not ...

A Croatian freediver has achieved a seemingly impossible feat. On June 14 of this year, Vitomir Maričić took one last gulp of pure oxygen and lay down in a pool. There he remained, cool as a sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić broke the world record for longest human breath hold with a stunning 29 minutes and 3 ...

Vitomir Maricic, a freediver from Croatia, did something incredible on June 14: He held his breath for 29 minutes and three seconds, shattering the previous world record by nearly five minutes. For ...

Freediver Jessea Lu can hold her breath for the entire time it would take an ordinary to read this article. And then some. She can go without drawing breath for over six minutes at a time, part of ...

Taking a deep breath has long been known to calm down the body; athletes before a race do it or performers and speakers before going on stage. So how can we learn to breathe better? KCRW’s Joanthan ...

The world’s best freediver is feared dead after going missing during a recreational dive off the coast of Spain. Natalia Molchanova, the most decorated freediver in the world with 41 world records and ...

A champion freediver has been bitten by a notoriously deadly shark during a training exercise. Cristian Castaño was attacked by an oceanic whitetip off the coast of Nirvana in San Andrés, a Colombian ...

The unsinkable bond of a mother and son brings unexpected depth to Michael John Warren’s portrait of second-generation freediving phenom Alexey Molchanov. Why? That one-word question bobs up more than ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Take, for instance, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat. On March 27, 2021, Šobat held his breath underwater for an astounding 24 minutes and 37 seconds ...