A great performance by the Polish national team at the World Championships in Belgrade!

Polish freediving team had a great show at the AIDA World Pool Championships in Belgrade! Our representatives won a total of 7 medals. They will bring home 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. During the competition they also set 1 world record and 1 national record!

The Individual AIDA Pool World Champinship Belgrade 2018 got off to a great start for our national team. Already in the first competition played – dynamic fin swimming – DNF, in the men’s A final, gold was won by Mateusz Malina, who tempted with a distance of 226 metres. In the B final the second place went to Karol Karcz – 172 m, and the third place went to Michał Dąbrowski – 166 m.

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In the women’s category it was even better! In the A final, Magdalena Solich-Talanda won the gold medal with a jump on 178 metres, closely followed by Julia Kozerska who took the silver with 173 metres! In the B final Justyna Nowak-Ferensztajn was third with 138 metres.

The next day of competition was also kind to our team. This time in dynamic swimming in fins – DYN, in the women’s A final, Magdalena Solich-Talanda with 243 metres won her second gold medal, beating at the same time, after 4 years, the World Record of the legendary Natalia Molchanovey! Just like the day before, Julia Kozierska kept up with her bravely and with 233 metres she won the second silver medal.

In men, this time Mateusz Malina was unlucky, taking “only” the third place and adding the bronze to the gold won the day before. B final was dominated by the Poles. Our national team members took the first three places. The first was Krzysztof Dąbrowski with 253 metres. Karol Karcz was right behind him with 250 metres and Michał Bochenek came in third with 234 metres.

The last competition was statics. On that day the achievements of the Polish team were increased by another bronze medal. All thanks to Mateusz Malina, who in the A final, with the result of 8.46 min, set a new Polish record and checked in on the lowest step of the podium. In the B final Krzysztof Dąbrowski’s great result – 8.12 minutes – allowed him to take the second place. Among women, in the B final, Julia Kozerska, with the result of 5.31 minutes, took the 3rd place.

We congratulate our team on the results achieved and wish them further success in sports!

Source: iapwc-2018.com