Qatar’s Amro al-Hamad, who set two new GCC records in free diving in Kalamata, Greece, last month, now wants to break the Asian record next year. “We will chase the Asian record (in free diving),” the Qatari athlete told Gulf Times on the sidelines of a press conference held on Monday at the Doha Marine …
Thirty athletes competed last weekend at the annual Freediving Pool Nationals in New Zealand, with defending champions Guy Brew and Kathryn Nevatt taking their titles once again. The competition, which featured the Static, Dynamic with Fins, and Dynamic No Fins disciplines, had competitors from nine different countries. Additionally, nine National Records were set across those three disciplines. Athletes competed in three “Grades”: Men’s, Women’s and Recreational. The Recreational grade …
A RECORD-breaking dive champion has drowned at a popular spot off the coast of Egypt while trying to help a fellow swimmer. Stephen Keenan, of Dublin, has been described as a “hero” and “guardian angel” by pals following his death in the Red Sea at the weekend. The 39-year-old died on Saturday while freediving at the …
Italian Freediver Alessia Zecchini has set a new World Record in Freediving by completing a Constant Weight (CWT) dive to 102m in three minutes and :30 seconds. Alessia’s new world record was finally set during Day Six of the Vertical Blue 2017 freediving competition at Deans Blue Hole in the Bahamas. Zecchini had previously only garnered …
This astonishing footage shows the world’s youngest freediver plunging 32 feet under the sea aged just three. Fedor Afonasiev has been diving without aged oxygen since he was a two-year-old, following in the footsteps of his adventurous parents. He was filmed pulling himself down a pole into the Blue Hole, a submarine sinkhole in the …
