AIDA DEPTH WC 2009 in the Bahamas.

[YURY]

Congratulations for all, dear freedivers!!!

Alex, special congratulations to you from me and to Natalia and Olga from all russian freedivers!!!

Well Done!! keep you energy and take care

 

[ptoot]

O2 levels 1 minute after surfacing CWT WC 2009
99
95
...
84
82

@Sebastian: How should one read this table? Who does it refer to?

Thank you!

 

[Jorg]

For anyone interested; Sara Campbell just posted a major guest blog on my shark freediving website, which you can read here CWT Heats Women & Men – By Sara Campbell | Shark Freediving

Big big big respect to Carlos and his great comeback! Very happy to see that he's back again. For more info on his accident: Carlos Coste Freediving Accident | Shark Freediving

 

[cebaztian]

@Sebastian: How should one read this table? Who does it refer to?Thank you!

A diver with strong lungs (healthy?) comes up, breathes and after 1 minute has 96+ saturation. The average of these 21 measured divers was 88.8%. 13 out of 21 had a squeeze.

Sebastian

 

[Kars]

In regards to the "strong lungs", what qualifies a lung as 'strong'?
Has it to do with chest flexibility, relaxation, equalisation technique, amount of practice, a specific depth, or closeness of the dive to one's pb, the preparation, the flexibility of the avioli lung cells, hydration, dive time, contractions and numerous other factors I'm forgetting here ?

 

[trux]

Sony-Ericsson (in cooperation with AIDA France) dedicated a big part on their website to freediving, and there are also nice photos and videos from the WC. Check it out here:

Sony Ericsson - AIDA FRANCE

This is the home page of Sony Ericsson - France. As you can see the freediving WC is in the prominent central position of their menu! Not bad. That's on the French localized version of the website. Not sure if they speak about freediving and the WC also on other localized websites.

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[diver87]

Why are there so many squeezes? Is that normal at those depths?

 

[Fondueset]

Quite a nice writeup from Sarah - thanks for that Jorg.

 

[Johan Andersson]

Why are there so many squeezes? Is that normal at those depths?

That question has only been studied to a very limited extent (i.e., Pulmonary edema after competitive breath-hold diving -- Linr and Andersson 104 (4): 986 -- Journal of Applied Physiology). Therefore it is difficult to conclusively state that it is normal at those depths. But my guess is that it is, even if it may not always produce detectable symptoms.

/Johan

 

[fpernett]

A diver with strong lungs (healthy?) comes up, breathes and after 1 minute has 96+ saturation. The average of these 21 measured divers was 88.8%. 13 out of 21 had a squeeze.

Sebastian

I think that low spo2 is not the same as lung squeeze. You can have desaturation due to: Ventilation/perfusion mismatch, periferal vasoconstriction, atelectasis.
Lung squeeze is a pathological condition.

Did you check SpO2 after 1 or 2 hours?

BTW Great dive you did

 

[demasoni]

A diver with strong lungs (healthy?) comes up, breathes and after 1 minute has 96+ saturation. The average of these 21 measured divers was 88.8%. 13 out of 21 had a squeeze.

Sebastian

13 out of 21 had a squeeze? You mean like one can hear rales and gurgling in the lungs while listening with a stethoscope post dive? Spitting blood? Labored breathing and very tired even after recovery? How do you define squeeze and was the test voluntary?

Would be interesting to see who got what O2 sats and who got squeezed.

Edit: Perhaps the squeeze numbers were solely based on O2 sats and whoever was below percentage X got squeezed?

 

[azapa]

I personally would describe a squeeze as anything from the tiniest flecks of blood in your cough-up to worse. Good question though.

 

[diver87]

Yes but it can also be a trachea squeeze!

 

[Aber]

When are the announcements for tomorrows cnf finals due? I bet it will be interesting reading.

 

[azapa]

the athelets normally post thier nominations at 5pm, then the organizers prep. the top time list. I would guess 6 to 8pm we should have them.

 

[Aber]

Great! Thanks.

 

[kelp princess]

a little birdie told me a few:


Natalia 62, Niki 55, Jana 54, Will T 90, Herbert 89, Will W 86, Alexey 83

more to come for the site soon i hope!

kp

 

[karsten]

It's on the official page...

 

[Aber]

Wow! That's 3 World Records and 6 National Records. It's going to be one exciting final. The divers have put quite some pressure on themselves by these announcements. Good luck to you all!

 

[karsten]

Can't find russian NR - might be a new one from Alexey too?