Cape Town based Freediver Hanli Prinsloo, image above by Roger Horrocks, has been on the West Coast of Sweden competing in the Nordic Deep Freediving Competition. Hanli said she surprised herself and her competitors by setting 4 new South African records and winning the competition.Free Immersion is a depth discipline where the diver pulls herself down and back up a rope. Hanli broke the previous record of 42meters by doing a 50meter dive into the black cold waters of the Gullmarsfjord. The pool disciplines started with a Dynamic No Fins record, where the diver swims breaststrok! e under water, here Hanli broke the previous 78 metre record by swimming 126 metres under water. This dive ranks her among the top 5 women in the world. The next day Hanli broke her own Static Apnea record, with a 5minute 39second breath-hold. And on the last day Dynamic With Fins, she broke her own 129meter record by doing a successful 150meter dive, swimming underwater with a monofin. Hanli now holds 4 of the 6 South African Freediving records.
