Goran Colak for Croatia and Nataliia Zharkova for Ukraine won the gold medals in the Constant Weight no-fins events at the 1st European Apnea Championships in Kas (Turkey), held under the CMAS’ flag.
Perfect weather and sea conditions in the second day of the competition for the “big blue” underwater. In the men event, Colak, who was silver yesterday with the mono-fins, touched at 85 metres, ahead italian Homar Leuci (silver with 71 m.), bronze yesterday, and french Thomas Bouchard (bronze with 70 m.). Zharkova, after the bronze with mono-fins, won the women event with 65 metres. Silver medal in 63 metres for italian Alessia Zecchini, same medal gained yesterday, while croatian Mirela Kardasevic was bronze with 58 m.
Medal table:
Croatia: 1, 1, 1.
Ukraine: 1, 0, 1.
Slovenia: 1, 0, 0.
Russia: 1, 0, 0.
Italy: 0, 3, 1.
France: 0, 0, 1.
Tomorrow it’s day off for the competitions, but not for practice, before the last two events: Constant Weight with fins on friday and the closing Jump Blu on saturday. Events will be broadcasted on live streaming via Olympic Channel (https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/tv/) and shared on the official CMAS Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/CMAS-World-Underwater-Federation-757271837760946/).
