Sometimes you just have to watch in awe and applaud the physical feats of supremely gifted humans, which New Zealander William Trubridge can certainly claim to be.

The Kiwi set a new world record this past weekend when he freedived to a depth of 122 metres, spending a full four minutes and 24 seconds underwater whilst doing so.

Over to IBT:

The world record is Trubridge’s 16th in the sport and he remains the only human diver to descend deeper than 91m under water. This record beat his previous world record depth of 121m set in 2011 at Dean’s Blue Hole.

Vertical Blue kicked off on 22 April, with 36 world-class athletes from 20 different countries joining Trubridge. The freediving depth-competition is the sporting event of the year for elite competitive freedivers and has been dubbed the “Wimbledon of freediving” by the NY Times.

If you consider that no one else has dived more than 91 metres then you can really begin to put his achievements into perspective.

I’d suggest they check him for gills but maybe we should just leave him be – at least it isn’t an Aussie who holds the world record.

[source:ibt]

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