Fourteen years after the French Eric Charrier CMAS has a new apnea recordman in fresh water! The Italian Michele Tomasi from FIPSAS

On October 2nd Italian athlete Michele Tomasi from the Italian Federation FIPSAS achieved a new world record to 70 meters in Constant weight with fins in fresh water.
The performance took place in San Nicolò di Riva del Garda (Trento - Italy) on the Lake of Garda, the biggest Italian lake that is located in the northern part of the Country, under the supervision of two CMAS commissioners Neven Lukas (Croatia) and Pavel Kazankov (Russia).The new world record has been officially accepted by the CMAS Board of Directors.

Untill now in constant weight apnea with fins in fresh water the CMAS recordman, French athlete Eric Charrier was the holder of the title. In 1997 he reached the depth of 55  meters in the lake of Sainte Croix du Verdon (France). Fourteen years later the challenge in the lakes of the world is open again.