Turkish female free diver breaks Guinness world record

Ankara Feb 25 (IANS) Turkish Derya Can has broken a Guinness World Record with a 120-metre horizontal apnea dive under ice.

Accompanied by her husband and coach Can on Friday completed swimming 120 metres in 1 minute 47 seconds under the 35-centimetre ice-coated Weissensee lake in Austria Xinhua news agency reported.

With her dive Can shattered French Aurore Asso s record of 112.3 metres.

Can in December 2016 set her new record by performing a 111-metre dive in the variable weight with fins category in Antalya province surpassing another Turkish female free diver Sahika Ercumen s record of 110 metres.

She had also broken the world record in the variable weight apnea without fins category by reaching a depth of 94 metres.

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