Roseau, Dominica: Dominica’s Worldwide Freediving Depth Competitors is all set to return for the second time in 2023. The competitors kicked off on Friday, November 10, 2023, and can finish on November 20, 2023, at Soufriere.
The competitors will characteristic 18 elite athletes from the US, Chile, Japan, Colombia, UK, France and Mexico preventing in opposition to one another for the title on the shores of Dominica.
Apart from this, there will even be a security workforce of 5, 2 judges and a photographer, Daan Verhoeven. The judges and a photographer are specialised in freediving for the occasion.
The competitors will place Dominica as a premier freediving vacation spot. It can additionally lay the muse to host a World Championship and World File makes an attempt.
Each day, the groups will collect up at Soufriere for a Sundown Paddle with Soufriere Out of doors Centre at 4: 30 pm. On Friday, the divers gave an unimaginable and thrilling begin to a contest the place they indulged in a number of actions.
Notably, the primary sponsor of the occasion is Soufriere Out of doors Centre, which is the pioneer of the WaituKubuli Nationwide Sea Path. The centre added that they’re dedicated to selling journey tourism in Dominica.
Because the competitors kicked off on Friday, Aquacity Freediving, UK shared some snapshots of the primary day and expressed pleasure to be again on the shores of Dominica.
It added,” We’re tremendous comfortable to be diving with Deep Dominica Freediving at their competitors.” They known as it probably the most unimaginable place, above and beneath the water. Whereas extending gratitude, the workforce mentioned,” Because of reminiscent of sensible security workforce for taking care of us.”
Notably, the primary version of Freediving Competitors 2023 was held in June. Within the competitors, a complete of 51 people took half. Of which 40 had been freedivers, 20 had been athletes, 4 had been judges and 6 had been members of the Security workforce.
As per the Uncover Dominica Authority, the competitors is designed with efficiency and security in thoughts, with hundreds of {dollars} value of prizes from the business leaders up for grabs.
Earlier, the competitors was internationally sanctioned by AIDA and CMAS. It additionally introduced new Nationwide data for numerous nations, which had been:
- Cassia Raina Barnard-Royer – DOMINICA 30 m (CWTB and FIM)
- Matthew Armstrong – BARBADOS 51 m (CWTB)
- Emily Padjen – USA 85 m (FIM)
- Carol Carrasco – CHILE 69 m (CWT)
- Javiera Pinto – CHILE 62m (FIM) ; 65 m (CWTB)
- Johanna Loch-Allen – BARBADOS 28 m (CNF); 40 m (CWTB); 51 m (CWT)
- Ericka Carrera – ECUADOR 42 m (FIM); 35 m (CNF)
- FIM – Free Immersion
- CNF – Fixed Wieght No Fins
- CWT and CWTB – Fixed Weight with monofin or bi fins
Ramanjot Kaur is a devoted journalist with a Grasp’s in Journalism and Mass Communication, specializing in financial and political information reporting with incisive evaluation and integrity.
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