AIDA 2026 Depth World Championships Day 8: Alexey Molchanov Sets New Men's CWT World Record, Crowned Overall Champion
The Russian freediver finished with 484 points, while Croatia’s Petar Klovar took silver with 473 and Brad Stephens earned bronze with 399.
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Molchanov sets new record at Apnea World Championships in Limassol
On the final competition day of the World Apnea 2026 Depth World Championships in Limassol, Alexey Molchanov descended to 137 metres, setting a new AIDA World Record and becoming the first human to reach this depth in the waters of Limassol. For Molchanov, the dive marks the seventh time he has broken the world record […]
The Russian apnea owl Alexei Molchanov broke his own world record at the World Cup in Cyprus. With only one breath he dived 137 meters deep.
A new freediving world record was set off the coast of Limassol, with Russian athlete Alexei Molchanov reaching a depth of 137 meters, breaking his own previous record. The historic achievement was recorded on Thursday, October 8, as part of the AIDA 2026 World Deep Freediving Championships, hosted in Cyprus. Molchanov competed in the Constant Weight (CWT) category, in which athletes dive and return to the surface with the power of their movemen…
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