Quite a few divers have been known to be good at 'record attempts', but not good at competitions. Tanya Streeter, for example, excelled at record attempts (70m CWT bifins), but she never managed a deep dive at a competition (Max 40m CWT). She often said she had great respect for the divers that were able to perform under such 'terrible conditions and circumstances', as she put it.
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Does AP make sense for pool competitions?
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Quite a few divers have been known to be good at 'record attempts', but not good at competitions. Tanya Streeter, for example, excelled at record attempts (70m CWT bifins), but she never managed a deep dive at a competition (Max 40m CWT). She often said she had great respect for the divers that were able to perform under such 'terrible conditions and circumstances', as she put it.
To reduce speculation, this is what another guy from that list is up to these days (will let you try and spot him) rofl
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc7xddsG-yw]Cadbury Dairy Milk[/ame]
PS Goran, this is what happens to you after a being crowned world champion at a stressful competition
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Hence the sausages in the video you think? LOL Nah, what broke him is trying to teach me how to freedive, it must be much more stressful than comps
Anyway he's a great guy and freediver, still very much involved in freediving in many ways and as you can see, having fun
Tanya Streeter did 60m easy in Ibiza 2001, and was the deepest woman in comp that year(!).
Why great athletes stop competing can have 1000 reasons. Peter Pedersen told me that he did not like the AIDA WC format in DYN. He did not like to do two dives, heats and finals, in the same comp. But if this was his reason to quit I don't know.
have a nice day
/Bill
Why great athletes stop competing can have 1000 reasons. Peter Pedersen told me that he did not like the AIDA WC format in DYN. He did not like to do two dives, heats and finals, in the same comp. But if this was his reason to quit I don't know.
have a nice day
/Bill
I always found it difficult to relax in a comp pre dive, my heart rate was always arythmic (before my operations) I hated the stress of trying to calm it down at low revs. Now it works great, and I hanker to compete again, trouble is the records are miles away from where they were and I am much older too. It only remains to wonder if I can do a personal best............My tinitus is also worse and I wonder whether I should even be thinking about going deep or doing long dynamics ever again. Yet I know if I were to spend even an hour on a line, even just freedivinbg a reef, I would be hooked.
It bothers me.
It bothers me.