
Recently returned back from Serbia..
A short trip in six days with things to do.. visiting relatives and relaxing in my village, after that I returned to Belgrade and invited to Mira Adanja Polak live television program on RTS (for those of you who did not see it.. I will add it shortly on my website and youtube).
I finished my trip with some socializing with friends and nice new friends that I have met and got to know.. I am grateful for having nice friends around me.
About my training and the World Championship..
My training has entered a final phase where my main focus is pool, diving at sea and static training. I feel fresh and healthy so far, no injuries and no infections either.. deeply grateful for that. So I need to continue with the intensity and balance I have in my training.
But my training also consists of stretching every morning, fast-distance running and will resume with the weight training.
This year I'm training less and I feel fresher in my body and I believe it will pay off at the end of the season but it´s important not to forget the mental part that is the most decisive in the competition. It is a workout that I need to work with if I want to find serenity in great depths.
Last time I represent Serbia at the World Championship was in Egypt in 2007.. this year it will be interesting to see how deep I can dive in all three disciplines - Constant weight with and without fins and free immersion.
As the situation is today I will first train in Dahab (Egypt) for two weeks and after that back home to Sweden to rest for a week before I fly off to the World Championship, at first I was planning to train at the World Championships in Greece already in the beginning of September. But I thought.. I have good training in Dahab and it´s a nice way to start my deep training.
The sea is different, Dahab have the Red Sea / Greece the Mediterranean and the difference is that in Red Sea you more saline than in the Mediterranean.
Still don´t know the exact date when I will arrive in Greece but it will for sure be a few days before the official registration date (15 Sep), believe I will have enough time to adjust my body to the conditions prevailing there.
It will certainly be a well-organized World Championship and the best athletes in freediving will turn up.
What are my chances..
I have good chances but still no podium place, instead a world ranking list to seek for. It´s hard to say which place it will be on the ranking list.. I don’t not know exactly which ones will turn up and what depth they have achieved this year..
Which depth will I reach.. Unfortunately there is no information about it due to the input that I still do not know what depths I will be doing but I will update it on the website how it goes with the deep training in Dahab.
I will also update the same day when I announce for the depth and dive time (respective disciplines) to the organizer.
But what I do can tell is that it will be a few meters deeper than the current depths I have from last year.