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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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May 2023 was a busy month for the competitive freediving world!
Two competitions, the AIDA Oceanquest Philippines 2023 and the AIDA IDA ASIA Depth Challenge, brought forth 3 new AIDA World Records - including 2 new absolute World Records.
On May 8, 2023, the Freediving World Indoor Championship Kuwait 2023 begins with a traditional opening ceremony. The World Championship is the highest level of all freediving competitions. In these next four competition days (May 9 - 12), athletes will show off their achievements after year-long training sessions.
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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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