NEW ENTRY : Le specialità agonistiche apneistiche indoor (pool) e outdoor (depth) entrate a regime nei programmi ufficiali CMAS.
Alcune di queste specialità devono ancora essere regolamentate secondo gli standard CMAS-IOC-WADA.
Link : http://www.cmas.org/114-26032.php?commission=sport
A. Pool disciplines
•Static Apnea: Static Apnea is an event where the athlete aims at performing a maximum duration apnea minimally over a time declared beforehand and if possible going beyond this time. The event is conducted in a swimming-pool or in open water.
•Dynamic Apnea With or Without Fins: Dynamic apnea is an event where the athlete aims at covering the maximal horizontal distance by swimming in apnea with or without fins. The event can be conducted in a swimming-pool or in open water and with the use of fins (bi-fins or monofin) or without. When fins are used, they must be powered only by the muscular power of the athlete, without use of any mechanism, even if the latter is activated by the muscles.
•Speed-Endurance Apnea: Speed-Endurance apnea is an event where the athlete aims at covering a fixed distance at the minimum possible time. The event is conducted in a swimming-pool and is swum in fractions of a pool length alternating apnea swimming with passive recovery at the pool's ends.
The event is swum with the use of fins (bi-fins or monofin). The fins must be powered only by the muscular power of the athlete, without use of any mechanism, even if the latter is activated by the muscles.
The typical distances of speed-endurance apnea are 100 m and 400m but competition on other distances may be organized, including relays.
B. Depth disciplines
•The Jump Blue: The Jump Blue is an event where the athlete must cover the maximum distance in apnea around a square of 15 (fifteen) meters side situated in a depth of 10 (ten) meters. The event takes place in open water (sea or lake) and the use of fins (bi-fins or monofin) is mandatory. The fins must be powered only by the muscular power of the athlete, without use of any mechanism, even if the latter is activated by the muscles.
•Constant Weight Apnea With or Without Fins: The Constant Weight Apnea is an event where the athlete must cover the vertical distance in apnea down to the declared depth without any change in his weight during the whole performance with or without fins.
The event takes place in open water (sea or lake) and the use of fins (bi-fins or monofin) or without fins depends on the type of the competition. When fins are used, they must be powered only by the muscular power of the athlete, without use of any mechanism, even if the latter is activated by the muscles.
•Free Immersion Apnea: The Free Immersion Apnea is an event where the athlete must cover the maximum vertical distance in apnea to a declared depth without using ballast or fins.
The event takes place in open water (sea or lake) and the athlete is allowed to pull on the guiding rope. The use of any mechanism even if the latter is activated by the muscles of the athlete is prohibited.
•Variable Weight Apnea With or Without Fins: The Variable Weight Apnea is an event where the athlete must cover the vertical distance in apnea along down to the declared depth with a guided ballast device and return back with his own power.
The event takes place in open water (sea or lake) and use of fins (bi-fins or monofin) is optional.
•Skandalopetra: Skandalopetra is an apnea discipline with historical roots. The name comes from the Greek words "scandali" (trigger) and "petra" (stone).
It is precisely this stone which forms the basis of this discipline.
The athlete dives with the help of a stone (usually a marble slab) attached to a rope. Skandalopetra is a team event: one athlete dives and one is waiting at the surface. When the first athlete reaches the desired depth, the second starts hauling him up.
