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China's Xu Tongtong eyes breakthrough in freediving career

STORY: China's Xu Tongtong eyes breakthrough in freediving career DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:07:11 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xu Tongtong's 100m diving 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU TONGTONG, Chinese freediver 3. various of Xu Tongtong's diving training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU TONGTONG, Chinese freediver 5. various of diving training 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): XU TONGTONG, Chinese freediver 7. various of freediving training base 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): LU QING, Owner of Freedive Superhome 9. various of coast views 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XU TONGTONG, Chinese freediver STORYLINE: As one of the world's best freedivers, China's Xu Tongtong is looking to add new accolades to her record book. This June, Xu dived 100 meters underwater without any breathing apparatus in both games of constant weight (CWT) and constant weight bi-fins (CWTB), becoming the world's third female freediver to pull off this "breathtaking" endeavor. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU TONGTONG, Chi

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong is seen as she trains diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong coaches diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong is seen as she trains diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong prepares for a dive in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong (R) poses for a photo with a freediving student during the awarding night for an international freediving competition in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 13, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong is seen as she trains diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong is seen as she trains diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong is seen as she trains diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong prepares for a dive in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong (R) coaches diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong (C) coaches diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong (C) takes a photo with her students at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)PHILIPPINES-PANGLAO-FREEDIVING ENTHUSIASTS

(230916) -- PANGLAO, Sept. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese freediver Xu Tongtong (R) coaches diving enthusiasts at a freediving training base in Panglao, an island town in the central Philippines' Bohol Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pushing limits underwater through deepest breath" (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl (sitting centre) breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL, Guinness record, divers control

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl (centre sitting) breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl (centre) breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl (centre) breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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DAVID VENCL

Czech freediver David Vencl breaks Stig Severinsen's eight-year-old Guinness record for swimming under the ice. David Vencl set the record 80,9 meters underwater without fins or even a wetsuit below ice on a single breath of air in Lahost, Czech Republic, February 23, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)