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On Tuesday, French tightrope walker claimed a new world record as he completed a 2,200-metre-long (nearly 1.4-mile) trip to Mont Saint-Michel along a wire suspended between a crane and the famous abbey on the tidal island.
Remi Ouvrard stands on top of a hot-air balloon for France's Telethon fundraising event at a peak altitude of 4,016 metres (13,175 feet) over Chatellerault, western France.
Germany's Sebastian Steudtner is the new record holder for the biggest wave ever surfed, for an 86-foot (26.2-metre) breaker ridden on October 29, 2020 in Nazaré, Portugal, the World Surf League (WSL) announced on Tuesday.
French freediver Arthur Guerin-Boeri sets another world record for the longest distance travelled under a sheet of frozen ice with a single breath, swimming 105 metres in Morrison's Quarry, Quebec. Wearing just a pair of swimming trunks, Guerin-Boeri swam for 2 minutes 27 seconds in water that was just 0.7 degrees Celsius.
35-year-old double world champion Jennifer Wendland gives an insight into freediving while competing at the AIDA World Championships off the coast of the Cypriot port town of Limassol.