After diving to a depth of 100 meters, Turkish diver Şahika Ercümen achieved a new variable weight freediving world record (328 feet).
Ercümen sank to a world-record-breaking depth in under two minutes and 53 seconds, all without using any oxygen or diving equipment.
This is the first time a male or female freediver has accomplished this accomplishment.
“I have pride and happiness to bring a new world record to our country in the most important and deepest dive of the year,” Ercümen wrote on Instagram.
The attempt took place at the Inceboğaz district of Kaş, in Turkey’s southern province of Antalya.
Diver Şahika Ercümen broke the world record at variable weight freediving without using breathing. The 36-year-old athlete dedicated her success to the 98th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of Turkey. #DiveinTurkey pic.twitter.com/5jUrzM6Zx4
— Sport in Turkey (@sportinturkey1) October 26, 2021