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In other official competitions, men generally dive from a height of 22–27 metres (72–89 ft) while women dive from a height of 18–23 metres (59–75 ft). [3] The sport is unique in that athletes are often unable to practice in an authentic environment until the days leading up to a competition. [ 1 ]
On 6 May, Zecchini was the first to go down and take off the tag at −102 m (−335 ft); breaking the world record. Four days later, Hanako Hirose dropped to −103 m (−338 ft) but minutes later she went on to detach the tag at −104 m (−341 ft), setting another world record. [10]
There, she took up serious free-diving and with Ferreras as her instructor was soon reaching record depths. In 1999 the two diving aficionados married and the following year, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Audrey Mestre broke the female world record by free diving to a depth of 125 meters (410 ft) on a single breath of air. A year later she ...
Kateryna Sadurska (Ukrainian: Катерина Садурська, born 19 July 1992) is a Ukrainian athlete, multiple world champion and world record holder in freediving, European champion, world championship medalist, and participant in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in synchronized (artistic) swimming. Kateryna has set 7 world records in ...
In the first individual diving event of these games, Quan led the way in the preliminaries with 421.25 points, followed by Chen at 382.15. China's Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi lead the way in Olympic ...
“Even if it’s a good dive, the impact you have from 27 meters is like a car crash going 85 kilometers per hour (50 mph)," said Cooper, who's preparing for the high-diving competition this week ...
Tanya Streeter (born Tanya Dailey, [1] 10 January 1973, Grand Cayman) is a British-Caymanian-American [2] world champion freediver, inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in March 2000. For more than two months, from 17 August 2002, [ 3 ] she held the overall "No Limit" freediving record (greater than the men's record) with a depth of 525 ...
It was a special night for "Go-Big Show" contestant Professor Splash, as he attempted to set a new world record. 60-year-old man belly flops from over 26 feet into just 10 inches of water to set ...