A freediver could get an enormous performance boost by doping, imagine taking EPO + beta blockers + perhaps some sort of anaesthetic that allowed you to relax completely despite high CO2 levels. Plus I'm sure there are other things out there that would help.
Despite the fact that you'd be personally satisfied with your performance Adam, wouldn't you be pretty pissed if
a) somebody took your record by doping, or
b) everybody believed you cheated, because there were insufficient doping controls in place to assure them you were clean?
I'm in support of strict doping controls, otherwise the top freedivers will start facing those problems (though they probably will in any case). At some stage national AIDA organisations will need to introduce drug tests, but they are so expensive and records are still being set at such a rate due to the sport's growth that it is probably not reasonable for the time being.
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