Description: Alenka Artnik, the world’s greatest female freediver, once struggled with the depths of grief and mental health. Now the elite athlete is getting stronger with each record-breaking dive.
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dive The Depths She’ll Reach Sunken by grief, Alenka Artnik found herself alone on a bridge, contemplating suicide. Ten years later, she is the world’s greatest female freediver and getting stronger with each record-breaking plunge. How one woman emerged from mental health struggles to push the limits of the human body.
Story by Xan Rice
Photos and Video by Daan Verhoeven