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FREEDIVING INDOOR CUP 2006 IN TATEYAMA

 TFC MEMBER'S RESULTS

 9-10th  September 2006

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STATIC

 Women

Masako Ishikawa  5:02

Aya Mizumura     3:33

Misuzu Hirai        DQ

 Men

Katsumi Kaneda   6:02

Syun Oshima       5:46

Kosuke Okamoto 5:03

Kazuaki Ichikawa  5:02

Nobuaki Matsuhashi  DQ

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DYNAMIC WITHOUT FINS

 Men

Katsumi Kaneda  75m

Kosuke Okamoto 75m(penalty)

Syun Oshima DQ

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DYNAMIC WITH FINS

 Women

Masako Ishikawa 100m

Aya Mizumura    56m

Misuzu Hirai       BO

 Men

Katsumi Kaneda  100m

Seiichi Suzuki DQ

Syun Oshima   DQ

The 6th Manazuru Constant Ballast Contest - 2005

BY KEIKO NAMIKAWA

PHOTOS

15 TFC Members SIGNED UP TO DIVE for their personal best. THERE WERE TWO AIDA JUDGES TO OFFICIATE RESULTS FOR A POSSIBLE JAPANESE RECORD.

It was A rainy day as every year... but not AS cold.

PREPARATIONS STARTED AT 0800HRS IN THE MORNING TOGETHER WITH FOUR MONKEYS AND THEY WERE JOINED BY THE COMPETITORS WHO HELPED WITH BOATS, ROPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHILE THEY WERE ON THE DIVE I SAT WAITING IN THE BOAT HOUSE IN A LITTLE ROOM WITH A STOVE DOING PAPERWORK.

AFTER THREE HOURS EVERYONE CAME BACK WITH A SMILE. HAVING FINISHED THE COMPETITION SAFELY.

IT WAS PLANNED TO DO A NEW JAPANESE RECORD BUT DURING TRAINING THERE WERE SEVERAL BLACK OUTS AND KAZ DECIDED NOT TO DO ANY RECORD ATTEMPTS.

THE SAFETY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN DOING A RECORD ESPECIALLY AS A SAFETY DIVER WAS LOST THIS YEAR DURING A COMPETITION.

Special thanks TO Syun Oshima, Tomoko, Okamoto. and Andy.

RESULTS

PHOTOS

The Individual Freediving World Championships aida

24. - 27. 08.2005

FRANCE/NICE

PHOTOS

Constant weight

SWISS ROSENE

dynamic with fins

dynamic without fins

static

words by mrs. misuzu hirai

I traveled from Lausanne to Nice with the TGV and I was surprised at the difference of the temperature. Nice was very warm and comfortable. This was my first world championship. I met the competitors of other countries and I had the chance to speak about freediving in Lausanne and Nice. It was a beautiful experience for me. I got excited because I saw top athlete's changing world records. There was an atmosphere of friendliness, and I felt that freediving is loved by everyone in Europe together with the history. I dove to     -52m in this competition. It was my personal best! Thank you for all! I want to dive again with my friends in the beautiful sea of Nice.

words by MS. Masako Ishikawa

 This was my first  world competition. I felt very uneasy because I cant speak English or French but my friends from the tfc helped me and so it was ok.

It was also my first trip to Switzerland and my only imaginary connection was chocolate and cheese. My first impression I received was that it is freezing and the pool water temperature was very cold!! It made me feel so low but I started pool training.
I was impressed with the competitors from the other countries how they did their training. There was one crying competitor as she felt it so difficult to hold her breath because of the cold water temperature.

On the competition day my body was shaking when I swam but I made personal best and I was happy again.
When the competition finished, I promised to myself I will do more training because I want to come again next year.

PHOTOS

3rd freediving Japan championship 2005

and

2005 freediving world championship

Japan team selection

junko kitahama sets 2 new Japan records:

dynamic apnea without fins and static apnea.

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