Yes Paul, ............my 84 CNF now officially sits as the unofficial WR without the "WR" (as supported by the AJDA).
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Yes Paul, ............my 84 CNF now officially sits as the unofficial WR without the "WR" (as supported by the AJDA).
Yes, it is the new record. BTW, it was 84ft, not 84m, but the AJDA does not recognize a difference between records set in feet or meters (it is only the number 84 that matters). Hence the reason Jim chose to set his record in feet. Smart guy.
The problem with AIDA, is that by one way or another they always come across as somehow bigger than the athlete or comp they're ratifying, when in fact they should be like a fly on the wall, i.e., you should see and hear from them (only just), but certainly they should not steal the show or even become topic of conversation in any way. Unfortunately, the picture I keep getting is one prestige associated with being an arbitrator and going here an dthere on 'working holidays'. Consequently, if you run an organization base on personalities rather than pure function, your bound to set yourself up for coming across as political, polemical, and unprofessional (even if its only run by volunteers). This is unfortunate.
Seb
Sweden
I did 249 today - spotted by a salmon (no lanyard)
No no, 2008 it is, they have had a new training pool installed and will be going for it!Pastor, is it going to be in 2008? I think they need a lot of practice to do that, may be it will be in 2009?
I've heard about the historical 1000 (mm) No limit dive!
Break the 1000 - now that is THE big challenge for the reckless AJDA divers!
No no, 2008 it is, they have had a new training pool installed and will be going for it!
I like Glenn's idea about breaking the record by many meters.
Using 4m for CW, then the record list would be:
Pelizzari 80m (beat 75m) +5m
Herbert 86m (beat 82m) +4m
Coste 102m (beat 95m) +7m
Big static records:
Martin 8'06" (beat 7'35") +31 s
Sietas 8'47" (beat 8'15") +32 s
Sietas 9'04" (beat 8'47") +17 s