Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić gives PEOPLE a moment-by-moment account of what it felt like to hold his breath for over ...

Alexey Molchanov is pretty good at swimming down to incredible depths. On September 26, he made sure everyone knew it by ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos -- Champion free diver Tanya Streeter broke a world record Monday by descending on a single breath to 400 feet off the Turks and Caicos islands. Using a weighted sled, ...

Vitomir Maričić burst out of the water, stripped off his goggles, and gulped for air. His head was pounding. Blood vessels in his brain had dilated, creating swelling that pressed against his skull.