Greece and Russia have taken gold in the A & B finals for Dynamic With Fins (DYN) discipline at the 2015 Individual Pool World Championships. 32 athletes entered the pool however Giorgos “George” Panagiotakis (Greece) and Natalia Molchanova (Russia) were the only ones to leave with gold medals after 280m (and Greek National Record) and 236m dives respectively.
Weather conditions were wet and cold with a lot of athletes huddled under umbrellas and towels to keep warm. This seemed to have more impact on the men’s final where a number of athletes received penalties.
It is a particularly sweet victory for Pangagiotakis who was denied a Greek National Record earlier this year after his coach George Georgas (who has coached him since 2013) touched him during the surfacing protocol which meant a disqualification even though he had a clean dive.
Six National Records were also set during the finals:
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Christina MICHALOPOULOU (Greece) 192m
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Dagmar ANDRES-BRÜMMER (Germany) 186m
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Giorgos PANAGIOTAKIS (Greece) 280m
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Alexandr BUBENCHIKOV (Ukraine) 260m
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Alexey MOLCHANOV (Russia) 258m
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Ulf LINDBERG (Sweden) 231m
The final standings for the DYN Finals:
All Photos Courtesy of and © Copyright Daan Verhoeven
