He announced it in March 2021 just after achieving the world record under ice in wetsuit and he did it: Arthur Guérin-Boëri records a new feat by performing the longest distance ever swum in apnea horizontally dressed of a simple swimsuit in water at 0.7°C.
By swimming 2' 27” in a frozen lake in Canada, in Wakefield, the 37-year-old Niçois became the first freediver, men and women alike, to reach 105 meters in the breaststroke (without fins) in a swimsuit.
On Sunday, the five-time world champion set a record at 90m, the first official men's world mark, but he had in his sights the absolute record held by the Finnish Johanna Nordblad, i.e. 103m (March 18, 2021 in Finland).
A two-year preparation to achieve this record
“It's abominably hard, it's scary.
This is not only related to the layer of ice above the head but also to the physiological reactions of a long apnea in icy water.
The body reacts very strongly, ”he explained before leaving for Canada.
"In a swimsuit, the bites of the cold are beyond measure and you slip much less," added the freediver, who trained for two years to achieve this record.
According to Dr François Raoux, his sports cardiologist, the sportsman “has respiratory capacities which, with the work he has done, are above the norm.
And in dynamic apnea, you have to know how to swim fast and have enough power to cover this distance in as little time as possible.
He has the right body type for that.”
Next goal for the record holder?
Deep apnea.
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