IWC World Static Apnea Contest, Monaco 21-23.07

[Vlado]

I know it was announced before in the site news but.. I could not resist to post again the info for those who might have missed it!


Biggest Aim : to privilege the show and spectacle ; a first worldwide

During their performances, the apneists will be filmed and the contest directly transmitted onto a wide screen. Each athlete will wear a monitor during their apnea so that their heartbeat may be simultaneously transmitted onto the screen


The competition:

1. Each athlete is drawn at random to compete against an other athlete.
2. The CONTEST uses direct elimination within pulls composed of two athletes.
3. Two pulls compete every twelve minutes (2 groups of 2 competitors).
4. The winner of each pull is the one of the 2 athletes who stays underwater the longuest.
5. The final pull will be composed of the last 3 competing apneists.
6. The international judges will be present as the world record in this discipline may be beaten (The Federation of reference in Freediving World record homologation is AIDA).
7. The athletes may be submitted to a drug control test at the end of the competition if the World Record is broken.


The Athlets:

SIETAS TOM
VENTZKE DOMINIQUE
FATTAH ERIC
PERNETT KARL
CURAVIC KRISTIAN
RYUZO SHINOMIYA
SEVERINSEN STIG Avall
NOWICKI ARNAUD
MIFSUD STEPHANE
BATTAGLIA GASPARE
VERBERK DERON
STROMBERG BILL
WOLLE NEUGEBAUER


I think we're going to have a really hot summer!

More here:

http://www.pierrefrolla-organisation...ntation_en.php

[Bluehugh]

I don't see T. Sietas in the athletes list.
He doesn't take part of the competition?
What a pity!


CU in the Blue,
Edu

[Ulf]

Read the list again...and start with the first one

[Bluehugh]

Sorry...I talk about the webpage's list:
http://www.pierrefrolla-organisation...thletes_en.php

Greets,
Edu

[glennv]

The organisation better check the new rules with respect to the use of pulse monitoring ;-(
So in case an AIDA world record is broken this might become an issue.
A real pitty since I also always use a hearbeat monitor during my statics and just found out it is not allowed any more. (so samba is ok but checking you own pulse isn't ???)

[DeepThought]

How about not letting the athlete look at the monitor and just let the crowd enjoy?

[Adrian]

I think The Sloth is right, nothing like brute force statics! I'm all for doing it without any technology, just relying on one's own perceptions, at least in competitions. Otherwise we could have two different static modalities: Assisted and unassisted statics. he he...

Adrian

[glennv]

I think to keep both the crowd and the AIDA bobo's happy that would be a good option. Let the crowds enjoy the fading pulses and some occasional flatline hihi

[samdive]

if anyone would like to buddy Deepest Bear to this event, please let me know. He is desperate to go but I can't make it. Applicants will be closely vetted just PM me...

Sam

[OceanMan]

Tom Sietas wasn't invited because of drug-taking presumptions about him .

[fpernett]

Originally Posted by OceanMan

Tom Sietas wasn't invited because of drug-taking presumptions about him .

Check this former news, he was invited. There has to be another reason. Maybe he can tell us here.

[efattah]

Unfortunately OceanMan is correct. It is a sad story though.

[Adrian]

But he was cleared! How can this be?

Adrian

[kingohyes]

I haven't read anything about this? What are the reasons, have they seen him use drugs? Or is it because they want the competition to be more even? Can they not let him compete on the basis of presumptions??

[tomsietas]

Hi,

I think this case needs to be discussed publically. A few weeks ago I received this mail:

Dear Tom,

I am sorry to inform you that the Organizing Committee of the competition has decided not to retain your application.

Your performances of the past months have created a debate with regards to the integrity of your results, after several doping controls with very controversial outcomes.

We would like to organize a friendly competition, without any suspicion and debates, and in this light your case is insolvent. After numerous meetings with our partners and after hearing the athletes' point of view, it was decided that you cannot be invited to this years World Static Apnea Contest in Monaco.

Believe me, I am sorry for this decision. I strongly advise you to clean up your image and to re-establish a positive and healthy image of our sport.

deeply,

I don’t understand this, AIDA considered me negative. The disciplinary comission of AIDA has publically admitted their mistake and there is no serious reason why I am treated like that. If you want to know any details don’t hesitate to ask.

People created a debate on rumors without any realistic background. This must not lead to conclusions like that. I have handed in the most important facts to Pierre and he wanted to discuss the case again.

I hope that rumors are not powerful enough to influence Pierres competition in this negative way.
I understand that sponsors have great power but the main focus should be on the sports perspective and the athletes.

I would be very sad, if I am not allowed to take part. I have been training very hard to reach my goals and I think I don’t deserve this.

Now let us get to something more important: The sports perspective. Today is a very happy day for me because I have reached an important personal goal… check here: http://www.tomsietas.com/

Now enjoy your dives and all the best for your trainings…. Tom