Sharm Individual World Champs - Info & Updates

[BennyB]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Jeez Stavros, you'll do anything for a beer wouldn't you? You must be a closet Aussie

Nah I was intending on coming but (cue the violins) all the way through 2007 only one of us has been earning an income, in fact last week was the first week both of us have been working at the same time (and I still haven't been paid!), so yes the savings have taken a battering, but more to the point, a certain loved one put the foot down :martial I could have probably got the time off work, the low alcohol Egyptian beer would certainly have been a deterrent but worse case scenario I could bring a few cases over

Funny you should mention the beer-induced improvements, in Hurghada we were having a beer and/or cocktail every night and every diving day I did a PB, the others all did PB's too.

To quote Homer: Beer - the cause, and solution to all man's problems

Cheers,
Ben

ps save me a tshirt!

 

[alex_russu]

Re: AIDA WC Website - Sharm 2007

perhabs there is a volutair here who wants to safe E 150 through sharing a room as well?

Hi Kars,

I'm one of the volunteers (safety freedivers) and the organizers are offering us the rooms for free. I have no problem to share the room with you if you still need it.

 

[azul]

Re: AIDA WC Website - Sharm 2007

The WC Website SUCKS!!!

- no athletes list
- no news
- no live broadcast
- no gallery, no nothing !!!

This is year 2007 .. how can AIDA Inter allow this to happen? :naughty

 

[island_sands]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

I can't find any reference yet to this info on this site, so I thought (because many people are waiting for it) I would bring to your attention that I just posted the complete athlete list in a more readable format; Athlete List WC Freediving Sharm 2007 | Shark Freediving

hey jorg
i see you have cottoned on to the news link for your sig too

 

[Jorg]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

hey jorg
i see you have cottoned on to the news link for your sig too

Yes, I already use for around 6 months or so on different forums, including this one, and it gives me my fair share of visitors...

 

[francois]

Re: AIDA WC Website - Sharm 2007

Hard to find but part of it is here :


http://www.sharmfreedivingworldchampionship.com/news.htm

 

[Jorg]

Re: AIDA WC Website - Sharm 2007

Like I told here in another thread: Athlete List WC Freediving Sharm 2007 | Shark Freediving

 

[CEngelbrecht]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

I've been told that Elisabeth Kristoffersen from Norway is not attending, either.

 

[martin_gk]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Yes, that is correct. Elisabeth is not coming and the reason for that she explains on her blog : Bits and parts from my world below: Not going to the worlds in Sharm...

Due to the lack of information on the organizers side I will also not participate as planned. I volunteered for being a safety freediver but did not get a definitive answer from Sharm. I really hope this is because they have planty safety divers there.


We wish all the athletes competing all the best and may the deepest diver win...

 

[telekonos]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Thomas Grindevoll is not coming to sharm ... i trained with him for nearly a month and now it seems he is also not coming ..

even thought its written on Elizabeths blog i am pretty sure he will be absent

 

[BennyB]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

That's a shame - I heard he had been doing a lot of training all year for this one.

 

[sanso]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Ben,

let's just wait for the dates of the Next Big Thing™ to be announced and put some effort into going there then - I'd be in for that. Waddayasay?

 

[BennyB]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Sounds good to me mate

 

[Sergiu]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Soooo, where do we place some bets, those of us "doing" the World Champs in front of the laptops?
I put my bucks on Dave Mullins, i think he can brake the WR in CWT by a good margin, just like with the dynamic!

Serge

 

[jome]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Hello from Sharm. No one else has written in yet? Or did I just not find the thread?

Anyway, arrived yesterday as did most of the others. Registration is ongoing now and looks like 104 athletes finally turned up.

We went night diving yesterday and it was amazing. The water is 28 degrees with a slight thermocline at 40, so no suits needed basically. But diving at night, looking up at the full moon clearly visible from 40m, surrounded by photoplankton or something twinkly...Aah, what more could you ask.

Today the first official training and I have to say (and everybody seems to agree) the setup is most impressive. We have 26 warmup lines from 50-90m available all times and the 2 competition platforms are manned during the day, you just swim up, say what you want to do and they will put the rope at depth and safety dive for you. From the athlete point of view that is just perfect. Also the dive site is just 100m from the shore, right below the hotel, so no boats or anything needed.

It's not hard to predict that a lot of national, world and personal records will fall Well, 2 pb's broken already. Or 3 if you count unashamed...

 

[Flojt]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

Hi Jome

Is it just you, or have the rest of the finnish team setteled in ???
Sounds like it's a good set up for the training days, will for sure be heaps of new records broken. I wish you and the rest of the team good luck and that you all have a great time.

Cheers
Daniel

Hello from Sharm. No one else has written in yet? Or did I just not find the thread?

Anyway, arrived yesterday as did most of the others. Registration is ongoing now and looks like 104 athletes finally turned up.

We went night diving yesterday and it was amazing. The water is 28 degrees with a slight thermocline at 40, so no suits needed basically. But diving at night, looking up at the full moon clearly visible from 40m, surrounded by photoplankton or something twinkly...Aah, what more could you ask.

Today the first official training and I have to say (and everybody seems to agree) the setup is most impressive. We have 26 warmup lines from 50-90m available all times and the 2 competition platforms are manned during the day, you just swim up, say what you want to do and they will put the rope at depth and safety dive for you. From the athlete point of view that is just perfect. Also the dive site is just 100m from the shore, right below the hotel, so no boats or anything needed.

It's not hard to predict that a lot of national, world and personal records will fall Well, 2 pb's broken already. Or 3 if you count unashamed...

 

[jome]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

The rest of our team is here as well and send their regards...Getting dark again. Time to suit up (or not, actually, no suits needed)

 

[thetamster]

Re: Sharm Individual World Champs

Hey all
I was just wondering if there are any divers out there actually in Sharm for the comp? I just got back from Dahab a week ago, just there for training and other...
I specifically what to know if anyone knows how Dave Mullins is getting along...?
When is the CW with fins event being held?
Thanks

 

[Sergiu]

Re: Athlete List World Championships Sharm 2007

The rest of our team is here as well and send their regards...Getting dark again. Time to suit up (or not, actually, no suits needed)

so, you meant it s time to unsuit down! rofl

 

[Flojt]

Re: Sharm Individual World Champs

Hi thetamster You can fin all of the athlets on this list, www.sharmfreedivingworldchampionship.com/images/Athletes.doc

As you see on in this link, www.sharmfreedivingworldchampionship.com/images/ProgrammaMondiali.xls
The CWT starts on the 1'st next Thursday...

Have a great day
Daniel

Hey all
I was just wondering if there are any divers out there actually in Sharm for the comp? I just got back from Dahab a week ago, just there for training and other...
I specifically what to know if anyone knows how Dave Mullins is getting along...?
When is the CW with fins event being held?
Thanks