Freediving Athletes Set National Records at Ultimate Freediving Challenge-V Pool Competition
10 free divers and 9 mermaids competed in the first Ultimate Freediving Challenge of the year in Singapore on 7th May 2023. four national records were broken.
Freediving: Three National Records in two weeks–Singapore tops SEA rankings
Singapore–Jonathan Chong, 35, Elys Lai, 44 and Fu Xingqiang, 38, broke Singapore national records in freediving while competing at the Ultimate Freediving Challenge (UFC) series, held on the 20th and 27thAugust. In the process, they have firmly established Singapore as leaders among SEA freedivers. Pool freediving competitions challenge divers to swim the furthest distance on a…
Freediving: National records for Singapore, Estonia and Malaysia broken at inaugural freediving competition series
SINGAPORE—Fu Xingqiang, 38, Dmitri Melnikov, 35, and Darrell Teng, 32, each eclipsed previous national records for Singapore, Estonia and Malaysia respectively while competing at the Ultimate Freediving Challenge (UFC) series, July 02. The UFC is a new competition series established by Fu Xingqiang, owner of the Freedive XQ school, in order to promote competitive freediving…
Fu Xingqiang, 38, breaks Singapore national record—172m in men’s dynamic no fins category
SINGAPORE – local freediver and owner of freediving school FDXQ Fu Xingqiang, broke his own previous national record in the dynamic no fins (DNF) discipline at the July 2 Ultimate Freediving Challenge (UFC) event in Singapore. The DNF discipline involves swimming the furthest distance possible under water on a single breath, without the aid of…
Freediving: Lim Yee Hui takes Singapore national record in static apnea
SINGAPORE – Lim Yee Hui, 28, competed in the June 12 AIDA Get ecSTAtic! Competition held in Singapore and broke the static apnea (STA) national record. In the STA discipline, freedivers attempt to hold their breaths for the longest time possible while submerged in water. As soon as their airways enter the pool or ocean,…
AAS concludes it’s second successful AIDA depth competition in Tulamben, Bali on 18 September 2019
Athletes from 13 cities gathered in Tulamben, Bali for the annual freediving competition organized by The Apnea Association of Singapore (AAS) from 16 – 19 September 2019. Many were returning athletes from AAS’s inaugural depth competition in 2018, including Singaporean Chua Shuyi, who had achieved for herself several national records in the CMAS World Championships…
Anqi Lim and Shuyi Chua excel in Roatan. CARIBBEAN CUP 2019 Freediving Competition and 2019 CMAS 4th Freediving Outdoor World Championship.
Congratulations to our Singaporean freedivers, Anqi Lim and Shuyi Chua, for their performances in the 2019 CMAS 4th Freediving Outdoor World Championship held in Roatan. They had the whole community cheering for them! These results came just days after setting the AIDA and CMAS National Records in the 2019 Carribean Cup freediving competition on August…
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