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The queen
After the disappearance of Natalia Molchanova in August of 2015, women’s freediving will never look the same again. She was, without a doubt, the Queen of Freediving, with a total of 41 WR's and 23 Gold medals across ALL competitive disciplines, AND the only woman to officially dive below 100m under her own power. It is unlikely that we will ever see another athlete like her, and hard to imagine anyone will replicate her level of success.
Natalia was a fierce competitor. With one of the strongest minds in the sport, she knew how to tune-out external stimuli and get the job done, in even the most trying of circumstances. With her tendency to 'dangle the carrot', leaving her records just within reach for the other top females to strive for and then only seconds, days or weeks later reclaiming that record, it was said that nobody ever truly claimed Natalia's records; they were only ever out on loan. But now with the Queen gone, a new wave of female competitors is emerging, jostling for poll position and a chance to stake their claim at the top. Without having to look over their shoulder for Natalia, will one of them emerge as the new Queen of women's freediving? I'm going to profile some of the leading candidates to be front-runners for the title of the ‘World’s deepest woman'. And in no particular order, here are the first five.... the cONTENDERs
So, who will make the last five?! And who do you think the leading candidate is?! Stay tuned for more DEEP insights as to who will become the next Queen of the deep!
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5 Comments
Sendoh
1/16/2016 05:24:08 pm
haha, I know your purpose of writing this ^_^
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Johnny Deep
1/16/2016 10:17:53 pm
Thanks for your comments Sendoh! My purpose is actually to build the level of excitement around our sport and the leading ladies who are driving it forward! Before I was a competitor I was a fan, and it seems to me that the fans of our sport could do with some commentary. So thats what I'm doing, providing my insights and knowledge to help create discussion! Which should benefit all of us!
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Jason
1/17/2016 11:24:59 am
Really well written Jonothan. It will be interesting to 'watch this space' and see who emerges. 😎
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selina
1/17/2016 03:01:35 pm
A very well written article Jono, congrat's. Until Freediving became your passion and life focus I like many other's had no idea of what it was or that it was even an acknowledged sport.. You and William (note both Kiwi's) are bringing Freediving into "the light" as an excepted and intriguing top level sport. You help show case it as what it is - a truly inspiring example of what dedication, training and focus can achieve!
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