Yesterday's finals in "statics" (holding the breath at rest) concluded the pool world championship in freediving according to the AIDA federation (world championships according to AIDA are held every other year). This championship was attended by 146 competitors from 23 countries who competed in the disciplines: "dynamics without fins" -DNF (long-distance diving without fins), "dynamics with fins" -DYN (long-distance diving with fins) and "statics" - STA (resting breath hold). The following players performed for the Croatian national team: Katarina Turčinović, Lidija Lijić Vulić, Goran Čolak and Vanja Peleš. In the strongest competition of the world's best divers so far, the Croatian national team achieved exceptional success, winning the largest number of medals of all countries in the history of holding world championships in freediving (over twenty years). Croatia won six medals (three gold, two silver and one bronze) and an impressive world record.
The Russians are next in terms of success at this world championship with five medals (three gold and two bronze), but also three world records in the women's competition.
Our Goran Čolak once again confirmed that he is the best scuba diver in the world. With the victory the day before yesterday in "dynamics without fins" with 206 meters dived, yesterday's victory in "dynamics with fins" with a new world record length of 281 meters dived and today's victory in "statics" with 8 minutes and 59 seconds, Goran defended the title of current world champion in STA and DYN from 2011, to which he added the title of champion in DNF at this championship, which means that for the next two years he is the world champion of all swimming disciplines. So far, not a single scuba diver has been able to do that, except for the Russian Natalija Molchanova. In the description of Goran's success, it should also be said that at this championship he broke the now old, his own world record (273 m), which he set in 2011 at the last world championship in Italy (Lignano) by eight meters, and which no one else has equaled brought you closer to the fact that he is the current world record holder and champion in dynamics with fins according to the CMAS federation (250 m), as well as the team world champion from last year 2012 when he won in France (Nice) with the Croatian team. The team world championship is held according to AIDA every other year, and as a result, the sum of the results of three competitors who dive in distance with fins (DYN), hold their breath at rest (STA) and dive in depth with unchanged weight (CWT) is scored. .
In the men's competition, our young debutant Vanja Peleš surprised everyone by diving 200 meters in the DNF discipline and winning second place (silver medal), leaving behind several favorites, big world names such as William Trubridge from New Zealand, Aleksey Molchanov from Russia etc.
The women's competition was dominated by the most experienced competitor, multiple world record holder Russian Natalia Molchanova, who, like Goran, won in all three competitive disciplines, setting new world records at the same time.
Our current world record holder in DYN according to the CMAS federation (216.9 m) and European vice-champion in DYN according to CMAS, young Katarina Turčinović dived 175 meters in the DNF discipline, which was 12 meters more than the world record. However, even that was not enough to win the gold medal, and Katarina took second place and won the silver medal behind the most experienced competitor in the world, Natalija Molchanova. In the DYN discipline, Katarina dived 212 m, which was enough for another, this time a bronze medal.
Our national team member Lidija Lijić Vulić, who is the current European vice-champion in the "Jump Blue" discipline according to CMAS, achieved excellent results at this championship, catching the "connection" immediately to the medal, taking fifth place in the DNF (152 m) discipline and fourth place in DYN ( 204 m).
Source: www.podvodni.hr
