Day 1 of the Vertical Blue 2022 freediving opponents at Dean’s Blue Gap within the Bahamas noticed one world document and eight national recordsdata location, as properly as one failed world document strive.
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AIDA World File by Arnaud Gerald
Within the Fixed Weight with Bifins (CWTB) self-discipline, France’s Arnaud Gerald dove to 117m/558feet for a new AIDA world document. Even though readers will show it is not announced as a World File on the legitimate outcomes because it is not an absolute depth document, with the CMAS document standing at 118m by Alexey Molchanov location in 2021.
Linked: Freediving Disciplines Outlined
8 Impressive National Recordsdata Space
Furthermore, the United States’s Enchante Gallardo dove to 85m/279feet for a new women folk’s CWTB national document, and Spain’s Alfredo Roen location a males’s national document with a dive to the same depth. Mexico’s Camila Jaber earned a white card and a women folk’s national document with a 75m/246feet dive.
The Fixed Weight (CWT) self-discipline noticed three women folk’s national recordsdata location: Turkey’s Sahika Ercumen efficiently dove to 94m/308feet; South Korea’s Jung A Kim dove to 89m/292feet; and Belgium’s Marine Simonis dove to 655m/213feet.
For the Fixed Weight No Fins (CNF) self-discipline, Mexico’s Pedro Tapia location a new males’s national document with a 74m/243feet dive.
And within the Free Immersion (FIM) self-discipline, South Africa’s Talya Davidoff dove to 70m/230feet for a women folk’s national document.
Alenka’s Impressive Strive
Slovenia’s Alenka Artnik became gunning for a women folk’s world document 123m/404feet CWT dive however ran out of steam within the final few meters and had the safety divers escort her to the outside for disqualification and earned a red card.
In an Instagram post, Artnik wrote:
“I became questioning when this could additionally simply occur… 😛
This day’s dive unfortunatelly wasn’t a hit. On the final phase of the dive I felt real hypoxia and so started pulling up on the rope. Surfacing I became respiratory on my very own however feeling upset. It’s phase of the sport, c’est la vie. Thank you safety for the trudge and for being there <3
Confidently I can get some honest night time sleep and reach abet stronger.
Congratulations to all people which salvage successfuly made their dive.”
Diveye Reside Streaming Struggled
There became additionally some frustration expressed by online viewers who noticed the Diveye ride struggling with points with the bandwidth onsite for upload and the accumulate servers overloaded with other folks going surfing.
In step with a post on the Vertical Blue Fb Online page, bandwidth has been increased onsite, which ought to help get to the bottom of points for viewers.
Corpulent Day 1 Results & Day 2 Open up List
Compare out the elephantine outcomes from Vertical Blue Day 1 below:
The starting up listing for Day 2 seems equally spectacular, with one more 8 National File makes an strive and 3 Continental Recordsdata having a ogle to be location!
Photograph of Day 1
That you would be succesful to well check out our gallery of photos courtesy of Daan Verhoeven below.
Vertical Blue 2022 — Day 1 Photos
Featured image: Daan Verhoeven
— With on-assign reporting from Francesca Koe and extra reporting by Stephan Whelan.
