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We are happy to announce that our ambassador, Mateusz Malina has set another
world record, during the 2019 CMAS Freediving Indoor European Championship that
was held in Istanbul, Turkey. In the competition dynamics in the fins (DYN), the
Pole reached a distance of 316 meters.

Mateusz Malina is one of the most decorated DYN divers in the world. After three
days of the tournament, he won three medals in all colors. On the first day in
the competition without fins – DNF, he won silver. He expected it to be a
winning distance, but during the last competition, Frenchman Guillaume Bourdil
set a new world record and won the gold medal with a fantastic performance. On
the second day of the championships, he won a bronze medal in statics (STA). On
the last day of the tournament, it was time for the DYN category, which gave
Matt a gold medal and a new world record.

As he says about his record in DYN:

> “I couldn’t dream about this result many years ago but hard work, dedication,
> countless sacrifices, constantly digging into and questioning current methods
> of training, lots and lots of patience, infinite curiousness of discovering
> human body limits made this dream become a reality. This is not the end of the
> road. This is just the beginning of new era in pool freediving. Dive safe and
> enjoy the blue. Now the depth season starts for me!”

And if you’ve ever wondered what a diver thinks during a dive, you can find out
by watching the video below:

 

 

Matt Malina surprises us with each and every tournament he takes part in. At the
end of June the Individual AIDA Pool World Championships took place in Belgrade,
Serbia.

Matt defended his DNF World Champion title and won a medal in each discipline he
took part in – as the only competitor!

In his best discipline, the DNF (no-fin dynamics) he placed 1st and defended his
World Title, diving 226m on June 28th, 2018 which is unofficial World Record in
an Olympic pool (50 m long). It’s worth mentioning that this was his 3rd time in
a row winning this discipline!

In DYN (dynamics with a monofin) Matt says he “got lucky” and won a bronze medal
diving 203m. The last start of the tournament was the STA (static holding breath
underwater) discipline, where Matt also won the bronze medal AND a National
Record of 8 minutes 46 seconds!

The tournament lasted 6 days day-after-day, without a break, which really took a
toll on the participant’s bodies. Matt says:

> It was a tiresome time, but now that it’s over I can say I’m very proud of
> myself. In the general classification (all points) I lost after a tough fight
> with Goran Colak by 0,8 point (which is 4 seconds). It’s not the goal, but the
> road to it that counts. These kind of tournaments have their own dynamics,
> their ups and downs and I got to experience the full spectrum! :)
> During those 6 days I had one hard day, when the tiredness caught up with me
> as well as the pressure, which resulted in me giving up on my dive too early –
> during the DYN finals after turning at 200m I was feeling like 250m during
> training – I couldn’t fight it, my body wouldn’t listen.

What’s important, every tournament start is a lesson for future dives, there are
no failures. After all, you can’t win everything.

As usual a huge support was Matt’s wife Aleksandra, who he claims to be
responsible for half of his successes! :)

This time, the tournament was joined by Matt’s training partners Karol Karcz and
Michał Dąbrowski, and the support of the “Limitless Team” was visible throughout
the whole tournament.

Matt would like to thank everyone who supported him during his preparations as
well as during the tournament and is proud to be able to represent his home
country Poland on the international level with many great athletes!



The Individual AIDA Pool World Championships took place at the end of June 2018
and Magdalena Solich-Talanda was killing it! The strongest current female
freediver proved herself again!

Magda defended her DNF (no fins dynamics) World Title with a dive of 178m on
June 28th, 2018 and won gold in DYN (dynamics with monofin) with a 243m dive,
while establishing a new World Record on June 29th, 2018. The previous record
was set by the late Natalia Molchanova, the best freediver of the current times,
which really sets in perspective Magda’s achievement!

Magda is true to the saying that dreams are MADE true and she says:

> Some of my dreams I have already made true, some are still a work-in-progress.
> But behind every success are people and companies, without whom all of this
> wouldn’t be possible.”

She then proceeded to thank her sponsors, trainers, training partners and the
fans.

Stay tuned for the future!

 

THE STORY

I am a teacher of physical education by profession and passion, specializing in
the correction of postural defects in children. I am a swimming trainer and I’m
teaching children how to swim and improve their swimming techniques.
Since childhood, I was active in sports and my older brothers instilled in me
the love for volleyball. In high school swimming classes gave me so much joy
that soon I became a lifeguard. I knew it was too late for me to start a
swimming career, but why not become a pro freediver?

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

In all honesty, I met freediving much later in life then high school. During my
last year of studies I worked at one of the swimming pools in Katowice, where I
met a girl doing freediving. She was training for the Polish Championships and I
told her, “If you become the Polish Champion, then I must also start training.”
It happened and I kept my promise!

FIRST STEPS

One year later (2015) I competed in the Pool World Championships in Belgrade and
placed 3rd in DNF (146m). Next season I worked hard with two of my coaches:
Ryszard Szwajcer from the Edensport Diving Center and Mateusz Talada (privately
my  husband) and the results exceeded all expectations! TWO World Champion
titles, five national records, including one new world record.

WHAT’S NEXT?

Someone might ask what is more to wish for? My answers are: becoming better each
day, learning perseverance, overcoming your own weaknesses, proving to people
and, above all, to myself that there are no limits.

A passion in sports creates beautiful memories, lots of endorphins, but at the
same time also teaches you how to stay humble, how to deal with losses and how
to get up afterwards.

I’m going to the top and I’m not surprised that the road is going uphill.



SEASON 2018

I have been preparing for the last two years for the highest-ranking swimming
freediving competition: the Individual AIDA World Championships. This year they
will take place at the end of June in Belgrade, Serbia.

During the last few months I participated in two local competitions in Poland as
a test run. During one of the starts I dived 200 meters without fins (DNF) and
this is better than the current world record by 9m!

In Belgrade I will participate in two competitions: Dynamic apnea with fins
(DYN) and Dynamic apnea without fins (DNF).

20 more days to go! Keep your fingers crossed!



The freediving season is slowly starting and the best freedivers in the world
are warming up for the upcoming world championship competition.

Matt Malina, Grena® sponsored athlete started out strong with breaking yet
another of his records!


FAZZA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 IN DUBAI

An early spring competition is the Fazza Championships, which is being held
annually in Dubai, UAE to commemorate the country’s ancestors. This year it took
place on 23 – 24 March, 2018.

2015 was Matt’s first attempt at the competition  and fromt here he slowly
started to adjust his training to suit the rules of the to the competition –
very different than the AIDA. To put it simply, it’s a competition in static
breath-hold, holding on to a rope without any equipment.

When asked, what motivates him in his journey as a freediver and athlete, Matt
always says it’s to surpass his own limits. During this competition, he proved
himself right and surpassed his limits with a dive of 10 min and 4 seconds and
taking 2nd place in the competition.

First place took the amazing Goran Colak, with incredible 11 minutes 6 seconds
and 3rd to Veljano Zanki with 9 min 21 seconds. There was also a 4th person in a
party, Branko Petrovic with ~10 minutes 10 seconds but was disqualified due to
blackout.

Preparing for Fazza involved a lot of fasting and caloric restriction. Matt
started at the Fazza competition weighting 72 kg, which is 14kg (!) less then
when he was in his top dynamics shape while setting world records in world
championships in 2016. That is a huge change in the body and how it works under
water.


ABOUT THE DIVE, MATT SAYS:

> “The attempt was enjoyable and kind of easy compared to my last year
> performance. I was pretty surprised. I did my maximum for that day, so I can’t
> complain about the end result. However I’ve made some mistakes during training
> phase. I’m already looking forward for next year training.”

All of this wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of Matt’s wife –
Ola, who supported him during the preparations, often sacrificing a lot of time
to help Matt train. Not without an importance was the help of Matt’s training
partners Karol Karcz and Michal Dabrowski!



Matt also adds:

> “I would like to thank my official sponsor Grena LTD for their continuous
> support!”

We are happy to support you, Matt! And wish you great success in the coming
season!


NEXT STOP:

Matt’s next competition will be on home turf in Jaworzno, Poland on May 12th and
in the Czech Republic the following week. The next Championship competition will
be in less than 3 months at the AIDA Individual Pool World Championships. The
event will be held from June 23 to July 1, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.


BONUS: MATT TALKS AT AN TEDX EVENT

Matt will talk at a local TEDxWSB event in Wroclaw, Poland on Tuesday, pril 24th
at 10:20 AM about Freediving and how to manage your emotions. The talk will be
in Polish, but let’s hope for some English subtitles coming soon!
You can watch the stream here: https://www.facebook.com/WSBwroclaw/

In September 2016, at the Brno MiniComp in Czech, Matt Malina attempted to break
the current record in Bi-Fin dynamics. 

First of all, some background info. Matt usually competes in competitions
defined by AIDA rules – one of the biggest freediving organizations. 

The bi-fin dynamics discipline is not officially recognized by AIDA, but it is
by CMAS and Pure Apnea (other organizations and other conditions). The
competition (Brno Minicomp 2016) was organized on AIDA/Pure Apnea standards,
thus this record is official by Pure Apnea standards and unofficial (not
recognized) by CMAS. 

There are 3 different techniques for swimming with bi-find, and Matt went with
the one which proved to be the most effective for him, the “hands above the head
and dolphin kick”.

With having 4 (yes, four!) training sessions with bi-fins behind him, Matt
attempted to break the current World Record, which was at 226,5 m, done by
Andrea Vitturini (ITA) during CMAS 9th Indoor World Championships. 

As Matt says about the results:

“I came up crystal clean at 231 meters and got 2 meters off my performance
because of turning below the step. I knew it will happen but decided to not care
about it during the dive. Relaxation is the key and I was focusing on that. I
think with flat pool, fully optimized and pushing to my maximum, 250 + should be
very well possible, but lets keep something for the future.”

We will definitely look forward to this kind of future!

 

You can read Matt’s full relation here.

Matt participated in the AIDA Individual Pool World Championships 2016 and
surprised everyone with breaking record after record!

The competition took place on 25th June – 3rd July 2016 in Turku, Finland.

Matt broke three world records during this competition – one during the
eliminations and two in the finals.

The current official record stands as follows:

DYN 300m WR 3rd of July 2016, Turku, Finland, AIDA Individual Pool World
Championships 2016 – current World Record

DNF 244m WR 2nd of July 2016, Turku, Finland, AIDA Individual Pool World
Championships 2016 – current World Record

DNF 232m WR 28th of June 2016, Turku, Finland, AIDA Individual Pool World
Championships 2016

Below you can read Matt’s thoughts in an emotional post made right after the
competition on July 4th, 2016:

My dream came true, I’ve become double World Champion (DNF&DYN) with World
Records set in the same swims :)

You may not believe but literally after yesterday’s 300 [m] I was in constant
movement and only now after getting back home I have a couple of minutes to
write few words about World Championships in Turku. There is a lot to write
about which I will do at some point. I’m full of emotions but this picture of
Daan Verhoeven describes it all.

I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY.

I have broken 3 World Records in 2 disciplines, 232m in DNF qualifications,
improving it in finals by another 12m up to 244m. To me it is a history, it’s a
record that lasted 6 years and no-one thought it will be beaten any time soon,
at least not until last month :) It means to me so much more than that 300m but
it’s less admirable by people because it’s not a round number :) I still can’t
believe that I have improved it by 12m and there was much more in tank.

I’ve calculated a few months ago that I should be capable of doing 252m on a
perfect day, based on my speed, stroke count etc. but even that number is wrong.
Numbers are wrong, it’s all wrong because it’s Limitless. Numbers are in our
heads and on this championship I’ve focused on making good dives with good
feelings, keeping thinking about numbers just for last part of dives as a
motivational tool. I must say it worked wonders for me! I came to Turku to
defend my DNF title, DYN was the 2nd priority because I knew there will be no
rest after DNF finals and there are athletes strictly focusing on DNF or DYN
only during this championships. On the other hand, I knew that if I can do
around 250 DNF, 300m DYN shouldn’t be a problem even without rest so let’s try
to swim and see how it goes. I did it, I have swum 300m and became World
Champion in DYN, splitting the record with Georgios Panagiotakis but I got the
gold because my announcement was higher (it was closer to actually reached
distance by 1m). 

 

You can read an in-depth interview with the World Champ
here: https://www.deeperblue.com/interview-mateusz-matt-malina/

[The record-breaking 300m dive on YouTube]

Matt also started writing his blog in Polish, so if you’re a Polish-speaking
fan, we encourage you to read his blog here: http://mattmalina.com/

You can find some English posts there, too.

Stay tuned for more info from the Champ!

Photo courtesy of: Daan Verhoeven

 

Today I have finally some time to write-up about the events that took place over
the last weekend!

[VIDEO OF A WORLD RECORD SWIM IS BELOW]

Polish pool championships was a triple win for me. I have improved the AIDA
World Record in dynamic with fins by 4m up to 285m, I have become the Polish
Champion and I have achieved the highest ever combined score of 327,5 points
with world record dynamic, 8:00 static and 178 no fins dive in less than 24h.

ORGANIZING THE DIVE AND FINDING A CERTIFIED AIDA JUDGE

Four weeks ago when I’ve swam 258m dynamics with fin in a short pool, I’ve
decided that it’s possible to achieve world record even before Worlds in Turku.
I thought it would be a shame if I do it and there is no judge to ratify it.
I’ve contacted very friendly organizer, Lucyna Kicińska (she is an angel of
Polish freediving organization!) and she said they will try their best to bring
one, few days later I got confirmation that Petar Bojovic is coming. That’s the
moment when things got serious because there was no way back :) Soon I realized
that I actually haven’t swam dynamic in a 50m pool since Belgrade 2015. 

LOOKING FOR A 50M POOL TO TRAIN BEFORE THE DIVE

Over the next two weekends after my decision to try for a record, I’ve travelled
to Jaworzno which has a 50 m pool. Being used to train and perform in the
morning, I found out that in the afternoon I have a harder time to perform good.
The pool had uncomfortable steps at the bottom, it was very hot (32-34 air
temperature) and high humidity. I was sweating just by sitting in a wetsuit and
my heartbeat was high. Actually it was much harder to achieve same results as in
the 25m pool I usually train at.

TEST DIVES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL IN LUBLIN

So my morale wasn’t high and I was giving myself 25-30% chances to succeed. I
was afraid of the pool in Lublin because it has a step in the middle where the
bottom starts to gradually fall from 2,5m to 3,9m. However, when I first tried
to swim in there on Wednesday evening, all the fear went away. I was feeling
such freedom underwater like I have never felt during dynamic with fins swim.

The pool is huge, air temperature inside is just perfect and there is not too
much humidity. It’s just perfect to set records in there. Now when I think about
the other 50m pool I realize that I was just feeling claustrophobic in there
with hitting the bottom constantly with my knees every time I’ve encountered a
step at the bottom.



THE DYN WORLD RECORD DIVE

Below You can all watch video of my World Record performance. From 225m my legs
start failing, but it didn’t stop me from swimming another 60m with hybrid
DYN/DNF technique. After all I’m a no fins guy who tries to find his place in
the monofin division :) It’s weird though because normally I don’t get to a
point of total leg-muscle failure.

Remember to always make an emotional connection with Your goal and let nothing
stop You! Well at least if You perform pool disciplines, because that philosophy
doesn’t work at all in depth ones!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Last but not least I would like to thank everyone for their support! Especially
to my beloved Ola, she is always there for me, supporting me, coaching me, none
of this success would be possible without her, we are a true dream team :)
Thanks to my official sponsor, Grena LTD who supported me in a hard moment of my
career two years ago, thanks to the organizers of the Polish Pool Championships,
especially Lucyna Kicińska, to Samo Jeranko, who helped me with choosing the
right fin #zolotov #goldfin, to Karol Karcz, Michał Dąbrowski and Marcin Pałkus
for training with me, my parents who always support me and many, many others!

285m Dynamic with Fins World Record Mateusz Malina



 

The Polish Pool Championships took place from May 27-29th, 2016 in Lublin,
Poland at the Olympic-sized 50m Aqua Lublin pool.

You can view the overall standings here: MEN and WOMEN (courtesy of:
Stowarzyszenie Freediving Polska Facebook page) 

We chose some of the most interesting pictures for our website gallery, please
visit it here.

You can also view more than 300 pictures by Patrycja Radiowska-Polak from the
whole event on Facebook here. 

 

The speed skating 2015/16 season is already over and even though I was not
writing much on my blog, I was training hard and from my point of view the
season ended on a good note.

You can read about my changing teams in my last blog post: The road to new
opportunities


2015/16 WORLD CUP RACES

I was able to train with the best athletes in the Czech National Team and got to
better my avarage time compared to last year by 15 seconds!

At the end of January 2016 I was put to competition in Norway in the World Cup
in two races: 1500m and 5000m.

I’m especially proud of my achievement on the second competition day when I was
competing in the 5000m race and finished with my season’s best time 6:31:48 and
placed 6th in the B group, which was 19th in the World Cup qualifications.

I also had a chance to start against my former teammates and I’m glad to see my
improvement as I finished ahead of 4 of them. It means for me that I made the
right choice to pursue my athletic career in a different team! In Norway I had
to start twice alone in the first pair, because this was my first start of the
season and I couldn’t be paired up with anyone. I think this had a bit of an
impact on my time result, because the starting position always influences how
fast you race.

Overall this was a good experience for me, I proved my abilities to my new team
and trainer and have gathered enough points to compete in next season’s World
Cup! 

I’m eagerly looking forward to it, maybe I’ll even make the Olympic Team in
2018?


TRAINING PREPARATIONS

My training does not consist of only training at the ice-rink and ice-skating.
:)

As a speed skater you need to work hard to keep in shape off-season and it
demands a bit of flexibility in how to use the available facilities. Everyone
involved in winter-specific sports is aware of the hardships of training
off-season and preparing for the winter season without really being able to
train their own winter disciplines.

This year during some snowy days I went out into the mountains to do some ski
mountaineering, which I tried out last year and have enjoyed ever since! 

Another great activity to shape your skills off-season is to ride a bike. I
usually travel to the southern European countries, where the winter is not as
cold as in Poland.

In my 114 active days in 2015 I rode a total of 248 hours and 7,112 km! It
wouldn’t be possible without my sponsor Grena providing me with a top-notch bike
to do all these kilometers! I enjoy the bike training a lot, so that’s where my
main focus will be in preparation for the next season in 2016!

Just a few days I participated in the official Polish cycling season opening –
the “Ślęzański Mnich” race. You can read more about the race here. I won my
starting category of amateurs and finished the 54 km race with a time
of 01:19:43!

On the beginning of March I flew down to Dubai, UAE to take part in the Fazza
Championships.

This was my second time competing in these Championships.

The rules are a bit different than the usual AIDA rules, so last year I tried
taking part to test myself in this new environment. You can read about my last
years’ attempt here.

The competition took place on March 3 – 5th, 2016 in Dubai, UAE. The Fazza
Freediving Championships are meant to remember the ancestors of the Persian Gulf
inhabitants, who were diving to collect pearls.

This year around 200 freedivers arrived and the athletes competed in a deep
pool, where you should go underwater and hold your breath. This kind of static
is totally different than the one usually performed in AIDA competitions,
because you still need to surface from a few meters after you hold your breath
for the maximum amount of time.

This year I knew what expect, so I was definitely better prepared than last
year, which was visible in my result: I set a new personal best record and
finished the dive with an official result of 08:29 minutes.

A real success for me is knowing that I did what I was prepared for. It’s nice
to get a medal, but in my athletic development it’s most important to surpass my
own limits. The result I got in March proves that I’m on the right path to have
some more victories over myself.


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