Day 2

Competition Day 2 (21 June)

June 21st is the second competition day of the 28th AIDA World Championship. Freedivers will compete in the most demanding discipline - Dynamic Without Fins (DNF), and the competition promises to be intense.

Two of the strongest women in DNF, the current AIDA World Record holder Magdalena Solich-Talanda and her nearest rival Julia Kozerska of Poland, will compete for the gold medal and World Champion title. Julia performs at the beginning of the day - her official top time is 9:30 am Burgas local time (GMT+3) and Magdalena will perform in the last heat at 12:30 pm (GMT+3). Who of the strongest will win? We will learn very soon - don't miss it!

For third place, several athletes will compete. The official personal bests (PBs) of French athlete Hinatea Penilla-Y-Perella Marere and Australian athlete Amber Bourke are the same. Perhaps, together with the quickly evolving Ukrainian athlete Kateryna Sadurskaya, they may all have a claim at the bronze.

We also need to keep a close eye on athletes from Korea, Japan, and Chinese Taipei. According to the results from the first day of competition, these freedivers are capable of surprising us with performances at very high levels.

In the absence of the current AIDA World Record holder in DNF, Mateusz Malina, the race for the gold medal among the men is likely to be played out between French athlete Guillaume Bourdila and Croatian freediving beasts Petar Klovar and David Čustić. We wish for all of the athletes to perform clean and indisputable dives!

However, we really have no idea who else might make their way to the pedestal if any of the top three athletes makes even the smallest mistake. Let’s watch the broadcast and find it out together.