Looking at the Finals

4 12 2009

I have a copy of the anounced depths for the CWT Finals. This event is performed with a fin and is the deepest of the pure freedive events. The current World record for women is held by Natalia Molchanova at 101m and for men is Martin Stepanek at 122m. Natalia is here and has anounced 98m but Martin is only here in a coching role. We will not be seeing a world record tomorrow but we will se some national records broken if everthing goes well.

The safety team is in good shape for the finals. A few of us have worked through ear infection. Not suprising because we have been spending up to eight hours a day in the water. Only Matt from the team trains in salt water so it is a little out of the ordinary for our bodies to spend so much time in salt water.

This is how it looks for tomorrow:

Constant Weight Finals Schedule





2009 AIDA Freediving World Championships – Safety Team

17 11 2009
The safety team has been practicing for the 2009 AIDA Freediving World Depth Championships for more than 10 months and are ready to offer professional safety services to the competing athletes.
The responsibility of the Safety Freediving Team is to make sure the divers competing have someone to help them on the last leg of their journey to the surface, the is the last 30 meters. The main safety freediver at the event will dive down to 25 to 30 meters, wait for the competitor coming up and follow/shadow him or her to the surface. We will be looking for any signs of the diver having serious trouble. If this is the case it is our job to Intervene and bring them to the surface.

The freedive safety team is only one of the safety measures at freediving competitions, and we will cover other safety aspects of competitions in future blogs.

 

Freediving Safety Team








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