Russian Freediving Championship Finished

It was earnest fighting – the results strike the imagination, and the participants tried their best (some even a bit overdone, but all ended well). Freediving Federation congratulates the winners and thanks all the sportsmen, who found the strength and courage to participate in the annual underwater contest. Special thanks to our judges, standby divers, photographers, spectators and, of course, sponsors!

Here are Russia freediving medalists-2014 (other results you can find on website).

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Overall Ranking

Women
1. Ovodova Nataliya (Sent-Petersburg)
2. Krupnitskaya Marianna (Moscow)
3. Efremova Marina (Sent-Petersburg)

Men
1. Shmatko Yuri (Noginsk)
2. Matveenko Andrew (Gelendjik)
3. Ilyshin Sergey (Bryansk)

Static Apnea

Women
1. Krupnitskaya Marianna (Moscow) – 5'13"
2. Ovodova Nataliya (Sent-Petersburg) – 5'04"
3. Efremova Marina (Sent-Petersburg) – 5'04"

Men
1. Shmatko Yuri (Noginsk) – 6'34"
2. Soldatov Michael (Yoshkar-Ola) – 6'03"
3. Matveenko Andrew (Gelendjik) – 6'00"

Breath-hold Diving (no fins)

Women
1. Ovodova Nataliya (Sent-Petersburg) – 128 m
2. Zemskih Tatiana (Moscow) – 125 m
3. Krupnitskaya Marianna (Moscow) – 121 m

Men
1. Popov Roman (Tolyatti) – 150 m
2. Shmatko Yuri (Noginsk) – 143 m
3. Samokhin Igor (Moscow) – 141 m

Breath-hold Diving (with fins)

Women
1. Kazankova Marina (Moscow) – 200 m
2. Ovodova Nataliya (Sent-Petersburg) – 173 m
3. Efremova Marina (Sent-Petersburg) – 163 m

Men
1. Molchanov Alexey (Moscow) – 223 m
2. Samokhin Igor (Moscow) – 205 m
3. Matveenko Andrew (Gelendjik) – 198 m

Other results

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Source: www.free-diving.ru