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Sara Campbell, a British diver, set a new free-diving record on Thursday, when she completed a 96-meter dive into the ocean and back, holding her breath the whole time. It took Sara three minutes and 36 seconds to go to a depth never reached by any woman before in such competitions.

This is not the first time Sara has broken a record. In 2007, she shocked the free-diving world when she shattered two world records - in a sport that she started doing only nine months prior to the competition. Her quest for another record the following year had to be postponed due to the death of her mother. She was therefore glad to be back this year to regain her title.

The 37-year old was competing against seven women at the Vertical Blue 2009, a special competition that invites the world's best free-divers. Free-diving is considered an extreme sport, where man and women compete to test the limits of their capacity to dive deep under water using a single breath. This year the competition was held off the coast of the Bahamas Islands at Dean's Black Hole, the world's deepest hole that reaches all the way down to 203 meters under the ocean.

Contestants can participate in one of three categories. Sara's specialty is the constant weight category, where the diver descends and ascends with just the help of two fins or a monofin. Sarah is not done yet. Before the competition ends on April 11th, she is going to try one more dive - this time all the way to 100 meters!