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Nanna Kreutzmann

Apnea

The World Championsship in freediving was held in Sharm el Sheik in Egypt between the 2. and the 12. of september 2008.
The athletes compete in teams of three in three different disciplines; deep diving, distance diving in pool and breathholding.
The franch men and the russian women won the competition.

Dave Mullins, New Zealand, one of the best freedivers in the world, is preparing for a dive.
During the competition he did 248 meter in the pool, which is a new world record in distanceswimming.

when you reach depth around 25-30 meters your starts freefalling - and can stop swimming.

Martin Stephanek, Czeck, is preparing for the competion in holding the breath the longest. Martin Stephanek holds his breath for 7.13 minutes in the competition

Marina Scateni supports her boyfriend Davide Carrera, Italia, preparing for the competition in holding the breath the longest. Davide held his breath in 5.38 minutes.

American Jared Schmelzer is warming up

Swedish Isabelle Larsson on a training dive

swedish women team heading for the water

The danish freediver Jesper Stechmann is doing his dive, going to 70 meter depth

Serbian team is traning

warming up is for most athletes going on around 10-20 meters depth where they hang for a while.

Danish Sofus Kreutzmann (photographers brother) is taking his first breath after holding his breath for 5.47 minutes

Will Trubridge is returning from 92 meter depth