by Jorg Jansen
Under Ice World Record: 68 Meters Dynamic Without Fins
January 13, 2010 in News by Jorg Jansen
On January 6 a new under ice world record was set by Nik Linder. He did a dynamic without fins dive of 68 meters, while diving under the ice. Below the press release of the event, translated from German to English by Google.
Apnea Eiskalt
In the discipline dynamic apnea without fins, was the Freiburg Nikolay Linder break on Wednesday at the Mettmenalp a world record in the Swiss canton of Glarus in ice.
In the 1,600 m height Mettmenalp was started in a snow-covered with 30 cm thick ice Mountain Lake, the project marked a world record under ice. First, holes had to be sawed. Because of apnea had trained athletes Nikolay Linder for several months in the cold lakes of Freiburg, was the first hole cut until 52m. Should he come up here, he would have the existing record of the Austrian Jaromir Foukal from last year have already surpassed by 2m. Nevertheless, additional holes were cut into the ice, so that Nikolay Linder to 68m with a new world record appeared and the existing world record by surpassing 18m
In apnea, there are many different sports disciplines. When diving under ice, the mind plays a crucial role. The water is very cold, the Auftauchmöglichkeiten and limited visibility such as at night.
For the safety and organization, as well as medical support for the team at the dive center in Freiburg, made the official record, the two judges of the International Association of AIDA competition saw) (Association for the promotion of free diving.
Nikolay Linder looks forward to the cold, dark dive in 2 degrees of cold water on hot bubble baths and warm feet.
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I received the press release below about the US National Freediving Championships that will take place in Hawaii from April 22-25. Looks like it’s going to be an interesting competition, so if you’re in the neighborhood, go for it! US National Freediving Championship set for April 22 through 25, 2010 at Freedive Paradise event. 
AIDA International has a new website and a new web address. It is not yet made public on the old website. Probably because it’s still work in progress. But it is already looking to good for not mentioning it here. 
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