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The CMAS 7th Freediving Depth World Championship 2023 is scheduled to be held from August 19 - 26 on Roatán Island, Honduras. World Championships represent the highest-level events in the hierarchy of freediving competitions.
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Vertical Blue 2023 will be held for the 14th time on July 20 - 30. It's been the biggest private competition in freediving since 2008 and is organized by 18x World Record Holder William Trubridge. This year, the primary sponsor of the event is Garmin.
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On June 10th, 2023, the 30th AIDA World Championship begins with an opening ceremony on the island of Jeju in South Korea. It is the second and final freediving world championship in the pool this year. For four days (June 12 - 16), athletes will try their luck and stamina to win titles and set new world records.
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While freediving as a way of life goes back hundreds of years, official freediving competitions have only been around since the 1970s. And as freediving grows in popularity, competitions naturally get more popular, too! As a solely freediving organization that provides gear, education, and training, Molchanovs supports competitions to help develop freediving as a sport and grow the freediving community by helping people learn about it.
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This article is meant to prepare you for watching broadcasts on Youtube and/or reading competition reports like the ones posted on the Molchanovs blog (see our 2021 competition reports). You’ll learn all about how to find upcoming competitions, read start lists, watch the performances, understand surface protocols and cards given to athletes, how protests are filed, and how to understand final results. Keep reading below!
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