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Originally Posted by ladida
This, however, is what is true.
Just because this particular person focuses on this type of dive discipline does not make him any better then the 100 other world record holders. They just don't compete in other disciplines and that's that. Like i gave you running examples.
Imagine if you had running disciplines on 100 meters with shoes, no shoes, baggy pants, shoes with spikes, shoes with no spikes etc etc, and you had 10 record holders. You think others could not brake that record if they trained to remove the silly obstacle put up to invent an imaginary new discipline? Of course they could.
That's why this "new" record you decided to make a thread of is silly. They should just make 1 or 2 disciplines and compete there to really see who's the best.
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Could you please show me the 100 other world record holders in diving? Since you didn't check the links I gave to show the 8 disciplines recognized by AIDA I would love to know what the other 92 records you keep claiming are. As for the 8, since you didn't want to click on the link, here they are
Freediving World Records - Men
Discipline/ Result/ Competitor/ Nationality/ Date
Static Apnea/ 11:35/ Stephane Mifsud/ France/ 2009-06-08
Dynamic Apnea with Fins/ 250 m/ Alexey Molchanov/ Russia/ 2008-10-05
Dynamic Apnea without Fins/ 213 m/ Dave Mullins/ New Zealand/ 2008-08-12
Constant Weight with Fins/ 124 m/ Herbert Nitsch/ Germany/ 2010-04-22
Constant Weight without Fins/ 95m/ William Trubridge/ New Zealand/ 2010-04-26
Free Immersion/ 120 m/ Herbert Nitsch/ Austria/ 2010-04-25
Variable Weight/ 142 m/ Herbert Nitsch/ Austria/ 2009-12-07
No Limits/ 214 m/ Herbert Nitsch/ Germany/ 2007-06-14
Static Apnea
Maximum time holding breath while submerged under water. This is generally done face-down in a swimming pool.
Dynamic Apnea
Maximum distance covered horizontally under water.
Constant Weight / Constant Ballast
Maximum depth reached by a diver by swimming down and back up without any assistance (eg. line, sled, etc.). Records exist for both with fins and without fins.
Free Immersion
Maximum depth reached by pulling oneself down and up on the competition line. No fins are used.
Variable Weight / Variable Ballast
Maximum depth reached by a diver on a weighted sled before swimming back to the surface either by kicking and/or pulling on a rope.
No Limits
Maximum depth reached by a diver on a weighted sled before being pulled to the surface by a lift bag that is inflated by the diver at depth. This is the discipline that receives the most publicity because of the extreme depths that have been reached. It is also the discipline that has given the sport the most bad publicity because of one or two highly-publicized accidents (eg. Audrey Mestre).
And the reason I made the thread is that this is the first time anyone has ever swam down to 100 meters and swam back up with no assistance. That, to me, is an incredible feat. Again, the first time ever done. But hey, if you think it is silly, then fine. I guess I would just wonder why you would want to keep posting then, and what those other 92 records are...