I am very happy to announce you that I won today the gold medal in constant weight during the AIDA Depth World Championship 2011 with a dive at -117m!
Thank you to all my team who support me, to all the french team who did very well too (Bronze medal for Christian Maldame and Bronze medal for Morgan Bourc'his in Constant No Fin), the coach...
Hello everybody,
A new adventure just ended. The 7th team world championship was organised for the first time in Asia, in Okinawa-Japan, from the 30th
to the 11th july, day of my 28th birthday !
Woman French team was composed of Julie Gautier, Alice Modolo and Aurore Asso.
Men’s french team was composed of Christian Maldame, Morgan Bourc’His, Fred Sessa and me.
We all arrived 5 days to 1 week before the beginning of the competition to have time to adapt to jetlag and also have several training
sessions in the ocean.
After the calm Mediteranean sea of Kalamata, what a change ! Current, wind, rain or waves, it was bad luck for Ryuzo Shinomya, the
organiser, as the conditions could have been perfect as he expected.
This year, we had maybe the best conditions ever to succeed in this competition : a sponsor Sony Ericsson, 2 coach, 1 captain, 1
physiologist and of course 8 athletes very strong, well prepared and motivated.
Unfortunatly, it seemed that french team was cursed for this event : Brigitte couldn’t join us because she injured herself, Cyril the
coach had to cancel his trip at the last minute because of an emergency at work, I got tangled at 102m by an anchor roap in the constant weigth disipline, my nose clip broke during the
static, etc….
On the top of that, it was hard for Morgan, Fred and me to handle the nomination of Christian Maldame as the alternate of the
team, as it was obvious for us he was the strong leader of the team.
Anyway, no excuse. At the end of the competition, the Danish won the world champion title. Even without all our troubles, it would have
been very very hard to dominate them.
Japanese team took the the 2nd place and like in 2008, Finland took the bronze medal.
For the woman, Japanese were very strong and took the gold medal. Finally the Russians are not world champions anymore !
The french girls are at the 5th place.
Fortunatly, this world championship ended with a french fireworks : a new dynamic WORLD RECORD by Fred Sessa with a 255m swim !
Congratulation to him !
Welcome back on the blog !
From the 7th to the 20th of june was organised the 3rd Mediterranean World Cup in Greece.
This competition usually took place in Sougia –Crete, but this year, the organiser Stavros Kastrinakis moved it to the Peloponese, in Kalamata.
The first week of the event was dedicated to the training and the second week was the competition week. The winner is the one that collect the biggest amount of point in the 3 unassisted depth
discipline :
- CWT (constant weight with fin) : swimming down and up with the fins
- CNF (constant no fins) : swimming down and up without any material
- FIM (Free Immersion) : pulling down and up to the rope
In CWT, I did a fantastic dive at 114m but unfortunaty failed in a national record attempt the last day of the comp at
118m (early turn at 100m).
In CNF, I went to 70m
In FIM, I pulled down to 96m
I am very happy to win this competition, and especially with my CWT dives. On the 114m, I felt I had some air left in the tank. My early turn in the 118m was due to a technical mistake on the way
down.
It was a good start before the main competition of the year : The team world championship in Okinawa – Japan, where french team will try to defend his world champion title !.
I will arrive in Okinawa the 24th of June, so I keep you informed very soon !
Sorry for the lack of updates the last 4 weeks...
This post to confirm you, after one month of silence, that I succeed in the last day of the competition with a dive at -115m, in 3'31".
Next step, the 3rd Mediterranean World Cup organised in Kalamata - Greece.
Thank you for your support!
Guillaume
Tomorrow is the last day of the competition.
I will try a new french record in constant weight and a new personal best. We will see, no pressure.
Look at the incredible announcements for tomorrow!
William Trubridge : 100m in constant weight no fins !!
Herbert Nitsch: 130m in free immersion !!
A big show is scheduled for tomorrow!!
6 days of competition have already passed : As my feeling were not perfect in constant no fins in training, because this
discipline requires to be in perfect shape as it’s the toughest one, and because the main foccus of the year are the team world championship in Okinawa (with constant weight discipline as the
only depth category), I have decided to focus only in constant weight with fins category for this Vertical Blue 2010.
I did only 3 dives in the first 6 days, because I was a little bit sick in the middle :
- 103m : I have announced 105m but turned earlier because of bad feelings
- 106m : I went to the bottom, but couldn’t fin the tag (maybe because of nitrogen narcosis)
- 108m : white card, easy at the surface and with equalisation, but still a lot of narcosis.
(c) Deedee Flores
Tomorrow starts the last set.
I have announced 112m for tomorrow, 1 meter less than my personal best achieved in july 2008, and that was a new world record !
During the first days of the competition, several world records have been broken.
In constant weight, Herbert Nitsch took it 1 meter deeper than his previous record, with a dive at 124m.
I constant weight no fins, William Trubridge, the warden of Deans Blue Hole, organiser of the competition, and the world specialist in CNF pushed his own world record a little deeper, with a
fantastic dive at 92m.
In Free Immersion (pulling down and back to the roap), Herbert Nitsch broke the WR a fisrt time with a dive at 114m. William Trubridge took it at 116m. Yesterday, Herbert Nitsch made the dive at
118m but was disqualified because he lost the tag on the way back, but he was looking very strong. There is no doubt he will try again tomorrow !
I try to foccus on my dives only. I know I am not ready yet to catch up with the guys ahead during this competition. I am working now on my own feelings to be ready for the future
!
photo by Julie Gautier - BLUENERY (c)
It s been 17 days I have started my training in Long Island. I have tried to work mostly on the no fins (CNF) and on
constant weight (CW). In constant, I have done 70, 80, 90, 95 and 100 meters so far. In CNF i have done 55m, 2 X 70m and 75m. I have done also some shallow training dives focusing on equalisation
and technique.
The competition is starting tomorrow. There will be 3 sets of 3 competition days in a row, one day rest between the sets. It means I will have 9 potential performances. I think I am going to dive
only 6 or 7 days as I will need some more rest.
Hopefully the conditions at Deans Blue Hole will be better than the 2 last days.
I have announced in CWT 105m for tomorrow as a starter. Here are the official announcements for tomorrow: 2 world record attempt in free immersion!
Stay tuned !
I arrived yesterday in Long Island, Bahamas.
One more time, I am going to explore the deepest Blue Hole in the world, Dean's Blue Hole.
Vertical Blue is an invitational competition organised by William Trubridge, world record holder in constant weight no fins (90m). Only 16 athletes will attend, but only big names! Herbert Nitsch, Will Trubridge, Martin Stepanek, Ryuzo Shinomya, William Winram, and some others...
I have no expectations for this competition as it's the beginning of the season. I just want to improve my no fins and reach my best level in constant weight with fins.
We are renting a wonderfull house in front of the ocean. I enjoy the house alone at the moment but Julie will arrive by the end of the week. Then Martin Stepanek and his girlfriend Niki Roderick from New Zeland (Silver medal in the last World Championship in constant no fins) are going to share the house with us.
I will put some news, pictures and maybe video clips every week, so stay tuned!
