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Beyond Limits Herbert Nitsch was given the prestigious title of The Deepest Man on Earth, when he set the current world record for free-diving at an incredible depth of 214 metres in 2007.
 
As one of the spearheads of free-diving today, Herbert intends to push the limits even further by becoming the first breath-hold athlete to break the 300- metre barrier.
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Nov 14
2009

Day 9 - at the Freediving World Championships 2009 in the Bahamas

Posted by: Herbert Nitsch

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The diving platform was taken out of the water for repair at 10:00h. Although many atletes took this opportunity as a good excuse to have a day off, it was still getting crowded, as all remaining athletes arrived at 09:00h to have their training session before. Nevertheless it seemed that everyone had a smooth, relaxed training and furthermore it was a very friendly atmosphere despite the fact that we are rivals at the World Championships.

I browed Will W. depth gauge in order to be able to download the depth-profil. My target for the day was 99m, because that's his gauge's  (and most others) maximum depth. I borrowed Rob's neck-weight, which is about halve a kilo lighter then mine. Looking at the dive-profil afterwards, I realize hardly any significant difference in the descend speed. Obviously it does not make much difference for the ascend, when pulling up, but for the competition it will make swimming up, a lot easier.

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