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Record-holding freediver presumed dead

SPAIN — The world's best freedriver is feared dead after going missing off the coast of Spain.

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Natalia Molchanova holds 41 world records and 23 world champion titles.  She was last seen by her dive companions on Sunday.  She was diving without fins over 100 feet deep and may have been sucked into a strong underwater current.  Freedivers don't use any traditional breathing apparatus, they only hold their breath.  Molchanova once held her breath for nine minutes and just last September she swam 237 meters on one breath using a monofin, breaking the world record for dynamic freediving.

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