What is Freediving? Highlights From Roatan's Caribbean Cup

ROATAN, United States MO Islands - Aug. 30, 2019 - PRLog -- From practical activities, such as fishing and treasure hunting, to the competitive, such as boat racing and synchronized swimming or just enjoying the water for its own sake, a life around the water can be filled with an array of specialized endeavors.  One water activity that has begun to play an important role in Roatan is freediving.  What is freediving?  Highlights from Roatan's Caribbean Cup can shine a light on this relatively new competitive sport.

Freediving Origins

Freediving probably originated because of necessity.  People living near large bodies of water could access new sources of food and other resources if they were able to hold their breath and dive down to the bottom.  Those who were able to stay underwater longer were able to harvest more and be better providers for their families.

Competitive Freediving

People have probably been competing at freediving ever since the practice began.  But records started being kept in the 1960s by the US Navy. Navy scientists were interested in how long people could hold their breath and survive at extreme depths in order to help submarine sailors.  Once records were kept there were always people looking to beat them.

The Caribbean Cup Roatan Freediving Competition

The Caribbean Cup Roatan Freediving Competition is an annual competition that began in 2013.  Organized by the Roatan Freediving School & Training Center, the contest is sanctioned by the CMAS (Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques,) and AIDA International (Association Internationale pour le Développement de l'Apnée.)

Caribbean Cup 2019 Events

Four events were featured at the 2019 Caribbean Cup:  CWT (Constant Weight With Monofins,) CWB (Constant Weight With Bifins,) CNF (Constant Weight With No Fins,) and FIM (Free Immersion.)

Caribbean Cup 2019 World Records

Four world records were set at this year's Caribbean Cup.  Alessia Zecchini of Italy broke two different world records.  She achieved a depth of 73 meters in CNF and a depth of 112 meters in CWT.

Ukraine's Nataliia Zharkova achieved a depth of 91 meters in CWB to break the old record of 89 meters which was set in 2018.

In the men's division, Russian Alexey Molchanov, reached a depth of 110 meters in the CWB event.

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