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How to fuel your passion: Get nutrition tips from Australia's deepest female freediver. By Tara Kate Rawson – Sports Dietitian & Freediving AthletePhotos: © Andac Kazar at the Asian Freedive Cup As both a sports dietitian and freediving athlete, I’m...
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While depth freediving gets a lot of the spotlight from mainstream media, the pool is truly where mental strength meets physical limits.
From swirls of sardines to pristine marine sanctuaries to sunken shipwrecks, the Philippines has fun diving for every level of freediver.
Although freediving competitions have been held since the 1960s, it’s still difficult to find comprehensive information about each event, which is why we want to fill the gap for freediving fans everywhere! We’ll be publishing three articles to get you in the mood for competition - International Freediving Federations You Need to Know: CMAS vs AIDA, Current CMAS and AIDA Freediving World Records, and How to Make Sense of a Freediving Competition Broadcast.
In this 3rd article of our Cyprus Freediving Stories blog series, we take a look at one of the earlier days of Freediving competitions where protocols and safety checks were overlooked. These incidents were instrumental in the revamp of freediving safety procedures, driven by demands from athletes for safer diving conditions and extreme care taken in the setup of the dive lines.
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