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28 stories for“athletics”
Budapest and Novi Sad staged world championships nine days apart under rival federations. Four AIDA world records fell, then CMAS records fell again, often to the same athletes.
Aug 4, 2026
At the Asian Freediving Cup in Panglao, the Hawaii-based American pulled herself to 106 metres and back on one breath, matching a mark Natalia Zharkova has held alone until now.
Aug 3, 2026
The current constant weight world records, the athletes behind them, and the federations, AIDA and CMAS, that ratify every metre added to the books.
Jan 15, 2026
The records look impossible until you learn what the body does when the face hits cold water. Most of the gain is physiological adaptation and relaxation, not lung size, and one record category is not comparable to the others.
Aug 11, 2026
CWT, CNF, FIM, STA, DYN: a plain guide to how competitive freediving is actually judged, discipline by discipline, and why the letters matter more than the depth alone.
Feb 14, 2024
Safety divers, counterballast lines and strict medical protocol turned a high risk sport into one of the most closely supervised in the water.
Mar 11, 2025
Dahab's Blue Hole draws freedivers year round for a reason: shore access to real depth, warm water, forgiving conditions and an established training community.
Nov 14, 2025
Submersion triggers an ancient reflex that slows the heart, redirects blood, and quietly reshapes what a trained freediver's body can survive underwater.
Sep 18, 2024
Divers Alert Network is not a training agency and issues no certifications. It collects the injury data, then publishes guidance based on it. Here is that guidance, in the order it matters.
Aug 12, 2026
The world's deepest pool holds 14 million litres at a constant 30C, with a sunken city at the bottom. What it removes from diving turns out to be the interesting part.
Aug 6, 2026
Shallow water blackout does not warn its victim first. Here is the physiology behind it, why it strikes trained divers, and why solo breath hold diving is never safe.
Jun 10, 2024
Scuba has real hazards, but recreational diving within training and conditions is a managed-risk activity, not the extreme gamble suggested by rare accident headlines.
Jul 25, 2026
