World Champion Freediver Natalia Molchanova is the First Woman in the World to Dive to 101m on Just One Breath! Watch her Triumphant Dive Exclusively at The Underwater Channel - The Web TV Channel for Divers

LONDON - Russian freediver Natalia Molchanova, aged 47, has become the first woman in the world to make 100 metres in Constant Weight, freediving to 101 meters at Sharm el Sheik, Egypt in the Ruler of the Deep competition. Her total dive time was 3 minutes and 50 seconds.

Watch Natalia Molchanova 101m CWT Freedive World Record’s video at: www.theunderwaterchannel.tv/clipinfo/4003152

The competition was judged by freediving governing body, AIDA (International Association for the Development of Freediving) and the former record holder at 96m was British freediver Sara Campbell ( www.theunderwaterchannel.tv/face/sara-campbell ) and this record was claimed earlier this year. Of the dive Natalia said “Today I did 101 because Sara (Campbell) before tried 100. Nobody tried it before me. Now, I tried it.”

This marks Natalia’s 25th world record. She is currently holding five of the possible six world freediving records. This outstanding individual was classed as the top freediver in the world in 2005 and 2006, even over and above the men’s category.

Nicholas Claxton, Emmy award-winning Founder and MD of The Underwater Channel said “This is truly an amazing achievement and Natalia deserves huge praise. The bar has been raised again and we are very proud to be featuring her historic world record dive on The Underwater Channel.”

About The Underwater Channel www.theunderwaterchannel.tv The Underwater Channel.tv is a global web TV channel for divers and ‘armchair’ divers dedicated to bringing the mysteries of the deep to the surface. The Underwater Channel has a rostrum of its own Presenters or Faces of Splash, eight expert divers located at different dive destinations around the world who provide regular, original video dive reports for our viewers. They include world champion Red Sea based free Sara Campbell (the former record holder at 96m of constant weight); the UK’s underwater Indiana Jones, Monty Halls and Mark Addison, renowned shark-expert in South Africa.

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A guide to Freediving

To see all the disciplines and terminology in action, watch The Underwater Channel’s world champion freediving Face of the Channel, Sara Campbell in A guide to Freediving.

Watch Video at www.theunderwaterchannel.tv/clipinfo/3000468 Sara Campbell - A guide to Freediving

Sara Campbell Freediver

A remarkable champion freediver and the Red Sea Face of The Underwater Channel. Hear her story of how, in just nine months, she went from novice freediver to triple World Champion.

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The Underwater Channel (UWC) is a web TV channel founded by Emmy award-winning filmmaker, Nicholas Claxton and powered by Babelgum

The Underwater Channel (UWC) has a rostrum of its own Presenters or Faces of Splash, eight expert divers located at different dive destinations around the world who provide regular, original video dive reports for our viewers. They include world champion Red Sea based free Sara Campbell; the UK’s underwater Indiana Jones, Monty Halls and Mark Addison, renowned shark-expert in South Africa.

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