Today was Day 1 of comp. No more time to train.
As I had dived the last 4 days in a row I chose to not dive today.
William asked me if I would help out as surface safety on the warm up line.
As a result I missed out on seeing the other athletes performances, but thats no issue as it was very interesting to see how the other elite free divers set themselves up for their dives.
Ryuzo and Tomoko are the cutest couple during their warm up. They talk softly and Ryuzo joins in the breathing when preparing Tomoko for her dive.
I had no issues with Samba's or blackouts to deal with, so other than the current, it was a very easy day.
A list of who is competing:
New Zealand
Dave Mullins
Kathryn McPhee
Kerian Hibbs
William Trubridge
Japan
Ryuzo Shinomiya
Tomoko Yamanouchi
Megumi Matsumoto
France
Guillaume Nery
Christian Maldame
Canada
William Winram
Eric Fattah
Russia
Natalia Avseenko
Columbia
Frank Pernett
Brazil
Karol Meyer
Athletes results (Unoffical)
Ryuzo - 95m CWT- White Card
Guillaume - 69m CWT- Yellow Card (No Tag)
Christian - 57m CNF- Red Card (Technicalities)
Natalie - 57m FIM- White Card
Megumi - 54m FIM - Yellow Card (No Tag)
Karol - 57m FIM - Red Card (BO)
Kathryn - 57m FIM - White Card (National Record)
Tomoko - 52m CWT - White Card (Pb)
Frank - 38m CNF - Red Card (Airway)
Deans Blue Hole, Deadmans Caye, Bahamas
Kathryn McPhee and Kerian Hibbs have been invited to compete at the Vertical Blue Competition at Dean's blue hole, in the Bahama's alongside some of the worlds best freedivers. Both Athletes will set new NZ records in various depth disciplines during the 10 day competition.Here you will be able to check on their pre-competition activity and track their progress during the competition.
