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Death diving, or Døds in Norwegian, is a form of extreme diving from heights jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in a canon ball or a shrimp position. Competitions are managed by The International Døds Federation hosting the official Døds qualification league (Døds Challenge) and the Døds World Championship. The World Championship is performed from a platform of 10-15 meters in height. There are separate competitions for Classic and Freestyle. In the Classic event, competitors are to fly horizontally with their arms and legs extended until they hit the water, with no rotations.[1]

Competitors curl into a fetal position just before entering the water, landing first with their feet and hands or knees and elbows to avoid serious injury; dives are judged on speed, air time, complexity, how long the diver holds the original pose, the closing and the splash. In Freestyle Døds, the competitors do various tricks during the air travel, including rotations and flips, hence the name. The sport is not registered as a discipline in the Norwegian Swimming Federation. The International Døds Federation was founded on 1 January 2012. The current world record in height is 31.3 meters and is held by three competing athletes: Ken Stornes (No), Tore Våge (No) and Côme Girardot (Fr).[2] In the women's class the record is at 20.4 meters and is set by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje.

History

Frognerbadet, a public bath in Oslo, Norway.

"Dødsing" has roots as a distinctive style of diving at Frognerbadet ("the Frogner Baths") pool complex since the 1960s, where youths from the different districts of Oslo competed in performing the toughest stunts from the 10-meter.[3] The sport was formalised in the summer of 1972 by Erling Bruno Hovden, then guitar player in Raga Rockers.[4]

Each year since its launch in 2012, the Bruno Award is given to the best classic døds or to honour an extraordinary performance or achievement (winners below) to honour his memory. Since 2008, the Døds World Championship (Norwegian: VM i Døds) has been held annually competition at Frognerbadet.[5] In recent years[when?] the capacity has been filled with 6,000 spectators and tickets being sold out.[6] The events have been broadcast nationally (TV2, TV2 Sport, Viasat) and internationally (ESPN).

Døds World Championship winners (Men)

  • 2008 Christian Kjellmann
  • 2009 Fredrik Amundsen
  • 2010 Vladimir Jevtic[7]
  • 2011 Thord Samuelsen[8]
  • 2012 Henning Marthinsen[9]
  • 2013 Filip Julius Devor
  • 2014 Filip Julius Devor
  • 2015 Filip Julius Devor[4]
  • 2016 Truls Torp[10]
  • 2017 Truls Torp[11]
  • 2018 Emil Lybekk[12]
  • 2019 Kim André Knutsen[13]
  • 2020 Emil Lybekk[14]
  • 2021 Kim-Andre Knutsen[15]
  • 2022 Leo Landrø

Bruno Award winners

  • 2012 Jeppe Skageng
  • 2013 Per Kristen Andenæs
  • 2014 Morten Falteng
  • 2015 Simon B. Aaland
  • 2016 Simon B. Aaland
  • 2017 Håkon Høyem
  • 2018 Petter Andresen
  • 2019 Leo Landrø
  • 2020 Filip Julius Devor
  • 2021
  • 2022 Asbjørg Nesje

Døds World Championship winners (Women)

  • 2018 Miriam Hamberg[16]
  • 2019 Miriam Hamberg[17]
  • 2020 Ingrid Eriksen Bru[18]
  • 2021 Asbjørg Nesje[19]
  • 2022 Asbjørg Nesje

References

  1. ^ "Døds World Championship 2022: After-movie (Death Diving)". YouTube.
  2. ^ Her tar han verdensrekorden. vgtv.no, 21 August 2021
  3. ^ Hadeland - To lokale dødsere gikk videre til VM i dag
  4. ^ a b "Filip (19) er verdensmester i «dødsing» for tredje år på rad: – Er jo livredd når man står der". 15 August 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Dødsstup med løpefart: – Har blitt en manndomsprøve". 13 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ "VM i Døds – 17. august 2019". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Stupte i det og ble «verdensmester»". 20 June 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Dødsemester Filip: - Aldri trodd jeg skulle vinne!". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. ^ "De slår seg halvt ihjel, rister av seg vannet, klatrer opp timeteren og stuper igjen". 10 June 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Truls Torp (17) vant verdensmesterskapet i dødsing: – La inn favoritttrikset". 13 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Truls Torp - rebellen fra Øyenkilen". 14 March 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  12. ^ "(+) Vant VM i dødsing". 20 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  13. ^ NRK (18 August 2019). "VM i Døds" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Citroën presents Døds World Championship 2020 (English commentary) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Citroën presents Døds World Championship 2021 (English commentary) - YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  16. ^ "VM i Døds 2018". YouTube.
  17. ^ "Miriam Hamberg defends her title in Døds World Championship 2019!". YouTube.
  18. ^ "Døds World Championship 2020: The complete women's competition". YouTube.
  19. ^ "Døds World Championship 2021: The complete competition". YouTube.
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