On Tuesday April 26th at the Vertical Blue 2016 event in the Bahamas, Sayrui Kinoshita of Japan dove to a depth of 72m in the Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) discipline to break the current world record.
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The previous record was held by the late Natalia Molchanova at 70m 71m set in 2014 2015 in Dahab.
You can read our feature on the World Record – Sayuri Kinoshita – A World Record in Pictures.