Day 2 of the Vertical Blue 2022 freediving competition at Dean’s Blue Gap within the Bahamas saw six modern nationwide data living, whereas several different athletes came up instant. We moreover saw a brand modern AIDA World Sage living by France’s Alice Modolo.
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Six National Records Dwelling
On the girls’s aspect, South Korea’s Jung A Kim living a brand modern Free Immersion (FIM) nationwide anecdote with an 89m/292feet dive, whereas Belgium’s Marine Simonis dove to 56m/184feet within the Constant Weight No Fins (CNF) discipline.
The boys’s aspect saw four modern nationwide data: Taiwan’s Yun-Chieh Ku dove to 106m/348feet within the FIM discipline for a continental anecdote as correctly, whereas Colombia’s John Munoz performed an 89m/292feet FIM dive. Mexico’s Pepe Salcedo dove to 105m/344feet within the Constant Weight with Monofin (CWT) discipline, and Peru’s Juan Valdivia performed a 65m/213feet Constant Weight with Bifins (CWTB) dive.
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AIDA World Sage Constant Weight Bi-Fins (CWTB) by Alice Modolo
We saw a Females’s Constant Weight Bi-Fins (CWTB) World Sage fall the day past with Alice Modolo (France) diving to 96m, which furthered the anecdote by 2m.
Devour Arnaud Gerald the day past, the generous outcomes operate not show it as a World Sage because it’s not an absolute depth anecdote, with the CMAS anecdote being deeper.
Afraid Waters
It wasn’t tender crusing for everybody vying for a nationwide anecdote, even though.
For the girls, Spain’s Isabel Sanchez-Aran attempted a 54m/177feet CNF dive nonetheless drew a red card for pulling. Hungary’s Fatima Korok used to be gunning for a 99m/325feet FIM anecdote nonetheless only managed to gain to 93m/305feet, the USA’s Enchante Gallardo — who the day before living a modern US CWTB nationwide anecdote — tried a 90m/295feet FIM dive nonetheless used to be only ready to gain to 77m/253feet, and Japan’s Junko Kitahama sought to take care of out a 56m/184feet CWT dive nonetheless only managed 40m/131feet.
In an Instagram submit, Korok wrote:
“Sadly, at the moment time’s dive used to be unsuccessful… The aim used to be 99 meters, a few meters before, I grew to change into at 93 meters, as a result of which I admit, I’m very unhappy. Before all the pieces of the dive, I messed up the equalization technique, which made me heart-broken to turn round, I would possibly perhaps well perhaps moreover not equalize the stress in my ears and naturally I failed to are attempting to force it because it would possibly perhaps perhaps well perhaps moreover own induced a serious accident, let’s verbalize, my eardrum burst. This is moreover racing and a fraction of life. In most cases you didn’t be triumphant the first or the second time, even the hundredth time, nonetheless you shouldn’t stop on what you in actuality are attempting to take care of out. It has infrequently came about to me that I had to turn round as a result of the equation, nonetheless now I’m in depths where shrimp mistakes can also be measured in meters. This is a brand modern obstacle for me, a notify, I only learned from this. Man, it’s too a ways! I know I will operate it. Now I leisure after which I will are trying all but again. Thanks for the give a exhaust to and reduction everybody. It manner a lot that you just are by my aspect even from afar.”
On the boys’s aspect, Taiwan’s Mingchun Huang attempted a 100m/328feet CWT dive nonetheless only acquired to 97m/318feet. His countryman Michael Zhi-Da Ko moreover came up instant; his CWTB anecdote strive of 93m/305feet fell instant at 90m/295feet.
Tubby Day 2 Results & Day 3 Originate up List
Take a look at out the stout outcomes from Vertical Blue Day 2 under:
The commence list for Day 3 has an equally spectacular slate, with but another 8 National Sage makes an try and 3 Continental Records attempting to be living!
Photos of Day 2
You’re going to be ready to are trying our gallery of photos courtesy of Daan Verhoeven under.
Vertical Blue 2022: Day 2 Photos
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