Following her world record, Zsófia Törőcsik also set a Hungarian record in free diving at the International Association for Underwater Activities (AIDA) competition held in Mabini, Philippines.
The 37-year-old competitor—who set a new world record of 105 meters in the no-fins category last week—reached a depth of 108 meters in the bifin (two-fins) category, which ranks third in the all-time list and is a massive Hungarian record.
“Everything can hinge on a single movement, a single stroke. There were dives where I had to turn back at 103, then 105–106 meters, because I could not equalize anymore. In situations like that, you cannot take risks: if I had gone any further, it could have ended in a serious injury,” said Zsófia Törőcsik, who broke the world record at 111 meters.
Last year, Törőcsik won the World Games held in Chengdu, China, with a world record in the finned free-diving category, becoming the first woman to complete 300 meters single breath underwater. The World Pool Diving Championships will be held in Budapest in late May and early June.
“The fundamentals of pool and open-water events are the same, but they involve completely different types of exertion. Here, it is the distance covered horizontally on a single breath that counts, not the depth. The transition is not easy, but you can get back into the rhythm within a few weeks,” noted Törőcsik.
Via MTI; Featured image: Pixabay
