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2008 World team championship - Sharm el Sheik
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I'm coming as well.
But can someone explain me why is the depth discipline the first one to take place???
It somehow in my view defies all the principles for safe diving with gradual increasing your depth up to the competition level and so on... As the comp is 2 weeks long, there are many athletes who just can't take a one month vacation just like that to do the proper depth training. Static and dynamic takes no preparations at all, you just can jump out of the plane into the pool... So I don't understand why these are the last ones and not the depth discipline.
But can someone explain me why is the depth discipline the first one to take place???
It somehow in my view defies all the principles for safe diving with gradual increasing your depth up to the competition level and so on... As the comp is 2 weeks long, there are many athletes who just can't take a one month vacation just like that to do the proper depth training. Static and dynamic takes no preparations at all, you just can jump out of the plane into the pool... So I don't understand why these are the last ones and not the depth discipline.Safety. You don't want athletes to be tired for CW because unlike the pool events, once you're at the bottom there is no bailing out. I suppose it's also easier to allow for the weather if you put CW at the start as it could push the other disciplines back a day or two if necessary. You can't do that it CW is at the end of the comp (unless you extend the comp).
Well safety is surely an argument, but the comp is 14 days long. Having the first discipline in the first days, you could have cca up to 5 days between the two other disciplines... If you make it 3-4 days (don't think you need more to recover from a static zzz), there should be also room for weather related postponing.
I got quite prone to having my trachea squeezed this season, and need to spend some days in water before doing any deep diving. That's why I'm picking on this. I'm not very experienced with competitions though, so I don't feel like knowing it better, but am just curious about this .
I got quite prone to having my trachea squeezed this season, and need to spend some days in water before doing any deep diving. That's why I'm picking on this
. I'm not very experienced with competitions though, so I don't feel like knowing it better, but am just curious about this .
Teams?
Which teams? Display your colors.
Lets get nationalistic
I would say CWT is safer later, because aclimatization (to heat and germs) will take time. Its bigger factor than the "tiredness" (from STA/DYN) spoken of. But I guess the weather argument is the best, therefore CWT at the start.
DUDE. Simple solution to your problem: dive shallower.
Sebastian
SWEDEN
Which teams? Display your colors.
Lets get nationalistic
I would say CWT is safer later, because aclimatization (to heat and germs) will take time. Its bigger factor than the "tiredness" (from STA/DYN) spoken of. But I guess the weather argument is the best, therefore CWT at the start.
DUDE. Simple solution to your problem: dive shallower.
Sebastian
SWEDEN
So, what's about the Swedish Team (M & F)..?!Teams?
Which teams? Display your colors.
Lets get nationalistic
Will you gonna coach them again..?!
That's what I know about the French team (AIDA French National selection) :
for the women:
Berangere Duclos, Julie Gautier, Francine Kreiss, Solenn Launay
for the men :
Christian Maldame, Guillaume Nery, Morgan Bourc'His, William Winram
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William in the French National Team? Sounds strange! Did he ask for a political asylum in France?
They probably bought him. I Think those are the kind of methods they feel needed to do something about this:
1. Sweden - 1,197.9
2. France - 1,189,7
3. Canada - 1,129.7
4. Finland - 1,113.8
5. Russia - 1,083.4
Which was the last WC team 2006 results.
Sweden will be coming en force:
Weine Gustavsson, Johan Dahlstrom, Tobias Nilsson.
Lotta Ericson, Annelie Pompe, Isabelle Larsson.
And I am the nanny, making sure they go to bed early, take their vitamins and drink water e t c.
Sebastian
You can read the selection on the AIDA France web site : http://www.aidafrance.org/index.html
William's got a french passport for something like 6 months.
(And, as I know, canadians are really cheap...).
:friday
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UK Team - (probably, not sure its official yet)
Female - Sara Campbell, Liv Philip, MT Solomons, George Miller
Male - Dave King, Tim Money, Stuart Bond, Steve Millard
I'm not gonna be there this year but possibly Deepest Bear will be along if you promise to look after him better than you did in canada!
S
Female - Sara Campbell, Liv Philip, MT Solomons, George Miller
Male - Dave King, Tim Money, Stuart Bond, Steve Millard
I'm not gonna be there this year but possibly Deepest Bear will be along if you promise to look after him better than you did in canada!
S
Finland is also coming. Unfortunately we have only men's team. Team is Timo Kinnunen, Mikko Pöntinen and me
Good Sweden! You seem to have a pretty strong team for the WC, both men and women.
Like TheDude I was also hoping to get little bit more training tiime before the cwt competition, but what can you do.
Antero Joki
See you all soon in Sharm.
Good Sweden! You seem to have a pretty strong team for the WC, both men and women.
Like TheDude I was also hoping to get little bit more training tiime before the cwt competition, but what can you do.
Antero Joki
See you all soon in Sharm.
Any reason why Per Westin wont be comming? He surley must be good enoughe to have a spot?
Isn't Will Trubridge also competing for NZ? That would make the team the clear favorite
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