MOSCOW: Russian freediver Alexei Molchanov claimed to have set a new Guinness World Record on Tuesday after plunging 80 metres (262 feet) down into the icy waters of Lake Baikal in Siberia without an air supply.
Clad in blue diving gear, Molchanov dropped into a hole in the Baikal ice before coming back up smiling, winking and forming the OK sign with his hand, thumb and forefinger joined, video footage showed.
His team claimed it was the deepest ever freedive under ice.
“I would like to dedicate this new record to this amazing place where we are now. Baikal is a unique natural phenomenon and a living organism, which is important to preserve for future generations,” the 34-year-old freediver said in a…
