Shark Freediving

Yesterday it was time for the 12th (!) Berlin Masters Cup, which took place in Berlin, Germany. 28 freedivers from 4 countries competed against each other in the disciplines static and dynamic with or without fins.

Clear winner with the women was Elisabeth Kristoffersen from Norway. She did a 6:14 breath-hold and a 136 meters underwater swim with fins. Total of 130,8 points. 2nd place was for Barbara Jeschke from Germany with 119,5 points. She did a 4:35 and a 129 meter performance.

Robert Cetler from Poland was the winner wiith the men. With a strong 7:28 min static and a 189 meter dynamic with fins, he got 184,1 points. Rune Hallum became a close 2nd with 182,1 points. With a 6:53 min static and a 199 meter dynamic with fins, he was close, but not close enough. With 56 performances in the competition there were 3  blackouts and 6 penalties.

Last Saturday it was time for the 12th version of the Long Night of Apnea which takes place every year in Berlin, Germany. There were 17 freedivers from 7 countries, 3 women and 14 men, which made for enough people to have a fun competition.

Winner with the women was Christina Kummel from Denmark with 158.8 points. She did a 5:07 static, 100 meter dynamic without fins and a total time of 19:04 minutes in the famous 16×50 dynamic event.

The winner with the men was Robert Cetler from Poland with 249,8 points which was made up from a 7:01 static, 180 meter dynamic and a 13:13 min 16×50. Strong performance.

Daan Verhoeven from the Netherlands set a new national record in the dynamic with fins discipline with his 169 meter dive. See the video below.

Complete results can be found here.