ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. mr. andre bonnet, president of the international diving championship committee, is going to present this trophy to the new world champion of free diving. this afternoon, our new champion descended to the remarkable depth of 280 feet.
this young man tia.
tiraro.  tirao-re.  moa.
 let's all give him a big hand.
mr. roberto, tell your brother to be reasonable. everyone is waiting for him upstairs. the photographers are there, the press.
shall we call a doctor?
mr. mayol, help us. he refuses to receive his medal and everybody is waiting for him up there. we already have problems with the press because of the danger, and if we don't even have the divers help!
that's very kind of you.
mr. enzo molinari, allow me to impress upon you the importance of your attending the award ceremony.  for the press.
gracie mille, chignora.
they're paramedics. they wait at 180 feet.
of course, that's what they're for.
those are the divers who go down 300 to 330 feet. they dive with a helium-oxygen mixture. at that depth, compressed air is too dangerous because it contains carbon dioxide.
that isn't for the divers actually. it's for the balloon. it blows up and pulls the diver up like an elevator. without it, with the pressure at the bottom, the diver would just stay pinned to the sea bed.
yes.  it's magic.
they're required by law.
 now i'm sure you've heard that some people have suggested it is too dangerous for us to continue. dangerous, because we don't know how to measure the physiological consequences of this type of dive and also because the scuba divers are not used to going down below 300 feet.
but, we polled the free divers and they insist that the competition continue!
360 feet! he dove 360 feet!!!
get mayol in here.