The IX CMAS Panamerican Spearfishing Championship will be held in Antofagasta, Chile, from 10th to 13th October 2024. The championship will be organized by the Asociación de Deportes Submarinos de Antofagasta (ADESUBA). Particular rules will be publi...
Stefano Bellani will compete in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro's Yacht Club will be the home of the 2nd CMAS World Cup for Clubs in March 2024 Among the many well-known athletes, ex-world champion Stefano Bellani will compete alongside Maurizio Ramacciotti and Marco Paggini."It was not a tough dec...
Davide De Ceglie: A brilliant career
The Italian champion Davide de Ceglie is considered as one of the best finswimmers of his generation, a specialist of long distance finswimming. After 28 years of activity he is retiring from competitive finswimming. We had the occasion to talk with ...
The World Games Athlete of the Year 2023
It's that time of year again - when you can support Szymon Kropidlowski by voting in The World Games Athelte of the Year poll. Yearly, more than 500,000 votes are cast in the race for the title. Szymon Kropidlowski (21) came to the fore at The World ...
Skills courses for instructors were held in Egypt
The CMAS Technical Committee (CMAS TC), in collaboration with the Egyptian Diving and Lifesaving Federation (EDLF), held skills courses to update instructor's qualifications. Mr Flemming Holmes (CMAS TC President), Mr. Abdelaziz Rezik (Director of St...
CMAS - Anti-Doping Education Webinar 1
We are sending the last reminder for the specific webinar organised for the CMAS Family by ITA in the field of education program mandatory for all the IF.This webinar is organised Thursday, the 30th of March, with two slot times in the morning and af...
2023 Ordinary General Assembly
CMAS Ordinary General Assembly of 2023 will be held in Crowne Plaza.5* Hotels & Resorts, Belgrade (Serbia), on the 6th to 9th April, 2023. CMAS World members will gather for 3 days to discuss the future objectives.
Out-of-Competition Testing
5 December. 2023 -14h00 Time ParisThe fifth and last webinar is planned for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 5. If not yet registered, please proceed and promote for this last one of 2023. Thank you for your mobilisation and your commitment.Descript...
Principles and Values of Clean Sport
28 November. 2023 -14h00 CETThe fourth and penultimate webinar is on Tuesday, November 28. Thank you for your mobilisation. I still hope for you for this session.DescriptionWelcome to "Principles and Values of Clean Sport" - the fourth of a five-part...
Medications, Supplements, Prohibited List and TUEs
21 November. 2023Many attendees of CMAS were online for the two first Autumn Webinars last Tuesday, 7 and 14 November. We appreciate your commitment. The next one will be Tuesday, 21 November, and we hope to see a maximum of CMAS Family members again...
The Doping Control Process
14 Nov. 2023 02:00 PM CETMany attendees of CMAS were online for the 1st Autumn Webinar last Tuesday, 7 November. We appreciate your commitment. The next one will be Tuesday, 14 November, and we hope to see a maximum of CMAS Family members again.Welco...
Introduction to anti-doping
Welcome to an "Introduction to anti-doping" - the first of a five-part webinar series hosted by the International Testing Agency (ITA). This webinar will introduce you to the world of anti-doping. In what can seem a complex landscape, we will help yo...
CMAS Position on Freediving
CMAS is the sole world governing body for all underwater sport disciplines, fully recognized as such by the International Olympic Committee. Indeed, CMAS is full member of ARISF - Association of IOC-Recognized International Sport Federations and of t...
Tragic loss of beloved president and underwater sports advocate, Benedict Reyes, leaves community in mourning
It is with great dismay and sadness that we received the news that our very dear friend Benedict Reyes passed away yesterday, 23rd June. Ben has been the guiding light and President of PAUA (Philippine Association of Underwater Activities) for many y...
Freediving enters the program of the World Games and President Anna Arzhanova was re-elected as the member of IWGA Executive Committee
The International World Games Association held its Annual General Meeting in Madrid today and made a decision on the ratification of the Sports Programme including Finswimming and Freediving for the next World Games to be held in Chengdu, China in 20...
Para-Freediving Joins The World Games 2025
We are thrilled to announce that Para-Freediving has been officially included in the prestigious program of The World Games! Get ready to witness some of the most daring and inspiring athletes from around the globe, as they take on the depths with in...
CMAS Instructor Manual goes global - now available in Chinese
The CMAS instructor manual is currently in the process of being translated into languages other than the three official CMAS languages (English, Spanish and French). The instructor manual is now available in yet another Chinese language version.The m...
Huali Yao: “Olympic motto “Higher, Faster, Stronger, Together”
At the end of the 2023 season, we had a pleasant surprise fromthe Chinese athlete Huali Yao. She achieved two new World Junior Records in 50 apnea with a performance of 15.71 s and in the 100 Immersion with 35.05 s. We had the opportunity to meet her...
Palma de Mallorca prepared for champions
As always, the first spearfishing competition in the new year will be the traditional Semana Master in Palma de Mallorca, organized by FBDAS, FEDAS, and CMAS.There are four different competitions – for the first time, the Master's World Cup for athle...
Alexandria Underwater Archaeological Field School
CMAS has joined forces with the Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, a CMAS Scientific Diving centre, to run the Alexandria Underwater Archaeological Field School which will take place in Alexandria, Egypt, fro...
