Some of the Videos from the Competition

Check out some of the videos from the Freediving Competition

Sea, Pool & Overall Results

First Name	Sex	Natl	SEA	POOL	TOTAL
Elisabeth H	F	GER	83	125.5	208.5
Karin	F	AUT	83	107.3	190.3
Michelle	F	SIN	38	141.4	179.4
Vivian	F	MYS	36	124.3	160.3
Elisabeth M	F	AUT	88	33.0	121.0
Julian	M	RSA	102	172.5	274.5
Ken	M	DAN	131	137.1	268.1
Trond	M	NOR	110	153.1	263.1
Drutten	M	SWE	83	166.2	249.2
Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	108	136.1	244.1
Christian	M	AUT	51	137.2	188.2
Walter	M	USA	49	135.2	184.2
Enzo	M	ITA	65	104.1	169.1
Kim Seng	M	MYS	70	94.9	164.9
Alan	M	MYS	20	0.0	20.0

Overall Results

First Name	FIM	CWT	CNF	STA	DYN	DNF	TOTAL
Elisabeth H	33	30	20	56.0	41.0	28.5	208.5
Karin	38	25	20	53.8	29.0	24.5	190.3
Michelle	0	22	16	55.4	47.5	38.5	179.4
Vivian	9	15	12	55.8	45.0	23.5	160.3
Elisabeth M	35	33	20	0.0	0.0	33.0	121.0
Julian	38	36	28	69.0	61.5	42.0	274.5
Ken	31	50	50	64.6	72.5	0.0	268.1
Trond	40	40	30	62.6	58.0	32.5	263.1
Drutten	35	10	38	61.2	58.0	47.0	249.2
Mohd Azam Abdul	40	41	27	49.6	50.0	36.5	244.1
Christian	0	17	34	62.2	29.0	46.0	188.2
Walter	20	9	20	72.2	30.5	32.5	184.2
Enzo	20	30	15	48.6	27.0	28.5	169.1
Kim Seng	30	10	30	45.4	49.5	0.0	164.9
Alan	20	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0

Dynamic No Fins

First Name	Sex	Natl	RP	Card	Penalty	Points
Walter	M	USA	65	W	0.0	32.5
Alan	M	MYS
Elisabeth	F	GER	57	W	0.0	28.5
Karin	F	AUT	49	W	0.0	24.5
Vivian	F	MYS	47	W	0.0	23.5
Enzo	M	ITA	57	W	0.0	28.5
Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	73	W	0.0	36.5
Elisabeth	F	AUT	66	W	0.0	33.0
Trond	M	NOR	65	W	0.0	32.5
Michelle	F	SIN	77	W	0.0	38.5
Kim Seng	M	MYS	87	R	0.0	0.0
Julian	M	RSA	94	Y	5.0	42.0
Christian	M	AUT	102	Y	5.0	46.0
Ken	M	DAN	116	R	0.0	0.0
Drutten	M	SWE	94	W	0.0	47.0

Dynamic with Fins

First Name	Sex	Natl	RP	Card	Penalty	Points
Alan	M	MYS	58	R	0.0	0.0
Walter	M	USA	61	W	0.0	30.5
Elisabeth	F	AUT	77	R	0.0	0.0
Drutten	M	SWE	116	W	0.0	58.0
Ken	M	DAN	145	W	0.0	72.5
Elisabeth	F	GER	82	W	0.0	41.0
Christian	M	AUT	58	W	0.0	29.0
Karin	F	AUT	58	W	0.0	29.0
Julian	M	RSA	123	W	0.0	61.5
Vivian	F	MYS	90	W	0.0	45.0
Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	100	W	0.0	50.0
Michelle	F	SIN	95	W	0.0	47.5
Enzo	M	ITA	74	Y	10.0	27.0
Kim Seng	M	MYS	109	Y	5.0	49.5
Trond	M	NOR	116	W	0.0	58.0

Sunburnt but very happy!

So today started out windy and a bit chilly which was great for the judges and me, but not so good for the competitors, but given 30mins it was boiling hot and we were all slapping on the cream.

The Women's competition was up for everyone, Lisa M, Austria, had clearly won the Sea Competition with Karin and Elisabeth H equal second. but with Lisa's unfortunate disqualification in the static, that left Karin and Elisabeth fighting it out with only 2.2 points in it. But Michelle and Vivian are strong and comfortable in the pool and despite being over 40 points behind, were fighting for the pool title.

Lisa M was first up for the Dynamic with Fins and despite a magnificent 77metres managed a disqualification for late submergence of her airways, Elisabeth H did 82metres all clear. Karin, chasing Elisabeth H's lead, did 58 metres, but Vivian did a storming 90 metres and Michelle Ooi 95 Metres! Now they were both in contention for the pool competition and the overall competition.

In Dynamic without Fins, Elisabeth H was up fighting first but with 15 points she just needed a white card to secure the lead. This she did with a fantastic 57metres. Next up Karin, managed 49metres,Vivian 47 metres and Lisa M an awesome 66 metres. Finally Michelle did a magnificent 77 metres winning the pool competition.

Final Results:

Sea
1st - Lisa M (Austria)
2nd - Elisabeth H (Germany) & Karin G (Austria)

Pool
1st - Michelle Ooi (Singapore)
2nd - Elisabeth H (Germany)
3rd - Vivian C (Malaysia)

Overall
1st - Elisabeth H (Germany)
2nd - Karin G (Austria)
3rd - Michelle O (Singapore)

In the Men's competition, Ken, Danish, was clearly ahead with a great performance in the sea, which he clearly won but was closely followed by Trond Mondal, Norway and Azam Hamid, Malaysia. With Ken's performance in the Static, he was over 20 points in front yesterday with, Trond only 1.6 points in front of Julian.

Alan Su started the Dynamic with fins and did an awesome 58 metres but unfortunately didn't keep his airways clear of the water earning himself a red card. This has been Alan's first competition, so we are hoping that he will come back next year and do Malaysia proud. Walter has had his best ever competition with us and delivered a massive 61 metres and then 65 without Fins. Rossi, Austrian, did a great 58 metres and Enzo 74 metres (this is his first competition). Azam and Kim Seng Teoh (Andrew) both Malay were using the competition to settle a few scores and in Dynamic, Andrew beat, Azam (109metres to 100 metres) but unfortunately was given a yellow for touching the bottom of the pool and in the Dynamic without Fins, despite a fantastic 87 metres from Andrew, he blacked out, causing Azam to take the Malay pool champion title with 73 metres.

So the competition was hot, Mr D delivered 116metres, Ken a massive 145 metres, Julian 123 metres and Trond 116 metres. This meant that Ken was ahead by 37 points and there was less than 2 points between Julian and Trond.

So Ken had a large lead and only had to deliver his announcement of 75 metres to take the title with ease. But Ken wanted 116metres and unfortunately with that he blacked out. Suddenly the competition was between Julian and Trond. Trond did a magnificent 65 metres but Julian an simply incredibly 94 metres. Julian had won the Pool but had he won the overall competition?

Sea
1st - Ken K (Denmark)
2nd - Trond M (Norway)
3rd - Azam (Malaysia)

Pool 
1st - Julian VH (South Africa)
2nd - Mr D (Swedish)
3rd - Trond M (Norway)

Overall
1st - Julian VH (South Africa)
2nd - Ken K (Denmark)
3rd - Trond M (Norway)

I would like to say a huge thank you to all the competitors who supported each other so well and made the competition so exciting to watch. Thanks to the judges, Richard and Sarah, who took all the flack and made the difficult decisions I would not have been able to make. Thanks to all the Blue Planet Staff for all their hardwork, especially Karolina, the medic and videographer and Jim and Adam, Safety Freedivers. Special thanks also to Marc, from Total Apnea, for all his safety freediving, coaching and support he offered the competitors.

Final thanks go to our sponsors, who without, this competition simply would not have happen. Chaiya, General Manager at Royal Lanta gave us full use of their pool, wonderful prizes and provided food and drinks and Scotty from Aquamaster provided some great prizes for the winners to take home.

I am now really looking forward to having a beer and nursing my very bad sunburn!

Mellisa x

Vivian also gets a Malay Record, or two

Vivian Chan is proving to be a real record setter amongst the competitors this year. Today she gained the Women's Static Malay National Record with 4 minutes 39 seconds and has also earned:

15 metres in the Free Immersion
22 metres in the Constant Weight with Fins
12 metres in the Constant Weight no Fins (despite having an argument with the line and Carabiner).

The Royal Lanta Pool

Static Results from today

Surname	First Name	Sex	Natl	RP	Card	Points
Nygren	Drutten	M	SWE	05:06	W	61.2
Johnson	Walter	M	USA	06:01	W	72.2
Gebauer	Karin	F	AUT	04:29	W	53.8
Su	Alan	M	MYS	03:44	R	0.0
Chan	Vivian	F	MYS	04:39	W	55.8
Teoh	Kim Seng	M	MYS	03:47	W	45.4
Mattes	Elisabeth	F	AUT	03:24	R	0.0
Hamid	Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	04:08	W	49.6
Ooi	Michelle	F	SIN	04:37	W	55.4
Brunetto	Enzo	M	ITA	04:03	W	48.6
van Heerden	Julian	M	RSA	05:45	W	69.0
Hummel	Elisabeth	F	GER	04:40	W	56.0
Kiriyama	Ken	M	DAN	05:23	W	64.6
Fötinger	Christian	M	AUT	05:11	W	62.2
Moldal	Trond	M	NOR	05:13	W	62.6

TOPs for Dynamic without Fins

Surname	First Name	Sex	Natl	WUT	TOP	AP
Johnson	Walter	M	USA	12:45	13:30	1
Su	Alan	M	MYS	12:52	13:37	10
Hummel	Elisabeth	F	GER	12:59	13:44	10
Gebauer	Karin	F	AUT	13:06	13:51	20
Chan	Vivian	F	MYS	13:13	13:58	30
Brunetto	Enzo	M	ITA	13:20	14:05	40
Hamid	Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	13:27	14:12	41
Mattes	Elisabeth	F	AUT	13:44	14:29	50
Moldal	Trond	M	NOR	13:51	14:36	50
Ooi	Michelle	F	SIN	13:58	14:43	56
Teoh	Kim Seng	M	MYS	14:05	14:50	60
van Heerden	Julian	M	RSA	14:22	15:07	70
Fötinger	Christian	M	AUT	14:29	15:14	74
Kiriyama	Ken	M	DAN	14:36	15:21	75
Nygren	Drutten	M	SWE	14:43	15:28	80

TOPs for Dynamic with Fins

Surname	First Name	Sex	Natl	WUT	TOP	AP
Su	Alan	M	MYS	09:15	10:00	1
Johnson	Walter	M	USA	09:21	10:06	1
Mattes	Elisabeth	F	AUT	09:27	10:12	1
Nygren	Drutten	M	SWE	09:33	10:18	1
Kiriyama	Ken	M	DAN	09:39	10:24	1
Hummel	Elisabeth	F	GER	09:45	10:30	10
Fötinger	Christian	M	AUT	09:51	10:36	17
Gebauer	Karin	F	AUT	09:57	10:42	20
van Heerden	Julian	M	RSA	10:03	10:48	25
Chan	Vivian	F	MYS	10:09	10:54	50
Hamid	Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	10:25	11:10	51
Ooi	Michelle	F	SIN	10:31	11:16	56
Brunetto	Enzo	M	ITA	10:37	11:22	60
Teoh	Kim Seng	M	MYS	10:43	11:28	65
Moldal	Trond	M	NOR	10:49	11:34	100

Take a deep breath!

So today we were all feeling tired after yesterday but we all had the morning off, so by the time we met at 1pm we were all feeling relaxed and ready for the static event.

Mr D started off the competition with an announcement of 1second! Which I think meant he wanted to go first today as there is no penalties for going over your announcement in the pool competition. A 5 minutes 6 seconds was a great start to the competition.

Walter was next up in, in what I believe is his favourite event, which was proved by a massive 6 minutes 1 second the best result of the day. Karin was the first woman to take the plunge and was very happy with 4 minutes 29 seconds. Alan Su next up, unfortunately did a great 3 minutes 44 seconds but misdelivered his surface protocol and obtained a red card, no worries Alan, this is your first competition, we want to see you next year with nothing but white cards.

Vivian looked quietly confident and did no warm up but managed an awesome 4 minutes 39 seconds and smiled throughout the long 30 second judgement by Richard and Sarah. Andrew, our first Malay man, did a great 3 minutes 47 seconds. Lisa M, Austria, was slightly disappointed with her great 3 minutes 24 seconds but then disaster struck and her joking with her lovely coach and boyfriend Marc resulted on a gentle tap from him, a touch!!! which earned her a very sad red card and a devastated  boyfriend.

Straight after Lisa, Azam was up, and as expected put in a perfect performance of 4minutes 8seconds and earned a new Malaysian National Record. Michelle, surface protocol queen, cruised through her performance and delivered 4 minutes 37 seconds Our first timer, Enzo was exceptionally pleased to get his fourth white card in a row for 4 minutes 3 seconds, an excellent performance.

We all expected that Julian's laid back approach would pay dividends and it nearly did not, after a magnificent 5mins 45 seconds he nearly high fived his coach, Marc, who quickly backed off to prevent another red card! Elisabeth Hummel, was the last female competitor of the day and was wonderfully coached through the surface protocol by all the spectators and was thrilled with her 4minutes 40 seconds.

Finally the last 3, Ken, currently in the lead, easily managed 5mins 23 seconds and Rossi asked for silence which clearly paid off for him, resulting in a 5minutes 11 seconds. Last, but by no means least was our Norwegian Ninja, Trond with a fabulous 5minutes 13 seconds.

Today, the thank you's have to go to the coaches, who worked so hard for the competitors and helped them  deliver great times. Special mention has to go to Rossi, I want a massage too please, Marc, for such confidence boosting coaching and Walter for his hard work at the competition and in the many training sessions before in Kuala Lumpur.

Prelimary Results:

WOMEN

Last Name	First Name	Country	Points
Hummel	Elisabeth	GER	139.0
Gebauer	Karin	AUT	136.8
Ooi	Michelle	SIN	93.4
Chan	Vivian	MYS	91.8
Mattes	Elisabeth	AUT	88.0

MEN

Last Name	First Name	Country	Points
Kiriyama	Ken	DAN	195.6
Moldal	Trond	NOR	172.6
van Heerden	Julian	RSA	171.0
Hamid	Mohd Azam Abdul	MYS	157.6
Nygren	Drutten	SWE	144.2
Johnson	Walter	USA	121.2
Teoh	Kim Seng	MYS	115.4
Brunetto	Enzo	ITA	113.6
Fötinger	Christian	AUT	113.2
Su	Alan	MYS	20.0

Andaman Freediving Competition 2012

TOPS for tomorrow

First Name	Sex	Natl	WUT	TOP	AP
Drutten	M	SWE	13:15	14:00	00:01
Walter	M	USA	13:25	14:10	00:01
Karin	F	AUT	13:35	14:20	00:20
Alan	M	MYS	13:45	14:30	01:00
Vivian	F	MYS	13:55	14:40	02:00
Kim Seng	M	MYS	14:05	14:50	02:30
Elisabeth	F	AUT	14:15	15:00	03:00
Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	14:35	15:20	03:31
Michelle	F	SIN	14:45	15:30	03:33
Enzo	M	ITA	14:55	15:40	04:00
Julian	M	RSA	15:05	15:50	04:00
Elisabeth	F	GER	15:15	16:00	04:00
Ken	M	DAN	15:25	16:10	04:00
Christian	M	AUT	15:35	16:20	04:30
Trond	M	NOR	15:45	16:30	05:00

Constant Weight without Fins

First Name	Sex	Natl	AP	RP	Card	Penalty	Points
Alan	M	MYS	10		R	11	0
Vivian	F	MYS	12	12	W	0	12
Michelle	F	SIN	16	16	W	0	16
Enzo	M	ITA	20	20	Y	5	15
Karin	F	AUT	20	20	W	0	20
Elisabeth	F	GER	20	20	W	0	20
Walter	M	USA	20	20	W	0	20
Elisabeth	F	AUT	23	23	W	0	23
Mohd Azam Abdul	M	MYS	27	27	W	0	27
Julian	M	RSA	28	28	W	0	28
Trond	M	NOR	30	30	W	0	30
Kim Seng	M	MYS	30	30	W	0	30
Christian	M	AUT	34	34	W	0	34
Drutten	M	SWE	38	38	W	0	38
Ken	M	DAN	50	50	W	0	50