Three days of freediving, great performances and a community together in La Paz. The Baja Sur Challenge ended on 11 October: time to celebrate the results and the smiles!
Julie OlsonWomen’s overall champion
Leonardo DíazMen’s overall champion
🥈 150 mDYN · Oscar
🥈 128 mBifins · Oscar
Three days of personal challenges
Static apnea opened the competition, followed by two dynamic heats on day two. The final day ended with a white card for every performance.
Celebrating the champions
Julie Olson and Leonardo Díaz win the overall titles. Leonardo wins all four disciplines. Among the women, Laura Leiter wins static, Marcela Medrano dynamic, Julie Olson bifins and Gorety Hernández no fins.
Oscar makes Ocean Tigers proud
Coached and trained by Ocean Tigers, Óscar Domínguez earns two second places: 150 m dynamic and 128 m bifins. A wonderful reward for his dedication and preparation!
Congratulations to the whole community!
Behind every metre and second are hard work, concentration and the courage to step up to the start. Congratulations to all the athletes, and thank you to the organisers, judges and safety teams. The closing photographs also capture the joy of coming together and celebrating.
Diploma presentation · La PazDiploma presentation · La Paz
🥈 2nd overall🥈 2nd in dynamic · 150 m🥈 2nd in dynamic bifins
Three second places, a big smile and a proud moment for Ocean Tigers! At the Baja Sur Challenge in La Paz, Oscar Dominguez earned second place overall, in dynamic and in dynamic bifins. Coached and trained by Ocean Tigers, Oscar has plenty to celebrate. A wonderful performance celebrating his dedication and passion for freediving. Congratulations, Oscar, from the whole team!
Performances from both heats, in start order. Transcribed from the sheets published by Baja Sur Challenge: the official podiums are shown above.
The two heats contain 30 starts. Oscar Domínguez records 128 m DYNBF and 49 m DNF, both with white cards. Congratulations to every participant!
Heat 1 · Open full size ↗
Heat 2 · Open full size ↗
DYN: dynamic with fins · DYNBF (DYNB on the sheets): bifins · DNF: no fins. Red-card distances are shown to transcribe the sheet; they are not valid performances.
Julie Olson and Leonardo Díaz win the overall titles. Óscar Domínguez earns silver in DYN (150 m) and bifins (128 m). See all podiums, official sheets and closing photographs.
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Ivonne Rodriguez sets a national record at 203.5 m DYN
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Ivonne Rodriguez reaches 203.5 m in dynamic (DYN), a performance presented as a national record by Lemus Underwater School. The board in the post reads “Record Nacional.” The report attributes the announcement to the source account.
🥇 Jade Agboton, 2026 AIDA World Champion: gold after a suspenseful wait
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Crowned constant weight with bifins (CWTB) world champion with 98 m in Limassol, Jade Agboton recalls an emotional day: she set off thinking she was competing for bronze, was told she had silver back on the boat, and only learned of her final gold medal at sunset. In her account, the French athlete describes exceptionally strong currents and progressing from 60 m to the top of the world in one year. She thanks coach Cédric Palerme, Deep Dominica Freediving, her Toulouse club Immersion Libre, AIDA France, C4 Carbon and every team behind the championships. A title that also celebrates a remarkable collective effort. Personal account shared with Ocean Tigers; photo credit stated in the original post: Federico Buzzoni.
Pool competition · Baja California Sur / La Paz, Mexico
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Baja Sur Challenge official results and podiums
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Julie Olson and Leonardo Díaz win the overall titles. Óscar Domínguez earns silver in DYN (150 m) and bifins (128 m). See all podiums, official sheets and closing photographs.
137 m: Molchanov breaks the CWT world record in Cyprus
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On 8 October in Limassol, Alexey Molchanov completed 137 m in constant weight with fins (CWT), one metre beyond his previous record. He received a white card, won gold and topped the overall standings with 484 points. Petar Klovar (125 m) and Brad Stephens (115 m) complete the CWT podium. Record ratification is pending doping tests.
Zharkova wins CWT gold; Törőcsik takes the women’s overall title
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Final women’s standings: Zsófia Törőcsik wins overall with 374 points, ahead of Sanda Delija (338) and Mojca Haberman (308). In CWT, Nataliia Zharkova wins gold at 113 m and Jade Agboton silver at 101 m. Törőcsik takes bronze with 100 points after an early turn at 108 m.
Bevin Reynolds reflects on her return to elite freediving
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In an interview published by Molchanovs on 16 September, South African freediver Bevin Reynolds discusses her return after injury and her overall women’s title at the 2026 AIDA pool worlds in Budapest. She highlights consistency and the support of her training community. This is a new interview, not a new competition result.
World Apnea depth championships: event announcement
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The AIDA calendar lists the World Apnea 2026 Depth Championships in Limassol, Cyprus, from 27 September to 10 October. An event announcement for a major for international depth freediving; the official event page provides the programme and registration information.