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Hello freedivers and those who dream of becoming one! My name is Asya, as some of you may already know from the sports reports on molchanovs.com last year covering the CMAS Freediving Indoor and Outdoor Championships, Vertical Blue, and other remarkable freediving competitions. This year, on behalf of the Molchanovs International team, editor Kristina Zvaritch and I are cooperating with CMAS to report on the 2022 CMAS Freediving Indoor World Championship on CMAS social media.
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On October 5-9, 2021, in Kaş, Turkey, the 5th CMAS Freediving Outdoor World Championship will take place. All the athletes and freediving fans have already gathered in the very beautiful and welcoming city of Kaş for the final big international competition of the year. We (Asya Kleshchevnikova the reporter and Kristina Zvaritch the editor) will do our best to keep you updated on the events happening in Kaş during these five days.
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該賽事的正式名稱是第27屆AIDA深度世界錦標賽,大多數人可能會想知道它為何是第27屆世界錦標賽,答案很簡單:我們統計自1996年以來所有的AIDA錦標賽。
儘管疫情影響,此錦標賽仍預計會有來自35個國家共125名運動員參加。然而,若不是在土耳其(Turkey)的卡什(Kaş)舉辦的CMAS戶外世界錦標賽與AIDA世錦賽相差一週,那麼此賽事將會有更多的參賽者,因為有一些運動員不得不選擇其中一項參加。
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儘管疫情影響,此錦標賽仍預計會有來自35個國家共125名運動員參加。然而,若不是在土耳其(Turkey)的卡什(Kaş)舉辦的CMAS戶外世界錦標賽與AIDA世錦賽相差一週,那麼此賽事將會有更多的參賽者,因為有一些運動員不得不選擇其中一項參加。

The official name of the event is 27th AIDA Depth World Championship. Most of you may be wondering how it happened to be the 27th championship event. The answer is simple: we count all AIDA championships that have taken place since 1996.
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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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