On September 25, Russian Natalia Molchanova became the first woman in the world to dive to the previously elusive 100 metre mark in freediving competition.  In the Constant Weight discipline, Natalia gained her twenty-fifth world record with a dive to 101 meters at the Only One Apnea Centre in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt. Her dive was completed in 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

Just 48 hours later, Natalia successfully gained her second world record for the Ruler of the Deep competition, and her twenty-sixth overall, completing a dive to 90 metres in the Free Immersion discipline.

When asked about her Constant Weight dive, Natalia said she decided to attempt the 101-metre dive rather than 100 metres because "Sara before tried 100. Nobody tried it before me. Now, I tried it." She certainly did!

Sara Campbell held the previous Constant Weight world record of 96 metres, set in the Bahamas earlier this year.

In freediving history, only eleven men have successfully managed to dive to 100 metres. At Blue Eye FX Productions, we are proud to have had the opportunity to film ten of those divers: Carlos Costa (Venezuala), Herbert Nitsch (Austria), Martin Štĕpánek (Czech Republic), Ryuzo Shinomiya (Japan), Guillame Neury (France), Alexey Molchanova (Russia), William Trubridge (New Zealand), Dave Mullins (New Zealand), Walter Steyn (Australia) and Federico Mana (Italy).

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