Martin Stepanek Will Attempt for the Constant Weight Record
Before you read this, take a deep breath. Because that's how much air Martin Stepanek will need to break the Constant Weight world record.
In August, Stepanek, the current world champion breath-hold diver, will attempt to swim down 112 meters and return on a single breath of air and his experience. The Constant Weight record is freediving's most endured and respected discipline or "holy grail". He will have three opportunities to break the world record during the SONY Free event from August 5 – 11 in Dahab, Egypt.
Martin Stepanek frequent record-setting performances have demonstrated that he's got no intention of yielding as World Champion. His achievements, growing fame and media exposure in his native Czech Republic achievements have made freediving a wildly popular sport even in that landlocked country.
Martin and his team will spend three weeks preceding the event in Dahab acclimating, planning and training. FIT teammate Niki Roderick of New Zealand will train alongside Martin and will make her debut as a world -class freediver by attempting to break one of the freediving's longest-standing World Records, in the Womens Variable Weight discipline. Niki, a rising star in competitive freediving, currently holds the New Zealand Womens National Record in the Constant Weight discipline and has been training at FIT under Martin's supervision.
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