Vitomir Maricic, a Croatian diver, set an incredible time of 29 minutes and 3 seconds, breaking the world breath-hold record and challenging the limits of human ability.
In an eve that looked more like science fiction than reality, a Croatian freediver managed to do the impossible. Vitomir Maricic Not only by holding your breath for 29 minutes and 3 seconds underwater Breath arrest record It broke the world, but also set a new standard in the Guinness Book of Records that may remain iact for years.
This extraordinary feat was done in the pool of Bristol Hotel in Opatija, Croatia. Maricic was able to improve the previous record, which belonged to his compatriot Budimir Shubat with a time of 24 minutes and 37 seconds, with a significa difference of nearly 5 minutes. The audience and the judges prese on the stage witnessed terrifying momes in which this superman spe half an hour without even breathing.
The magic of pure oxygen and the science of the body
You may ask, how is this possible? This record is registered in the category “Oxygen Assisted Static Apnea”. In this method, the athlete is allowed to breathe pure oxygen for 10 minutes before going underwater. This makes the body empty of carbon dioxide and the tissues are completely saturated with oxygen. However, even with this technique, enduring the meal and physical stress caused by diaphragmatic coractions for such a long period of time requires superhuman physical and meal fitness.
What was Maricic’s goal of breaking the breath hold record?
Maricic didn’t consider his purpose of this dangerous action to be merely showing off. He announced that he did this record-breaking feat with the aim of drawing global atteion to the ocean pollution crisis and supporting the marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd. This diver hopes that the sound of his 29 minutes of silence underwater will be a cry to save the aquatic ecosystems that are being destroyed.
