Final Day of the 30th AIDA World Championship

The fourth and final day of the AIDA Pool World Championship Jeju 2023 was the Dynamic (DYN) competition.

This discipline is where athletes push the limit to see how far they can swim underwater in a single breath with the fin of their choice; monofin or bifin.

We had the most AIDA National records broken today than any of the other days, with several records being broken more than once.

Women’s AIDA Continental Records:

• Asia: Mia Morimura (Japan) – 237m
• Africa: Bevin Reynolds (South Africa) – 241m

Women’s AIDA National Records: 

• Philippines: 165m – Shiela Mariano
• South Korea : 207m – Jiyeon Kim
• Philippines : 168m – Mikaela Concepcion
• China : 213m - Zhi Christina Li
• Philippines: 175m – Tracy Roxanne
• Indonesia: 161m – Safir Abadi
• Chinese Taipei : 200m – Yu Fang Liu
• Brazil : 191m – Nara Martins Ishikawa
• Indonesia: 167m – Windy Apsari Burhan
• China: 210m – He Dai
• South Korea: 210m – Yongju Lee
• Chinese Taipei: 209m – Yujung Chen
• China: 229m – Ke Tang
• Germany: 223m – Heike Schwerdtner
• South Korea: 213m – Yunsun Kim
• South Korea: 214m – Hyemi (Mimi) Kim
• Japan: 236m – Hanako Hirose

Men’s AIDA National Records: 

• Singapore : 239 : Xingqiang Fu
• Philippines : 200m – Rolly Ben
• Chinese Taipei : 264m – Yueh Shiang Hsu
• Indonesia: 190m – Ernaldo Sanyoto
• Germany: 255m – Klaus Kasten
• Australia: 235m – Jarrod Briffa
• Hong Kong: 200m – Lap Hing (Chris) Cheung
• South Korea: 256m – Hakyong Kim
• Philippines: 201m – Nico Guzman
• Australia: 250m – Benjamin Eckert
• Japan: 245m – Shinya Oi
• Japan: 221m – Yasuko Ozeki
• Spain: 238m - Inaki Santos

Women’s Podium:

1. Julia Kozerska (Poland) – - 250m
2. Bevin Reynolds (South Africa) – 241m
3. Mia Morimura (Japan) – 237m

Men’s Podium:

1. Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) – 287m
2. Mikhail Briantcev (International) – 271m
3. Yueh Shiang Hsu (Chinese Taipei) – 264m

At the end of the competition, we crowned the overall winners of the 30^th AIDA World Championship based on the combined results from the past four days.

Women’s Overall:

1. Julia Kozerska (Poland) – 437.6 points
2. Bevin Reynolds (South Africa) – 390 points
3. Ke Tang (China) – 374.9 points

Men’s Overall:

1. Aleksandr Maksimov (International) – 455.5 points
2. Ming (William Joy) Jin (China) – 454.5 points
3. Po-Yen Lee (Chinese Taipei) – 406 points

The competition replay and upcoming livestreams can be found on the official AIDA YouTube channel.