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The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world record

  • Written by Theresa Larkin, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
The science behind a freediver’s 29-minute breath hold world recordCroatian freediver Vitomir Maričić.Facebook.com @molchanovs, Instagram.com @maverick2go, Facebook.com @Vitomir Maričić, CC BY

Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds.

A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary reflex to breathe.

But freediver Vitomir Maričić recently held...

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