AIDA Freediving World Championship 2022 - Marianna Gillespie CWT 104 black out

Published 2022-09-12
Going for a gold medal, Marianna finds herself in trouble during assent and required assistance. Luckily the safety team worked it out quickly and she was delivered to the surface and passed onto the medical team for oxygen treatment. Same day Marianna was feeling fine.

All Comments (21)
  • Props to the safety/rescue team. You guys were on top of it!
  • I hate to see this happen to someone but I do appreciate being able to see a safety team in action. Absolute heroes!
  • @Hillary-tp3ir
    When I see good videos like this I usually take out my time to appreciate the experts that make these videos possible.
  • @yellowboat8773
    That one safety diver dude is an absolute legend, so quick to see the sign and pumped hard to get her to the surface. Legend
  • For those who haven’t experienced black outs underwater, It feels like you’re in a dream and then you suddenly wake up. You’ll buffer for a minute 😅
  • When your professor says "now let's take a deep dive" it is nothing compared to this. Truly amazing stamina, lung-power and the ability to stay calm as the need for air increases. Once I dove down from near sea-level rocks to grab the sand at the clear-water bottom and nearly ran out of breath half-way back up after a hard kick on sea floor to push me up faster. Hadn't done that for over 20 years so my lungs were totally out of shape. That was at Anse Chastanet Beach in St. Lucia. It was a scary moment.
  • As a spearfisherman and free diver from Hawaii, I myself think its important to know how to swim a person up from the depths to the surface. "One up, one down" is our motto for spearfishing safely... Always go out with a dive buddy and stay together!
  • @user-pm4bp8gn2n
    Assistant, you are a guardian angel, thank you from the bottom of my heart!
  • @buksohn
    Very glad that she is Ok. Thank you to super professional rescue team.
  • RESPECT to the safety divers ! You are truly professionals!
  • @mattyrigpig
    Impressive work by the rescue team!! Textbook ❤️
  • @PsDani
    First time seeing this sport. This is crazy to me, how matter of fact they are. The commentators and the rescue team seem to be like 'oh well she drowned, let's get her back to life' like it's just another day in the office.
  • @wam8963
    Sad she did not make it but the rescue team deserves a thumb up. Good video to learn to detect a black out when diving.
  • Impressive!! Did freediving off Guam some years ago, beautiful place by the way, but only went about 30' deep. This girl went over 300' deep. That's impressive!
  • @ludbzh4029
    Bravo merci du partage, ça dédramatise le BO et valorise l'encadrement. Bon rétablissement 🙏
  • You gave it your all, that's awesome. Great job with the safety team. I admire you.
  • @MrMezmerized
    Incredible discipline to suppress the natural instinct to panic when basically she's drowning.
  • Absolutly amazing just what the human body can do with the proper training and disapline congratulations
  • @kevinstogner9477
    Outstanding feat ! At 100m, water pressure is 10bar, relative to the surface. But the absolute pressure is 11bar (1bar is the atmospheric pressure on the water surface, plus 10bar water pressure)