- Title: CUBA: DEBORA ANDOLLO SMASHES DIVING RECORD.
- Date: 5th December 1997
- Summary: ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD, CUBA (DECEMBER 5, 1997) RTV 1. SWIMMING POOL OF COLONY HOTEL 2. DIVER DEBORA ANDOLLO PRACTICES BREATHING EXERCISES WITH TRAINER BEFORE MAKING HER DIVE 3. DIVING ASSISTANTS AND OBSERVERS ON BOAT 4. ANDOLLO PREPARES TO DIVE 5. VARIOUS OF ANDOLLO MAKES THE RECORD-BREAKING DIVE 6. ANDOLLO RISES TO SURFACE 7. ANDOLLO SURFACES 8. CELEBRATIONS 9. BOATS RETURN TO SHORE 10. ANDOLLO ARRIVES FOR NEWS CONFERENCE 11. ANDOLLO SAYS: "I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO COMPLETE THE DIVE IN LESS TIME LIKE I HAD BEEN DOING DURING MY TRAINING. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO MAKE A MORE DIRECT DESCENT, BUT I AM HAPPY WITH MYSELF BECAUSE I OVERCAME THE NATURAL ADVERSITIES WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT MAKES ME HAPPY" (SPANISH) 12. ANDOLLO RECEIVES DIVING MEDAL Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD, CUBA
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- Country: Cuba CARIBBEAN
- Reuters ID: LVA3Y0M2GUT8A41BWL9G92JNZRMH
- Story Text: INTRO: Cuban Debora Andollo smashed her own free diving world record by plunging three metres past her previous best of 62 metres.
Andollo's only regret after surpassing the mark she set just over a year ago was that she had not done it faster.
"I would have liked to complete the dive in less time like I had done during my training," she said.
"I would have liked to make a more direct descent, but I am happy with myself because I overcame natural adversities. That makes me happy," said Andollo after making the successful dive off the Isla de la Juventud near Cuba.
Strong currents made the dive more difficult for the 30-year old athlete, who says that at times she became disoriented and lost sight of the rope measuring the dive.
It took Andollo two minutes and 32 seconds to descend the 65 meters, establishing a new record in the "Constant Ballast" category, which entails using a kilogram of weight around the waist of the diver during the descent and ascent in order to stabilize the dive.
Andollo broke her previous world record of 62 metres set in October 1996.
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