HAMBURG, Germany — Nobody can take a deeper breath than Tom Sietas. The 31-year-old German has blown away the competition in the nascent sport of “free diving,” in which people vie to see how long ...
Floating motionless atop a tank of water in 2009, French diver Stéphane Mifsud claimed a world record for static apnea (stationary breath holding) of 11 minutes and 35 seconds. In 2010, another record ...