12-15-2010, 08:23 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ladida
Most definitely, but there's so many variants of the dive competition, there's like 100 world record holders. You got records with fin, no fin, diff fin size, weight, no weight, inflatable air bubble, no bubble, cold waters, hot waters, blabla. Every fucking difference is a world record. Is like you had 100m discipline with shoes, no shoes, spikes on shoes, runner wearing a hat, runner wearing baggy pants ...
So in reality, there's like 100 guys that could brake that record. This is the only thing i hate about diving records.
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Since this has never been done before, I don't know that there are "100 guys that could break that record".
Rather, he set a new unassisted freediving record and achieved the historic 100-meter mark -- previously attained only in an assisted manner, with weighted sleds and airbags -- while wearing only a thin wetsuit and displaying remarkable power of mind over body.
link to story
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...+world+record/ |
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