The penultimate day of the AIDA World Depth Championship freediving competition in Roatan, Honduras, saw two unique national records in the females’s Constant Weight (CWT) self-discipline.
Germany’s Jennifer Wendland successfully dove to 102m/335ft for a white card and national legend.
In a submit-dive interview at some stage in the livestream, Wendland acknowledged she modified into as soon as “happy” with her result:
“I had a shrimp little bit of sing to equalize, modified into as soon as indubitably happy to possess it. And then I grabbed the notice and I modified into as soon as very relieved, after which I had rather solid narcosis this present day, so I whisper my dive modified into as soon as powerful slower than expected.”
Taiwan’s Mia Hou added a third national legend to her trophy haul with a 70m/230ft dive.
No longer every legend strive led to success, alternatively.
France’s Marianna Gillespie, who notched a world legend on Day 1, couldn’t repeat her success on Day 7, earning a red card for blacking out near the outside after diving down to 104m/341ft.
In a Facebook submit, Gillespie wrote:
“Announcing factual 1 meter extra that I did in training final week – I modified into as soon as confident that a dive to 104 meters with a monofin will carry me one other gold medal.
“But it did now not flip as planned – I modified into as soon as feeling drained already around 60 meters in my assent, the technique began to interchange… I don’t be conscious powerful, indubitably however as apparently around 10m earlier than reaching the outside, I with out warning modified into very hypoxic and blacked out at around 4 meters underwater.
“Fortunately, World Championship is the most get location if something goes unsuitable – safety group be pleased picked me up straight away and quickly afterwards the scientific group helped me to get better with oxygen. Thank you guys for caring for me!
“Why did it happen? I’m in a position to only wager that accumulated tiredness has kicked up, at some stage in the final week of the competition, I purchased a World Myth, 2 x Nationwide Records and 2 x gold medals which indubitably is rather a shrimp bit to address!”
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Turkey’s Sahika Ercumen modified into as soon as vying for a 100m/328ft national legend, however earned a yellow card for turning encourage at 68m/223ft.
And South Africa’s Natalie Rudman wanted to be capable to add to her legend haul with a 78m/256ft dive, however only managed to get to 73m/239.5ft earlier than turning encourage.
Fleshy Day 7 – Females’s Constant Weight with Monofin (CWT) – Results
The AIDA Web internet page gives the outcomes as follows:
Diveye Live Circulation
Test out the dwell stream day to day of the competition on the AIDA Youtube Channel. Diveye, the far flung underwater filming drone, is onsite. The replay of Day 7 is under.
Day 8 might maybe well be the closing main day of competition with the Men competing in the Constant Weight with Monofin (CWT) self-discipline. Contend with checking encourage on DeeperBlue.com to your entire scuttle and outcomes at the 2022 AIDA Depth World Championships.
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