Vertical Blue is an invitation-only elite freediving competition held at Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island in the Bahamas and organised by the freediving world record holder William Trubridge. It is a depth competition made up of the freediving depth disciplines of free immersion, constant weight without fins and constant weight, with AIDA International providing the judges. The first edition listed is Vertical Blue 2008, announced in February 2008 and held from 1 to 11 April that year, when competitors from nine countries set 23 national and 3 world records. The event has since been the setting for many world and national records by athletes from countries around the world, and it is also where the American freediver Nicholas Mevoli died in November 2013 after attempting an American record.
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Source Alice Modolo (Wikipedia)
Source Andriy Khvetkevych (Wikipedia)
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Source Dave Mullins (freediver) (Wikipedia)
Source Davide Carrera (Wikipedia)
Source Herbert Nitsch (Wikipedia)
Source Homar Leuci (Wikipedia)
Source Kate Middleton (free-diver) (Wikipedia)
Source Kateryna Sadurska (Wikipedia)
Source Michael Board (Wikipedia)
Source Nicholas Mevoli (Wikipedia)
Source Petar Klovar (Wikipedia)
Source Sofía Gómez (Wikipedia)
Source Walter Steyn (Wikipedia)
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held in the Bahamas at Dean's Blue Hole
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multiple world and national records for athletes coming from countries all over the world
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freediving depth disciplines of free immersion (FIM), Constant weight without fins (CNF) and Constant weight (CWT)
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held in the Bahamas at Dean's Blue Hole
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elite freediving competition
View the SourceArnaud Jerald (Wikipedia)
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lors du Vertical Blue aux Bahamas
Davide Carrera (Wikipedia)
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al Vertical Blue, rinomata competizione internazionale che si tiene al Dean's Blue Hole
Homar Leuci (Wikipedia)
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Wimbledon dell'apnea Vertical Blu
Nicholas Mevoli (Wikipedia)
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attempting to set an American record at the Vertical Blue competition at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas
Walter Steyn (Wikipedia)
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at the Vertical Blue 2011 Competition at Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas
Herbert Nitsch (Wikipedia)
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During the 2009 Vertical Blue competition at the Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas in April, Nitsch set the Free Immersion world record at 109 m
Petar Klovar (Wikipedia)
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removed from the Vertical Blue competition after prohibited substances were found in their luggage
Michael Board (Wikipedia)
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Vertical Blue competition, Long Island, Bahamas
Sofía Gómez (Wikipedia)
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she broke the Pan-American records for the constant weight with fins and free immersion events at the Vertical Blue competition
Alessia Zecchini (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alessia Zecchini, Article text, Vertical BlueQuote, Competitors Include: Alessia Zecchini, Article text, Vertical Blue
in the prestigious Vertical Blue competition, she confirmed herself as the strongest freediver by winning overall
Alexey Molchanov (Wikipedia)
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In 2021, during the Vertical Blue competition, he extended the record to 131 meters.
Andriy Khvetkevych (Wikipedia)
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he set his first National Record for Ukraine in the Vertical Blue Competition with 71m
Kateryna Sadurska (Wikipedia)
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Vertical Blue 2023 Tournament: AIDA world record in the Constant Weight Without Fins (CNF) discipline
Dave Mullins (freediver) (Wikipedia)
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Dave set the New Zealand Constant Weight diving record in April 2008 to 108 meters at the Vertical Blue Invitational, Long Island, Bahamas.
Kate Middleton (free-diver) (Wikipedia)
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97 metres in CWT at Vertical Blue 2017, Bahamas (bronze medal)
Alice Modolo (Wikipedia)
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lors du Vertical Blue aux Bahamas
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