Same Location - Another New World Record!
New Zealand freediver Dave Mullins blasted through to deliver a new personal best and yet another new Dynamic World Record at Naenae Pool, Wellington. Mullins swam 244 meters in 4 minutes, two seconds, adding 18 meters to the WR he set on Friday.
Mullins has reflected on his performances “Basically I didn’t push too hard on Friday because I knew I wouldn’t be able to do my best swim on the first day, bit too keyed up. Luckily I got it just right and broke the record by a met re, which took some of the pressure off. Then I increased my neck weight so I could pack a bit more and tried out the new configuration with a relaxed 100m swim on Saturday. It felt good so I went for broke on Sunday. I was eying up the end of the pool but thought better of it. Probably a good thing too, I was on the edge.”
Mullins was just shy of making his fifth turn in the 50m pool.
Fellow New Zealand freediver Kerian Hibbs has achieved a dive of 201m – making him one of only 10 freedivers in the world to swim over 200m on a single breath of air in competition.