Competitive Freediving
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Besides the limits of breath-hold, immersion in water and exposure to high ambient pressure also have physiological effects that limit the depths and duration possible in freediving. Examples of freediving activities are traditional fishing techniques, competitive and non-competitive freediving, competitive and non-competitive spearfishing and freediving photography, synchronised swimming, underwater football, underwater rugby, underwater hockey, underwater target shooting and snorkeling. There are also a range of "competitive apnea" disciplines; in which competitors attempt to attain great depths, times, or distances on a single breath. Historically, the term ''free diving'' was also used to refer to scuba diving, due to the freedom of movement compared with surfac ...
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Agata Bogusz Wrakowe
Agata may refer to: * AGATA (organization), a Lithuanian non-profit performing rights organization Name * Agata (given name) * Agata (surname) Places *Agata Station, a train station in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Physics * AGATA (gamma-ray detector) AGATA, for Advanced GAmma Tracking Array, is a High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) semiconductor detector array for gamma spectroscopy, γ-ray spectroscopy that is based on the novel #Gamma-ray tracking, γ-ray tracking concept. It offers excellent pos ..., Advanced GAmma Tracking Array Miscellaneous * Agata (dog), a Colombian drug-detection dog * 7366 Agata, a main belt asteroid discovered in 1996 * Agata potato, a potato variety * Histria Agata, a floating storage and offloading unit {{disambiguation ...
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