Natalia Molchanova , pluricampeona World apnea, disappeared on Sunday during a dive in the waters of the Spanish island of Formentera (Baleares this) and the authorities continued to search his body on Wednesday.
Russian athlete, 53, he was practicing his sport with other divers west of the famous beach of Ses Illetes. diving to lung and without fins to between 30 and 40 meters deep when “allegedly got into a strong undercurrent” according to a joint statement of the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA) and his family.
“The cause of the disappearance is unknown but Natalia was doing what he loved. Natalia had such a deep passion for apnea who dedicated his life to it,” the statement said.
Sunday Alerted around 17H00 local (15H00 GMT), Spanish rescue services mobilized a helicopter, a boat and several divers to search the surface and under water to a depth of 100 meters .
The family of the deceased meanwhile mobilized an underwater robot from a private company , said a spokesman for the Civil Guard.
Finding champion, who was weighed down with lead, had no results until Wednesday. “It is assumed that there may be in depth,” a spokesman Salvage, one of the Spanish agencies search efforts.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard he said the operation will continue until Sunday.
Natalia Molchanova was the most decorated freediver in the world, with 41 world records and 23 world championship titles to his credit. Could take up to nine minutes static apnea and dive up to 101 meters with fins, the statement said.
“The world has lost its greatest diver apnea Sunday,” wrote apnea diving champion, New Zealander William Trubridge, a friend of his son Alexei, in his Facebook page, which speaks of a “wild but sweet woman.”
Born May 8, 1962 in Ufa, west of massif of the Urals, had left competitive swimming at age 20 to have two sons, Alexei and Oxana. He discovered diving apnea at age 40 and quickly developed a passion for this extreme sport that can cost the lives of his followers.
In 2002, the French Audrey Mestre , which then held the world record for the women’s diving apnea died during a descent in the waters of the Dominican Republic.
Last June, another sports champions Franco-Swiss Laurent Bourgnon navigator, twice winner of the Route du Rhum sailing, diving had disappeared while in French Polynesia.
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