Timber companies in cameroon Day 6 of the AIDA Depth World Championships in Cyprus saw Russia’s Alexey Molchanov bring home the men’s gold medal in the Free Immersion (FIM) discipline, despite earning a yellow card.
Molchanov, competing as an independent athlete, successfully dove to 130m/427ft and touched the bottom plate, but didn’t grab the required tag and subsequently got a yellow card and one-point penalty. Still, that was enough for a gold medal.
Croatia’s Petar Klovar had announced a depth of 128m/420ft but turned around at the 126m/413ft mark. His clean surface protocol resulted in only a three-point deduction, good enough for the silver medal.
Oman’s Omar Al Ghailani and France’s Abdelatif Alouach each announced and successfully dove to 110m/361ft, earning both of them bronze medals. Not only was this Al Ghailani’s second AIDA medal, having earned silver in the Constant Weight No Fins discipline, it also set a new National Record.
Red Cards
Only three competitors earned red cards on this day: Croatia’s Budimir Buda Sobat dove to 81m/267ft but suffered a blackout during his ascent at around the 5m/16ft mark. The safety team, as always, was there and whisked him back to the surface, where he quickly recovered.
India’s Bux Khurana, a newbie at the depth World Championships, dove to his announced depth of 71m/233ft but suffered a brief blackout upon surfacing.
Costa Rica’s Hans Hernandez dove to 65m/213ft, but received a red card for an incorrect surface protocol.
National Records
On a happier note, in addition to Al Ghailani, six other national records were set, including:
Martin Ruman (Slovakia) — 107m/351ft
Jihoon Jang (South Korea) — 102m/335ft
Kim Dahlgren (Sweden) — 93m/305ft
Gonzalo Cortes Tavara (Peru) — 90m/295ft
Mohammed Abdulla (Qatar) — 85m/279ft
Alexandros Polemitis (Cyprus) — 75m/246ft
Check out the full results along with the video recap below.
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John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.