Valentina Cafolla of Croatia smashes two under-ice freediving records
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/11404/1/Valentina-Cafolla-of-Croatia-smashes-two-under-ice-freediving-records.html
By Nenad N. Bach and Darko Žubrinić
Published on 04/25/2024
 | Croatian freediver Valentina Cafolla has set two new world records on consecutive days in February 2024 at Lake Anterselva in South Tyrol, Italy. On 23 February, Cafolla set a new CMAS Dynamic With Fin (DYN) Under Ice With Wetsuit record of 140m (459ft), retaking. The 140m record was set wearing a monofin, however, the next day, on 24 February, Cafolla became the first freediver to set a record using double fins, swimming a distance of 80. Valentina is a student of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology. |
Valentina is a student of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology
| Valentina Cafolla of Croatia smashes two under-ice freediving records Croatian freediver Valentina Cafolla has set two new world records on consecutive days in February 2024 at Lake Anterselva in South Tyrol, Italy.  On 23 February, Cafolla set a new CMAS Dynamic With Fin (DYN) Under Ice With Wetsuit record of 140m (459ft), retaking. The 140m record was set wearing a monofin, however, the next day, on 24 February, Cafolla became the first freediver to set a record using double fins, swimming a distance of 80.  "I'm still on a rollercoaster of emotions, from all the people who cheered for me, believed in me, and were there for me," Cafolla wrote on Instagram following her record-breaking swims. âI could not thank you enoughâ Dive Magazine Valentina Cafolla, 26-godišnja studentica Kineziološkog fakulteta, ispisala je povijest ronjenja na dah pod ledom. Članica ronilačkog centra Rovinj sub, sportašica je u jednoj od težih disciplina - ronjenju na dah, a već s 15 godina spuštala se ispod trideset metara. Proteklog tjedna je u Italiji, na zaleđenom jezeru Anterselva koje se nalazi na nadmorskoj visini od 1600 metara u dva dana srušila dva svjetska rekorda u ženskoj kategoriji. Prvo je srušila svjetski rekord u ronjenju na dah pod ledom s monoperajom. Bez kisika ili bilo kakve pomoći ispod 45 centimetara debelog leda izdržala je minutu i 40 sekundi, preplivavši 140 metara. Hrvatica je ovaj rekord držala sedam godina prije nego ga je nedavno srušila Japanka Yasuko Ozeki koja je preplivala metar duže. Valentina je rekord vratila samo 36 sati nakon što ga je Japanka srušila. To joj nije bilo dovoljno pa je drugi dan srušila još jedan svjetski rekord. Naime, preronila je 80 metara pod ledom koristeći dugačke apnejaške peraje. Oba rekorda su priznata od strane CMAS-a, svjetske ronilačke federacije. Hrvatska sportašica je ove rekorde postavila u odijelu koje je debljine pet milimetara u vodi temperature tri Celzijeva stupnja. Kako bi uspjela ostvariti zadano, morala je svoj puls spustiti na 50 otkucaja u minuti, a prošla je dugotrajnu mentalnu i fizičku pripremu. "Osim što je nevjerojatna sportašica, Valentina Cafolla je i predana eko borkinja posebno fokusirana na očuvanje podmorja te svojim fenomenalnim rezultatima i statusom uzora sve brojnijim mladim sportašima itekako skreće pozornost na pitanja bitna za opstanak našeg okoliša i planeta!", stoji u objavi Kineziološkog fakulteta. |
140 m is about the distance of one and a half of football fields
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