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Guinness World Records has confirmed that Stig Severinsen has broken the world distance record for swimming with fins on just one breath. The Danish freediver held his breath and swam 202 meters, or over 662 feet, underwater in La Paz, Mexico, breaking the previous record by more than 82 feet.