Pacific Cup of Freediving – Dynamic Apnea and Final Report
Posted By Perry Gladstone on 16 November 2002
First and foremost I would like to congratulate the event organizers and athletes for making the first Pacific Cup of Freediving a great success.
I would also like to acknowledge the hard work and dedicated efforts of the many volunteer staff, safety divers and in particular safety divers Leo, Kaz and Matt, whom I incorrectly represented in my first report when, regarding Karoline's blackout, I stated: ' The safety divers on hand, although not at depth, did make a quick recovery and she was quickly brought around.'
In fact these safety divers, anticipating a potential problem based on the previous practice day, sent the 'down' safety 30 seconds earlier and 5m deeper than normal. As a result they were right there when Karoline blacked out at 15m for a well executed recovery.
Dynamic Apnea
The event organizers had clearly found their rhythm for this third and final day. Everything went very smoothly. With dynamic being held as an individual event (team competition wrapped up and winners already decided), spirits were high and athletes and spectators cheered on their friends and heroes.
A long list of competitors made their best efforts and once again a number of personal bests were achieved. The top ten performances of the day were:
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