After the supreme rest day, the Vertical Blue 2022 freediving opponents at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas resumed with Day 7 of action. The Fixed Weight Bi-Fins (CWTB) absolute world document fell again, plus seven nationwide records.
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Arnaud Jerald Extends Fixed Weight Bi-Fins World Document Yet Again
France’s Arnaud Jerald extended his CWTB World Document with a dive to 120m/393.7ft on Day 7.
Jerald had space the AIDA document on Day 1 with a 117m/558ft dive, then extended it and broke completely the World Document on Day 4 with a 119m/387ft dive.
Seven National Info Residing
Four females and three men space modern nationwide records on Day 7.
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Turkey’s Sahika Ercumen space a modern Free Immersion (FIM) nationwide document with an 88m/289ft dive on the females’s facet. In an Instagram put up, Ercumen wrote:
“It used to be the discipline that challenged me the most on this opponents, I am very elated that after 2 red playing cards I still dared to steal a ogle at this dive and did it efficiently.”
Moreover, Mexico’s Camila Jaber dove to 82m/269ft, South Africa’s Talya Davidoff swam all the arrangement in which down to 71m/233ft in the CWTB discipline, and Belgium’s Marine Simonis dive to 61m/200ft in the Fixed Weight No Fins (CNF) discipline.
As for the men, the U.Okay.’s Gary McGrath space a Fixed Weight (CWT) nationwide document with a 112m/367ft dive.
In line with McGrath:
“Diving beneath 100m is a actually uncommon ambiance, it’s my therapy. This year has been extremely no longer easy for my psychological properly being and freediving has helped me overcome that clearly.
“At depth I in spite of the entire lot have entire isolation from the every day world we are residing in. Down there it’s just me and nature. It’s that speed that every body freedivers crave.
“There are moments of extreme psychological readability and purity that I will be capable to handiest enact when underwater. The waft bid that a deep dive permits me to trip is uncommon and addictive.”
Moreover, Mexico’s Pedro Tapia dove to 108m/354ft in the same discipline. Tapia’s countryman Pepe Salcedo shrugged off his blackout on Day 6 to nab a white card with a 105m/344ft CWTB dive.
Purple and White Playing cards
As has been the case on most days of the opponents, no longer every dive succeeded.
Poland’s Mateusz Malina used to be gunning for a 127m/417ft men’s FIM World Document nonetheless handiest managed to salvage to 113m/371ft sooner than returning. Stefan Randig sought to extend his German nationwide CNF document to 80m/262ft nonetheless drew a red card for pulling on the line. And China’s Potti Lau used to be additionally looking to extend his CWTB nationwide document to 95m/312ft nonetheless again earned a red card for pulling.
Plump Day 7 Outcomes and Originate Record Day 8
Take a look at out the plump results from Vertical Blue Day 7 and the Day 8 delivery list beneath.
Pictures of Day 7
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Vertical Blue 2022 — Day 7
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— With on-living reporting from Francesca Koe and additional reporting by Stephan Whelan.
