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People who try to tame nature in one way or another are aware of the dangers that lie behind it. Nobody is made to dive, for example, with a single breath, to a depth of more than 90 meters.
Whoever does it takes his body to the limit and this is something he knows. But it is the adrenaline that drives them to do it. Even if they know that your life is in immediate danger. No matter how careful one is, no matter how experienced one is, one cannot be sure of the outcome of such an undertaking.
This preface was necessary but it could also contain only one name: Natalia Molsanova.
The Russian diver could be the epitome of everything we described above. World champion with hundreds of distinctions and so many other records. And yet this woman went swimming with her son and a small group of people who shared the same passion and never surfaced again.
No one knew (and probably never will) what happened and the 53-year-old lost her life in such a tragic way. And it is precisely this mystery that makes her legend grow.
It sounds normal. A δύτρια, drowned. A climber fell from the mountain. One who made a free fall died because his parachute did not open. But as normal as it may seem, it is so tragic every time a person who has dedicated his life to an activity, loses his life in exactly this way. But that’s exactly the charm of danger.
Who was Natalia Molsanova?
He was born on May 8 in Ufa, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, known in the West as Bashkortostan. Russia. Country but not independent. It is an area that deifies nature. It is built between the majestic Volga and the Urals that will take your breath away.
Somehow Natalia started practicing sports from an early age and especially with everything related to the water element.
When he turned 20, however, he put an end to everything because he wanted to start his own family. She had two children. Alexei and Oxana.
Years passed and when her two children grew up, it was time for her to return with her second great love, the sea.
He was 40 now, but that didn’t stop him from discovering freediving. The sport with which he will be introduced to world sports and will make his presence felt just two years after its inception …
The bottom dives that … “took” her to sports Everest
2003 is the year Natalia Molsanova takes off. She holds two national records in static apnea and dynamic apnea and a few months after this success she sets a world record in dynamic apnea in matches held in Cyprus.
Until today he held the records in static apnea (the diver holds his breath for as long as possible with the airways submerged in a pool, open sea, lake or river) with 9 minutes and 2 seconds. He also holds the record for dynamic apnea (the diver swims underwater in a horizontal path to cover the greatest possible distance without breaths) with 234 meters, the dynamic stillness without sandals with 160 meters at constant weights (the diver dives and emerges using his sandals or his sole without pulling the race rope and without changing the ballast that he carries during his dive) with -101 meters, at constant weights without sandals with -69 meters and in apnea (the diver dives without the use of propulsion equipment and only pulling the rope of the race during the dive and ascent) with -91 meters that he achieved in the races that took place in Kalamata!
All of this and much more that was not mentioned caused many (including some of the biggest names in the sport) to bow to his greatness. It is indicative that Molsanova’s greatest opponent has stated that “she was the best athlete that the field of Free diving And it probably won’t get better than this in the future!
Aside from the wet track, however, Molsanova also had many honors at the University. She has a doctorate in “Pedagogical Sciences”, has written eight scientific texts and several training manuals for diving. At the same time, she was an associate professor at the Public University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth and Tourism of Russia.
Fatal free dive
On August 2, 2015, Natalia and some of her friends met in Ίμπιζα, the luxurious Spanish tourist center. They all arrived by boat on the island of Formentera. As it was known then, after having fun, Natalia would give free diving lessons to some of her friends.
Nothing predicted the tragedy that would follow. No one could have imagined what would happen. He was not trying to set a new record, nor would he do something he had never done before.
According to those present, Natalia Molsanova dived to reach 35 meters. Great depth, but she had plunged many times to depths two and three times deeper. The weather was perfect. An ordinary August breakfast in Mediterranean.
Molsanova dove in and everyone expected her to surface in a few minutes. But this did not happen. Nobody knows what happened. No one will be able to answer all the questions that arise.
His son and friends alerted the Spanish Coast Guard. Investigations began immediately and even an underwater robot was used. In vain. His body was never found. On 5 August it was announced that she was considered dead.
“It seems that he will stay at sea. I think he would like this ending,” were the words of Alexei Molchanov, his beloved son, when it was all over.
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