Santa Monica freediver Jana Strain (center) set a new Pan American Women's freediving record Monday, diving with a no fins to 53 meters (174 feet) in 2 minutes and 3 seconds. (photo by Mike Wells) ...

Alexey Molchanov is pretty good at swimming. Swimming down to incredible depths, to be exact. And at the 35th AIDA Freediving World Championship on September 26, he made sure everyone knew it by ...

For Dina Albitar, the next few minutes were transformational. The professional freediver’s thoughts all floated away as she drew one final inhalation and descended into the warm waters of the blue ...