Category: Records

New World Record Women’s Constant Weight No-Fins

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May 4 |16:53

286217_240248252682088_5089886_oOn April 25th, 2013 the world record was broken in the discipline CNF (Constant weight no fins) by Russian Natalia Molchanova in Dahab at the Russian National Open Competition.  She dove to 68 m in 3 minutes and 10 seconds. This record was previously held by Ashley Futral Chapman of the USA.

Last year, on her 50th birthday, Natalia broke a world record in VWT (Variable weight) discipline. This year, she gave herself an early birthday gift doing it just a bit before May 8. Alexey Molchanov, Natalia’s son, broke the continental record in the same discipline with the second deepest cnf dive in history (90m in 3:24). Great diving for mother and son!! Natalia’s new record is pending doping test.

 

 

Aida – Suunto Best of the Best Awards 2012

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Mar 11 |06:35

The Best of Best Award nominations are on Facebook this year. Please go to the Aida International Group  page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/aida.freediving/?ref=ts&fref=ts
to nominate your favorites in the categories. The top 3 persons in each category will go to a vote and the winners of those categories will receive a prize from Suunto. Each winner will be asked to submit of photo of them self with their prize.

 

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New Women’s CNF World Record

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Nov 21 |05:44

November 20,2012 : The opening day of the Suunto Vertical Blue Competition in Dean’s Blue Hole, Bahamas, Ashley Futral Chapman of the USA, achieved a new World Record in constant weight no-fins at the depth of 67 meters in a time of 3:15. Ashley did the protocol with ease and made the dive look very easy. The record will be verified pending the required doping test. Congratulations and we look forward to see what the remainder of the competition may bring.

 

Natalia Molchanova Re-Claims CNF World Record

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May 9 |16:17

May 8,2012. To celebrate her birthday , Natalia Molchanova (RUS) dove to 66 meters without fins in a time of 3:30. The dive took place in the Red Sea, Dahab , Egypt on the opening day of the Russian Open Freedive Competition. Natalia had previously held the record at 62 meters which was surpassed earlier this week by Ashley Chapman(USA) with dives to 63 meters followed by 65 meters at the Deja Blue Competition in the Cayman Islands.

These are exciting times in the sport with these accomplishments by these outstanding female athletes.
Congratulations Natalia, for once again proving you are a force to be reckoned with !

 

In memory of Patrick Musimu

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Jul 27 |06:58

It is with deep sadness that AIDA International notes the passing of Belgian freediver Patrick Musimu.  Patrick appears to have drowned on 21 July, while pool training alone.  He is survived by his wife Isabelle and daughter Maeva. Patrick was best known for no-limits diving with a sled (http://www.patrickmusimu.com/).

That a diver who achieved depths in the 200m-range drowned in a 2m pool warrants close consideration by all divers.  If a diver of Patrick’s accomplishments and experience can drown while pool training, it’s clear that no diver is experienced enough to train without a safety.  To restate the most important rule in freediving:  All breath-hold activities in water require the supervision of a trained freediving safety diver. We urge all divers to reinforce this message with other persons in the dive community including instructors, judges, and divers generally. A diver’s first level of responsibility for safety is with himself/herself — only the diver can decide not to train alone. Safety should always be the number one concern when training, competing, spearfishing, or recreationally diving.

Patrick’s loss is tragic, foremost to his family, and also to the diving community as a whole.  It’s important that we take from this sad event the wisdom to avoid further accidents of this type.

On behalf of Aida Board,

Kimmo Lahtinen
AIDA, president