World championship

H2O team is organizing the 2007 AIDA Individual World Championship in pool disciplines from 4^th to 7^th of July 2007.

The World Championship will run alongside with the biggest festival in Slovenia – Festival Lent, that is visited by more than half a million people every year. With the main stage of the competition in the pool complex Pristan we will be right in the heart of the festival, assuring lots of spectators and media attention. We will take all the advantage from the happening at river Drava. The social part of the competition will be carried out at Lent. Director of the festival Mr. Vladimir Rukavina is thrilled about the competition:

”In Maribor with Lent festival we become a part of the colorful world every year, hosting artists, showing our best and receiving interesting guests. From 4^th to 7^th of July 2007 Maribor will host special artists – world champions in apnea – in different disciplines of freediving. The organization was trusted to Maribor and we have good competitors also in our town. Organizers of Lent festival have decided to include this special event into sport Lent, making it possible to follow the competition on our screens and introducing the competitors at the Večer stage.”

You can read more about Lent festival on their official webpage www.lent.slovenija.net.

AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea) is an international association of freedivers. Founded in 1992 it oversees and recognizes records, sets standards and organizes international competition. From 1992 they have recognized over 170 world records. You can find more about AIDA on www.aida-international.org.

The official training will begin on 1^st of July 2007 the street parade will be on 3^rd of July and the beginning of the competition on 4^th of July. The competition will be carried out in 3 disciplines: static apnea, dynamic apnea with and dynamic apnea without fins. The competition will end on 7^th of July. More about the competition can be found at www.WCh2007.H2Oteam.com.