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Former free diving record holder dies in training accident

Apr 11, 2007, 13:07 GMT

Nice, France - Frenchman Loic Leferme, who once held the world's free diving depth record, died Wednesday while training for a new record attempt, his associates said in the southern French city of Nice. The 36-year-old Leferme was killed when the rope apparatus bringing him back to the surface jammed for an unknown reason after he had descended to a depth of 171 metres without the aid of any breathing apparatus. Leferme was training to surpass the current record of 182 metres, held by Austrian Herbert Nitsch. On October 2, 2005, Nitsch broke Leferme's record depth of 171 metres, which he had set one year earlier. Leferme set his first world record in no-limits free diving in 1999, at 137 metres. Three years later he reached 162 metres, setting a new mark. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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