As the AIDA rules say, the 10 best ranking freedivers per discipline and sex from the 2008 ranking receive a wildcard for the 2009 World Freediving Championships. It seems that AIDA has finished its 2008 ranking, because I just received the complete list of wildcards that will be given away.
Pretty impressive top10 performances I must say. Still missing some big names like Herbert Nitsch and Sara Campbell. But apperantly they did their performances in non ranking or record attempts. Also glad to see some Dutch freedivers in this impressive list! Congratulations to Nanja and Eric!
Natalia Molchanova
STA WOMEN:
- MOLCHANOVA Natalia RUS
- MCPHEE Kathryn NZL
- MEYER Karoline Mariechen BRA
- WILSON Jessica USA
- EDWARDS Annabel USA
- HIRAI Misuzu JPN
- ROLLERO Claudio SUI
- ERICSON Lotta SWE
- CRUICKSHANK Mandy-Rae CAN
- VAN DER BROEK Nanja NED
Last time: 5:43
STA MEN:
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Kathryn Mcphee and Guy Brew
BREW Guy NZL
- DEXTEGEN Ulf SWE
- MULLINS David NZL
- SEVERINSEN Stig Åvall DEN
- KINNUNEN Timo FIN
- VAN RIET PAAP Eric NED
- CHATZIASLAN Dimitris GRE
- GUSTAVSSON Weine SWE
- MOLCHANOV Alexey RUS
- PÖNTINEN Mikko FIN
Last time: 7:31
Karla Fabrio
DYN WOMEN:
- MOLCHANOVA Natalia RUS
- MCPHEE Kathryn NZL
- FABRIO Karla CRO
- JOHNSEN Eva DEN
- KRISTOFFERSEN Elisabeth Sveen NOR
- MATSUMOTO Megumi JPN
- LIVBJERG Maria DEN
- ROLLERO Claudio SUI
- HIRAI Misuzu JPN
- JÖRGENSEN Josephine DEN
Last distance: 150m with announced 119m
DYN MEN:
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Alexey Molchanov
MOLCHANOV Alexey RUS
- MULLINS David NZL
- WILLIAMS Anthony NZL
- LARSEN Henning DEN
- SEVERINSEN Stig Åvall DEN
- STEYN Walter AUS
- WINRAM William CAN
- GIANKOS Manolis GRE
- PÖNTINEN Mikko FIN
- WIKSTRÖM Martin SWE
Last distance: 201m with announced 165m
DNF WOMEN:
Nanja van den Broek
- MCPHEE Kathryn NZL
- MOLCHANOVA Natalia RUS
- SLOVENCÍKOVÁ Jarmila CZE
- LIJIC Lidija CRO PRINSLOO Hanli RSA
- MATSUMOTO Megumi JPN
- KRISTOFFERSEN Elisabeth Sveen NOR
- ENEDAHL-MEKKI Yamina SWE
- NORDBLAD Johanna FIN
- VAN DER BROEK Nanja NED
Last distance: 106m
DNF MEN:
Eric van Riet Paap
- MULLINS David NZL
- STEYN Walter AUS
- PÖNTINEN Mikko FIN
- WINRAM William CAN
- THOMPSON Marcus NZL
- VAN RIET PAAP Eric NED
- NYGARD Bjarte NOR
- LARSSON Anders SWE
- SEVERINSEN Stig Åvall DEN
- COLAK Goran CRO
Last distance: 149m
Natalia Avseenko
CNF WOMEN:
- MOLCHANOVA Natalia RUS
- AVSEENKO Natalia RUS
- RODERICK Nicola NZL
- MCPHEE Kathryn NZL
- FABRIO Karla CRO
- KITAHAMA Junko JPN
- WOLFER Bettina SUI
- LIVBJERG Maria DEN
- VON BOETTICHER Anna GER
- PHILIP Olivia K. GBR
Last depth: 40m
William Trubridge
CNF MEN:
- TRUBRIDGE William NZL
- MALDAMÉ Christian FRA
- GIANKOS Manolis GRE
- KING Robert USA
- JAKOVAC Domagoj CRO
- ZBYNEK Josef CZE
- ERNEST Christian SWE
- LARSSON Anders SWE
- VRDOLJAK Tomo CRO
- JÖRGENSEN Mads Becker DEN
- TURRENT Luis MEX
Last depth: 45m (2 athletes)
Mandy-Rae Krack
CWT WOMAN:
- MOLCHANOVA Natalia RUS
- CRUICKSHANK Mandy-Rae CAN
- SLOVENCÍKOVÁ Jarmila CZE
- GAUTIER Julie FRA
- SCHRAPPE Carolina BRA
- HIRAI Misuzu JPN
- SOLOMONS Maria Teresa GBR
- AVSEENKO Natalia RUS
- MCPHEE Kathryn NZL
- WILSON Jessica USA
Last depth: 65m
CWT MEN:
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Dave Mullins
MULLINS David NZL
- SHINOMIYA Ryuzo JPN
- MOLCHANOV Alexey RUS
- GIANKOS Manolis GRE
- STEPANEK Martin CZE
- NÉRY Guillaume FRA
- MANA Federico ITA
- MALDAMÉ Christian FRA
- DAHLSTRÖM Johan SWE
- CHATZIASLAN Dimitris GRE
Last depth: 85m
How great to see my and Nanja’s name up there together with all the real freedivers
May 27, 2009 at 14:00
@ericvrpEric, you are a real freediver! Even me with my 1 contraction limit consider myself a freediver…
May 27, 2009 at 17:54
Eric, with 5th world rank, you are no more any real freediver, but a surreal one. Simply an Übermensch.
May 28, 2009 at 09:49
ha, just a crazy one
May 28, 2009 at 09:59
@Eric, are you fishing for complements… ??? tsiss…
@trux, anybody believing in Übermanschen should read history and get their ass kicked…
May 29, 2009 at 03:35
@martin, looks like I caught some!
I hope, in some ways, to always stay a little kid.
May 29, 2009 at 08:52
@Martin: OK, if I come to Denmark, I’ll kick ass of _all_ Übermenschen out there. Hope I’ll survive the retaliation. But finally dying in the hands of an Übermensch should be a pride, shouldn’t be? At least Nietzsche would certainly agree
BTW, isn’t it strange that one of the Übermenschen is called Nitsch? Well, I’try to kick his ass too, to see if he is real.
May 29, 2009 at 13:23