Neatorama » holding breath http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:46:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Man Held Breath for 18 Minutes Underwater http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:36:54 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/man-held-breath-for-18-minutes-underwater/ How long can you hold your breath underwater? Me? A minute, tops!

Well, however long you can hold your breath, I betcha it’s nothing when compared to what Gianluca Genoni just did: he set a new world record for breath-holding, handily beating what David Blaine did (7 minutes) and the previous world record:

Gianluca Genoni held his breath for 18 minutes 3.69 seconds while lying underwater in a Mantua swimming pool, beating German diver Tom Sietas, who managed 17 minutes 19 seconds in September – also on live TV – to unseat Blaine from the Guinness world record book.

Link – via Underwater Times

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