Free diver Alexey Molchanov: The 60 Minutes Interview

Sharyn Alfonsi talks to Alexey Molchanov about reaching the top of his sport by diving hundreds of feet into the ocean with just one deep breath.
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  • @lmorandini
    @lmorandini Жыл бұрын

    For the record: 4:24 the equalization is done on the way down, not the way up; 4:48: disorientation is caused by lack of oxygen, not by water pressure.

  • @Ivan989v

    @Ivan989v

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised that 60 minutes has so many major factual error’s in this report. Everyone makes mistakes, but brand of such magnitude is not allowed to make rookie mistakes like that. I realize that they might not have an experts on board, but at least they could have shown this piece to Alexey before publishing it. Also, having a lanyard attached to the line won’t really help to “yank up” a freediver back to safety. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

  • @lmorandini

    @lmorandini

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ivan989v “yanking up” an unconscious diver can happen as a last resort measure. In other words: the lanyard is there mainly to avoid an unconscious diver stray off the vertical line, so that is is easier for the safety diver to carry him back to the surface; however, if the depth is too much for the rescue to happen this way, the bottom plate can be pulled up with the unconscious diver tied to it by his/her lanyard (the bottom plate being far larger than the lanyard karabiner).

  • @Ivan989v

    @Ivan989v

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lmorandini thanks - that’s exactly what I thought. The report gives a faulty idea that in a case of an emergency a freediver can be quickly “yanked up” to safety, which obviously is not how it works.

  • @jenhasken
    @jenhasken9 ай бұрын

    He has the best smile. Seems like a very happy soul, like his mother was.

  • @mattmayo3539
    @mattmayo3539 Жыл бұрын

    Being in the water can be one of the most zen like experiences. Swimming freely under water really does feel like flying.

  • @nunabusiness9002

    @nunabusiness9002

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing else matters...its just you ...in a world you know you don't belong in...but feel blessed you get to visit quietly for a couple minutes. Nothing like it

  • @georgiaturner5020

    @georgiaturner5020

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nunabusiness9002 8

  • @user-ky3ph9nw2d

    @user-ky3ph9nw2d

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel that way about being on top of mountains. I'm not a fan of water though.

  • @kuromikendall
    @kuromikendall Жыл бұрын

    The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡

  • @meritahasani9750
    @meritahasani9750 Жыл бұрын

    Wow 60 minutes Australia actually have their comment section open. This guy was amazing!!

  • @MaloPiloto
    @MaloPiloto Жыл бұрын

    I used to free dive every now and then for abalone off of the coast of Northern California. Twenty feet was plenty for me! Amazing guy…..

  • @alana6779
    @alana6779 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing Alexey!!! You were born for this!!

  • @Roy-G-Biv
    @Roy-G-Biv Жыл бұрын

    This is insane, just watching him go that deep gave me anxiety......also, he has such a perfectly round head.

  • @ricardomorais420
    @ricardomorais420 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not the one underwater but I'm breathless just from watching.

  • @tessierashpoolmg7776
    @tessierashpoolmg7776 Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing experience. I learned to swim in the ocean and have been a fairly accomplished snorkeling enthusiast since I was 15. The few times that I've gone deeper than @ 50ft it scared the bejesus out me.

  • @nickoreckless8115

    @nickoreckless8115

    Жыл бұрын

    No one cares

  • @kelmac1618

    @kelmac1618

    Жыл бұрын

    Snorkeling at 50ft down! I didn’t even know people did that! I assumed they scuba.

  • @tessierashpoolmg7776

    @tessierashpoolmg7776

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kelmac1618 You're exactly right. The few times that I did was only because I was compelled and accompanied by pals in full scuba gear!

  • @slick343

    @slick343

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nickoreckless8115 kinda like no one cares what you doing alone living in ur moms basement 🤷

  • @cindytartt4048

    @cindytartt4048

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, me too.

  • @writerconsidered
    @writerconsidered Жыл бұрын

    That's the most smiley Russian I have ever seen.

  • @ZippyDan

    @ZippyDan

    Жыл бұрын

    It feels like he is smiling for a Western audience though. There is something awkward about his smile like watching the Terminator try to smile. I'm not saying he is not genuine, just that I don't trust his smile. Russians generally interpret smileyness differently than the West.

  • @r3tr0actiongamer24
    @r3tr0actiongamer24 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t even hold my breath for 10 seconds when I was playing Marco Polo as a kid

  • @edwardmartin2157
    @edwardmartin2157 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful soul

  • @anesthesiabeyond8519
    @anesthesiabeyond8519 Жыл бұрын

    What a spirit for all of us 👍👍👍

  • @downfromtherafters1013
    @downfromtherafters1013 Жыл бұрын

    the key word in this whole interview is good sense

  • @YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he
    @YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he9 ай бұрын

    Wonderfull son of her great mother!

  • @mariateresa6134
    @mariateresa6134 Жыл бұрын

    Years ago there was a movie called big blue that was about this .

  • @cleanandlevel

    @cleanandlevel

    Жыл бұрын

    my favorite movie. every diver should watch it.

  • @thedrytortuga7421
    @thedrytortuga7421 Жыл бұрын

    1988 movie "The Big Blue". If you love free diving, find it, watch it!

  • @PaliAha
    @PaliAha Жыл бұрын

    I stuck my face (less than half my head) in the sink full of cold water. I lasted more than 24 seconds.

  • @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    Жыл бұрын

    don't do this alone. already a sink of water is enough to drown in, no joke.

  • @thureintun1687
    @thureintun16879 ай бұрын

    one of the kindest Russians I've ever seen

  • @purselmer5931
    @purselmer5931 Жыл бұрын

    Been a swimmer all my life. Lessons at 3, swim team by 6, full swimming scholarship to college for it, swim 2 miles per day now - well into my 50's. Some of us are just meant to be in the water, it's where I feel at home. It's dry land that messes w/me, lol.

  • @kayalcorn9569

    @kayalcorn9569

    Жыл бұрын

    Key word here is "in" the water, not under it. Right on for your swim routine.

  • @purselmer5931

    @purselmer5931

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kayalcorn9569 That's very true, LOL. I agree. I wouldn't do this sport or underwater cave exploring if my life depended on it.

  • @jonbonesmahomes7472
    @jonbonesmahomes7472 Жыл бұрын

    umfortunately ,his mother ,amazing Natalia ,disregarded the most important rule in freediving > never freedive alone she did a freedive alone without the guideline and it was in waters with strong underwater currents. thats how she died.

  • @dr.physiker9930

    @dr.physiker9930

    10 ай бұрын

    All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

  • @alymlon

    @alymlon

    10 ай бұрын

    @@dr.physiker9930that’s interesting. Where did you take your information from? I’d like to check it out too.

  • @cdrum5994
    @cdrum5994 Жыл бұрын

    That’s amazing.

  • @tristenwilliams1943
    @tristenwilliams1943 Жыл бұрын

    A huge portion of “freediving deaths” are actually novice spear fishermen or people diving completely alone.

  • @darrickmalloy6909

    @darrickmalloy6909

    Жыл бұрын

    I think those kids that dive for pearls are amazing.

  • @VooDoo899
    @VooDoo899 Жыл бұрын

    Can 60 Minutes please post the clip of the Chinese dissident artist?

  • @elrickpenn
    @elrickpenn Жыл бұрын

    ... Proud to be a Bahamian ! ...

  • @asmr_angelique637
    @asmr_angelique63710 ай бұрын

    Mad Respect to Stephen Keenan the reason why Alexey still gets to dive after saving his life and later Alessias shows what a selfless brave amazing person he was ! Forever lives on through these awesome divers.🩵

  • @gb7800
    @gb7800 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing like in the movie the big blue real story and doing Free dive my goal to try one day better than bottles I think !

  • @existentoneness
    @existentoneness Жыл бұрын

    The apple didn't fall far from the tree. This explains it. Wow! That is Mom disappeared while doing the same sport.

  • @dr.physiker9930

    @dr.physiker9930

    10 ай бұрын

    All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

  • @existentoneness

    @existentoneness

    10 ай бұрын

    @@dr.physiker9930 I have had a story of someone who happens to be the best swimmer in Nigeria. At a certain time he went swimming the River Niger, and he was not seen for days. Only for him to show up weeks afterwards saying he was held in another world inside the water all the while. Existence is deep, you would agree. I don't suppose the third reason should ever come up that the son never felt sad about the Mom. That's preposterous because people react to things differently doesn't make them complicit.

  • @sherrytaha9268
    @sherrytaha9268 Жыл бұрын

    "Because I can, then I will." 😄

  • @Wil_Dasovich
    @Wil_Dasovich Жыл бұрын

    One day…

  • @user-pz6mq9gs8l
    @user-pz6mq9gs8l10 ай бұрын

    This video is incredible, Alexey is Clark Kent!

  • @remy7448
    @remy7448 Жыл бұрын

    Insane to me normal to him 👌🏻

  • @mikekirylo6115
    @mikekirylo6115 Жыл бұрын

    Wish all Russians would be like he’s depicted here. I know what it is like to have a Mother who taught, loves & thrives in the water world!

  • @bowerbird7463

    @bowerbird7463

    Жыл бұрын

    Wish more americans were like they're depicted in a light comedy. The world would be a better place

  • @dr.physiker9930

    @dr.physiker9930

    10 ай бұрын

    All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

  • @aarononeal9830
    @aarononeal9830 Жыл бұрын

    60 minutes needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

  • @lion-ness6016
    @lion-ness6016 Жыл бұрын

    Makes me think of AM

  • @H.Doc11
    @H.Doc1111 ай бұрын

    A son of mermaid 🧜‍♀️

  • @shark7165
    @shark716510 ай бұрын

    К сожалению на последних соревнованиях получил дисквалификацию иэ эа блэк-аута.Здоровья и удачи в дальнешем

  • @oldwave6106
    @oldwave6106 Жыл бұрын

    Wonder what he could do using weights to pull him down and an assist coming up.

  • @byronbass1370

    @byronbass1370

    Жыл бұрын

    He does do it. That’s another competition, the weight is connected to the rope. Your body drops by itself after 20 meters

  • @oldwave6106

    @oldwave6106

    Жыл бұрын

    @@byronbass1370 Thanks!

  • @tristenwilliams1943

    @tristenwilliams1943

    Жыл бұрын

    This is called no limits freediving, current record is 214 meters. Probably won’t be broken any time soon, it’s extremely dangerous

  • @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tristenwilliams1943 afaik no limits is banned from the records, cause it is too dangerous.

  • @saltyskippa
    @saltyskippa Жыл бұрын

    Nek minute dudes on water world

  • @ashleyc8373
    @ashleyc837310 ай бұрын

    Molchanov should have mentioned the face that his life was saved by a safety diver.

  • @cs108828

    @cs108828

    10 ай бұрын

    Every time a freediver blacks out and is brought to the surface by the safety team their lives are saved by a safety diver. Much like all competitive freedivers Alexey has had many blackouts in his carreer and I'm sure he understands and credits the safety teams every time.

  • @mariaandersen9534

    @mariaandersen9534

    10 ай бұрын

    Maybe he did but they cut it out.

  • @davidfarrell7373
    @davidfarrell73739 ай бұрын

    RIP Stephen Keenan

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan Жыл бұрын

    If anyone doubted we are an aquatic mammal...

  • @Kefoo_
    @Kefoo_ Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @fruitcakekun
    @fruitcakekun Жыл бұрын

    you dont need to equalize if you r going up, check your fact

  • @susanmartin3762
    @susanmartin3762 Жыл бұрын

    The whale tail fins just seem wrong. You would think you'd get much more speed using 2 long flippers... and not having to use the. " Dolphin" fashion of swimming. Using 2 legs separated legs kicking just makes more sense... I'M NOT DOUBTING this man. He is amazing!!

  • @felixsonntag2356

    @felixsonntag2356

    Жыл бұрын

    Freediving is not about speed, but about preserving oxygen, and with using less energy one can get lots of propulsion. Freedivers actually go a little bit deeper with monofins than with bifins.

  • @MobileVisions

    @MobileVisions

    Жыл бұрын

    Takes less muscle to execute mono fin kick vs two legs kicking opposite. That’s why 100% of these competitions allow it. Conserving oxygen is the no1 task. More oxygen you burn the more CO2 builds… which is the trigger that gives you the urge to breath :)

  • @margaretpeabody243
    @margaretpeabody243 Жыл бұрын

    Me and a girlfriend would see how long we could hold our breath, I got up to 3 minutes. We also saw how far we could swim underwater. That's junior high for ya.

  • @charlesmorg5677

    @charlesmorg5677

    Жыл бұрын

    You are beautiful

  • @raajbundles
    @raajbundles Жыл бұрын

    🌊 🏊🏻‍♀️ 🏊🏼

  • @okooala

    @okooala

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @MadMax31577
    @MadMax31577 Жыл бұрын

    Aren't the safety divers usually scuba divers?

  • @cs108828

    @cs108828

    10 ай бұрын

    No. Scuba divers would be unable to help, and put their lives at risk as freedivers. When you breath with scuba underwater you take in air at the pressure of the environment around you - i.e. at 10 meters at 2x atmospheric pressure, at 20m at 3x atmospheric pressure, etc. As soon as you take a breath of pressurized air under water, you can only ascend very slowly, otherwise you risk both lung rapturing and air embolism. Freediving allows you to ascend and descend at any spees without having to worry about the effects of inhaling pressurized air, which is why safety divers have to be freedivers.

  • @Kahayuman
    @Kahayuman Жыл бұрын

    is free diving part of olyumpics? he can be an olympianm

  • @keinosmith874
    @keinosmith874 Жыл бұрын

    🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸

  • @KARYTTAH_PopMetal_Rock_BAND
    @KARYTTAH_PopMetal_Rock_BAND Жыл бұрын

    -> 😏 Maybe We're The 1st Spiritist* Pop-Metal Or Rock Band In This World... But Don't Pay Much Attention To Our Neanderthal English, Ha ❤ HaHa *NOTE: -> Spiritist is who professes Spiritism, the Gospel continuation It has began with the books by Allan Kardec and continued in the books by Francisco C. Xavier, the greatest and more important medium/prophet of spirits of the last centuries...

  • @debibelden906
    @debibelden906 Жыл бұрын

    Tonight jacob

  • @wulfrache
    @wulfrache10 ай бұрын

    That is NOT THE MACHINE! The machine would never swim with his shirt on.

  • @jaysnowden2
    @jaysnowden2 Жыл бұрын

    The pressure blows fluids out of your hips. Many will need hip replacements.

  • @belizeunderthesea4299
    @belizeunderthesea4299 Жыл бұрын

    he is from Russia

  • @mikerob2134
    @mikerob2134 Жыл бұрын

    It’s the thong

  • @boykotalev2066
    @boykotalev2066 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant man But French boy said is more romantic 🙃😅 than 👧

  • @dant1594
    @dant1594 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't know Wicked Weasel made wet suits.................

  • @JoSaZa
    @JoSaZa Жыл бұрын

    uP tO 39 sToRiEs TaLl

  • @JayConstantine
    @JayConstantine Жыл бұрын

    2:55 Wait a minute, why is he wearing a thong?

  • @MsSpider26

    @MsSpider26

    Жыл бұрын

    hahaha I thought that to but realized a line is attached to it, so it seems to have as purpose

  • @Madmun357

    @Madmun357

    10 ай бұрын

    Ask him

  • @anthonyhuerta8780
    @anthonyhuerta8780 Жыл бұрын

    The 1 DEATH a husband KILLED his wife

  • @jonbonesmahomes7472

    @jonbonesmahomes7472

    Жыл бұрын

    pippin

  • @anthonyhuerta8780

    @anthonyhuerta8780

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jonbonesmahomes7472 EXACTLY

  • @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    @Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited

    Жыл бұрын

    no the death of Audrey Mestre was not during a competition. I think what they mean is the death of Nicholas mevoli during the vertcial blue in 2013 or so...

  • @rwstavros
    @rwstavros Жыл бұрын

    I would like to know if he has Denovisian genes

  • @teg8279
    @teg8279 Жыл бұрын

    🇺🇦

  • @billgatesleavingyamomshous8177
    @billgatesleavingyamomshous8177 Жыл бұрын

    That’s gonna be a no for me dawg!

  • @darrickmalloy6909
    @darrickmalloy6909 Жыл бұрын

    I think the last 2 things or rules are petty. If you can get out of that water under your own motor should be enough.

  • @RaeBattleRapsMood
    @RaeBattleRapsMood Жыл бұрын

    Nope, cannot swim.

  • @to4502
    @to4502 Жыл бұрын

    Will the next interview be with athletes from North Korea?

  • @nikosvault

    @nikosvault

    Жыл бұрын

    that would be amazing.

  • @MegaCharns

    @MegaCharns

    Жыл бұрын

    u are a grub!

  • @916Pashok

    @916Pashok

    Жыл бұрын

    Calm down bro...

  • @to4502

    @to4502

    Жыл бұрын

    @@916Pashok go back to russia not bro

  • @davidfinland00007
    @davidfinland000078 ай бұрын

    Why do people do this to themselves 🤦‍♂️

  • @efghiabcd2611
    @efghiabcd2611 Жыл бұрын

    not into this sport at all.

  • @allyedowd
    @allyedowd Жыл бұрын

    Nope.

  • @katemikh2288
    @katemikh228810 ай бұрын

    One word - Russian ❤, we go to the end, because we can, and must.

  • @mirrored464
    @mirrored464 Жыл бұрын

    All genetics 2x lung size average and more oxygen blood cells

  • @byronbass1370

    @byronbass1370

    Жыл бұрын

    Negative. Study Anatomy kid. Anybody can stretch and build up there lungs. Its called Packing. Read about it, youd be surprised

  • @jaywho7264
    @jaywho7264 Жыл бұрын

    its a world record ????? because the people who does this on a daily basis DIVING FOR FOOD are poor and cant afford to " COMPETE" AND GO TO THE BAHAMAS . PLEASE.

  • @PhoenixFit2024

    @PhoenixFit2024

    Жыл бұрын

    This is very true. I saw a tv spot a few years back with local fisherman divers who have done this for hundreds of years. They destroyed these pros, and the sport in general…so the pros just kinda ignore those folks now.

  • @mirrored464

    @mirrored464

    Жыл бұрын

    They dont dive as deep as him

  • @haleyholeman9955

    @haleyholeman9955

    Жыл бұрын

    People that dive for food don’t go as frivolously deep as top free divers. There’s not much down there to eat.

  • @PhoenixFit2024

    @PhoenixFit2024

    Жыл бұрын

    @@haleyholeman9955 But they have been doing it for centuries and genetically they are superior to these types of activities. They have brought some of these men to regional competitions and without any training whatsoever they beat the “pros”.

  • @mirrored464

    @mirrored464

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PhoenixFit2024 they go 30 meters not 100

  • @PhoenixFit2024
    @PhoenixFit2024 Жыл бұрын

    There literally is a tribe of deep see fisherman who do this and have been doing it for centuries. The pros went up against them and got destroyed. They left that part out.

  • @mnstrs2r

    @mnstrs2r

    Жыл бұрын

    Not true, but happy to be proven wrong.

  • @jamisonr

    @jamisonr

    Жыл бұрын

    Except, that didn't happen. The fact that people have gone to perhaps 30 meters for 1000s of years is interesting, but at 30 meters, top free divers are just getting started.

  • @dr.physiker9930
    @dr.physiker993010 ай бұрын

    All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

  • @bellautopia818
    @bellautopia818 Жыл бұрын

    Breathe in....... Keep holding..... GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥱🤐🏊🏻‍♂️🌬️🤔🤯🧠💨🤘🩺🫁🗣️🌬️🥱🤐🏊🏻‍♂️🤔🤯🧠💨🤘🦩🕯️🧸

  • @Litehousenation

    @Litehousenation

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @bellautopia818

    @bellautopia818

    Жыл бұрын

    I b cunfoozd'idz... meow? 🤔🧐🤯🧠💨💌