Tanya discovered her diving abilities in 1997, when she took a class in fee diving. Free diving is a new sport. It’s very dangerous, because you dive with no oxygen. There were only men in the class and no one wanted to dive with her because she was a girl. But her class was surprised when they saw how long she could swim underwater. Her teachers immediately wanted to train her. A few months later, Tanya started breaking records. She can swim underwater for nearly six minutes with just one breath Last year she broke the world free diving record. She dove 121 meters with one breath.