Russian champion freediver Molchanov collects his 20th world record after descending 80m below Siberia’s icy Lake Baikal (VIDEO)

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Champion Russian diver Alexey Molchanov has broken the world record for constant weight freediving with a monofin, by plunging 80 meters below the ice of Lake Baikal, the world’s largest freshwater lake, located in Siberia.

Molchanov is a 14-time freediving world champion, and his latest achievement is another in a long list of accomplishments. With his latest dive recorded by a judge from the AIDA, the sport’s international governing body, he is now the holder of 20 world records.

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