The apnea champion Guillaume Nery has not gone far from the disaster in a world record attempt. Blame the organizers who set the mark at 139m instead of 129m.
Two months after Natalia Molchanova, multiple world record holder apnea, disappeared during a recreational dive off the Balearic Islands, it is the turn of another great name of discipline, Guillaume Nery, having narrowly escaped death. The Frenchman has in any case been left for “fear of his life” and syncope with edema lung extra.
Thursday, off Limassol, French world champion in 2011 and four times world record holder, was trying a new depth record, this time for the 129 meters. But according to his entourage, the brand was placed to 139 meters, a measurement gap which almost be fatal. Two days after beating the record of France after a year’s break with 126 meters, Nery did not hide his amazement.
I have no desire to go deep and the incident this morning confirms my idea
Guillaume Nery
“I thought: this is a bit long. But it’s so unthinkable to imagine that there is an error on an attempted world record with any monitoring application that supervision of such a dive “, has in fact entrusted to the French France Info after recovering from extreme fright and his unconsciousness. “By recovering, I looked dive computers, he says, and I saw the numbers appear in amazement.”
And Guillaume Nery return to France Apnea on the error made by the organizers. “It is a shared error: The organizers and judges cable is measured with scotches To 140 meters it is supposed to be a red mark (100 meters) and 4 white markings A white tape was gone…. There has been confusion and 140 m have been made for 130m. In the end I found myself 10 meters higher because of a white piece of scotch gone. “
According to him, this mishap has in any case value of awareness. “Sometimes you have to know not to be too greedy and listen for signs of life. On the boat I burst into tears, thinking of Julie, my daughter, my family. It is played not much . I have no desire to go deep and the incident this morning confirms my idea. I do not participate in the World Championships. “
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