Magician David Blaine has set a world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfrey's US TV show in Chicago.

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The previous record, which was 32 seconds shorter, was set in February.

Blaine, who was once buried alive for a week in a coffin and encased in ice for two-and-a-half days, inhaled pure oxygen beforehand to cleanse his blood.

Two years ago he failed in an attempt to break the record for breath-holding under water, while simultaneously escaping from heavy chains.

He had started to struggle two minutes before his nine-minute goal, at the end of a seven-day stint under water in New York.

The 35-year-old has also balanced on top of a 100ft (30m) pole and fasted for 44 days in a box over the River Thames in London.

(BBC)

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