The ultimate day of the 2022 Vertical Blue freediving opponents at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas saw a new world file by Poland’s Mateusz Malina, in conjunction with five varied divers surroundings continental or nationwide recordsdata.
World File For Overall Parts Winner Mateusz Malina
Poland’s Mateusz “Matt” Malina situation a new world file in the Free Immersion (FIM) discipline with a dive to 127m/417feet. He had situation a nationwide file on Day 3 with a dive to 124m/407feet and attempted the arena file on Day 7 but simplest managed to rep to 113m/371feet before returning.
Malina’s Day 9 outcomes earned him the males’s total aspects winner’s medal, whereas Hungary’s Fatima Korok introduced the general aspects winner with a gold medal among the ladies folk.
Congratulations Mateusz Malina – Limitless – new world file Free Immersion and males’s total winner of Vertical Blue 2022!
Posted by Daan Verhoeven on Thursday, August 11, 2022
Continental File For Yun-Chieh Ku
Day 9 saw Taiwan’s Yun-Chieh Ku situation a new males’s continental and nationwide file with a FIM dive to 108m/354feet, surpassing his Day 2 file dive to 106m/348feet.
It become as soon as Ku’s fourth nationwide file at some level of the opponents, which moreover included a Constant Weight with Bifins (CWTB) nationwide file with a 96m/315feet dive on Day 8 moreover to a Constant Weight with Monofin (CWT) file on Day 5 with a 108m/354feet dive.
Four More Nationwide Records
Moreover, China’s Potti Lau dove to 96m/315feet for a males’s nationwide CWTB file.
On the ladies folk’s aspect, Lau’s countrywoman Jessea Lu dove to 89m/292feet for a Chinese nationwide CWT file, whereas Mexico’s Camila Jaber accomplished an 82m/269feet dive in the CWTB discipline.
Hungary’s Fatima Korok bettered her 56m/184feet file CNF dive from Day 3 with a 62m/203feet dive on Day 9, incomes her the general ladies folk’s aspects gold medal.
Closing Day Challenges
The last day of the opponents moreover saw some divers now no longer rep what they wanted.
Mexico’s Pepe Salcedo become as soon as gunning for a males’s nationwide file 107m/351feet FIM dive, but earned a purple card for blacking out. South Korea’s Jung A Kim sought a ladies folk’s 101m/331feet CWT file but turned round at 98m/321.5ft.
Turkey’s Sahika Ercumen wanted to prolong her 94m/308feet ladies folk’s nationwide file situation on Day 1 to 101m/331feet in the CWT discipline but become as soon as simplest in a position to rep to 89m/292feet before turning abet. And the US’s Enchante Gallardo become as soon as going for a 90m/295feet FIM nationwide file but needed to flip abet on the 74m/243feet designate.
Elephantine Day 9 and Overall Outcomes
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Pictures of Day 8
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Vertical Blue 2022: Day 9 Pictures
Vertical Blue 2022 Coverage
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Feature Photo by Daan Verhoeven
— With on-plot reporting from Francesca Koe and further reporting by Stephan Whelan.
