One continental document and six diverse national records fell on the penultimate day of the Vertical Blue 2022 freediving opponents at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas.
Yun-Chieh Ku’s Continental File
Taiwan’s Yun-Chieh Ku snatched befriend the males’s Continental document in the Fixed Weight Bi-fins (CWTB) discipline (location by China’s Potti Lau on Day 6) with a 96m/315ft dive, whereas Ku’s countryman Michael Zhi-Da Ko earlier that day had location a national document with a 92m/302ft dive.
National Recordsdata Proceed To Tumble
In other areas on the males’s facet, Italy’s Davide Carrera dove to 123m/403.5ft, and Spain’s Alfredo Roen swam all the contrivance in which down to 106m/348ft for national records in the Fixed Weight with Monofin (CWT) discipline. Additionally, Matthieu Duvault location a Canadian national document with a CWTB dive to 85m/279ft.
As for the ladies, South Korea’s Jung A Kim prolonged her 95m/312ft national CWT document location earlier in the opponents by diving to 98m/321.5ft, and Spain’s Isabel Sanchez-Aran location a national Free Immersion (FIM) document with a 79m/259ft dive.
Day-to-day Challenges
As with each day at the opponents, not each dive bore fruit.
Hungary’s Fatima Korok used to be gunning for a girls’s 100m/328ft FIM national document nonetheless drew a yellow card for a mark infraction. Belgium’s Marine Simonis sought a 63m/207ft girls’s national Fixed Weight No Fins (CNF) document nonetheless drew a yellow card for turning befriend at 37m/121ft. And Colombia’s John Munoz had declared a 93m/305ft FIM dive nonetheless didn’t delivery.
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Photos of Day 8
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Vertical Blue 2022: Day 8 Photos
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Characteristic Photo by Daan Verhoeven
— With on-remark reporting from Francesca Koe and extra reporting by Stephan Whelan.
