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Mandy-Rae Cruickshank (born May 10, 1974, in Canada) is a world champion free-diver and record-holder from Vancouver, British Columbia. Cruickshank holds several Canadian and world records. She set the women's world record for constant ballast by diving to a depth of 88 metres (289 ft) on one breath, in April 2007 in the Cayman Islands .
Red Bull Cliff Diving Hamburg 2009 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 in La Rochelle, France. A person dives from the 27.5 meter platform on La Salve bridge. The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series , established in 2009 and created by Red Bull , is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of ...
Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region ...
Boesmansgat – Sinkhole and dive site in South Africa; Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines; Booya – Schooner wrecked in Darwin, Australia; BOS 400 – Recent wreck and dive site at Duiker Point on the Cape Peninsula west coast; Bottle Island – One of the Summer Isles in Loch Broom, Scotland
In the women's series, the line-up of six permanent divers included 23-year-old newcomer Eleanor Smart, who was the youngest permanent diver on the 2019 tour. In addition to the permanent divers, at least four wildcard divers were selected to compete at each stop of the men's and women's series. [10] Permanent divers for the 2019 series:
The failed dive prompted an audible gasp from the crowd, and earned Gibson a score of 0.0. But despite the gaffe, she carried on, and ultimately finished her remaining four dives, finishing 28th ...
A vanishing way of life is captured in “The Last of the Sea Women.” Sue Kim’s feature directorial debut trains focus on the haenyeo — female divers associated primarily with Jeju Island ...
The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, hardly making a ripple and setting off wild cheers from Chinese fans as the seven judges all registered scores of 10. “I believe scoring 10 is ...