Like many pioneers, Carlos Gimeno is one of a kind. In 2014 he debuted in the Red Bull World Series, defying reason with his jump from 27 meters while doing a handstand. Work, sacrifice and bomb-proof mental strength have led him to be crowned champion of one of the world circuit events in Mostar and earn the right to be the first permanent Spanish diver on the circuit.
Seeing the world from 27 meters high and risking your life jumping into the void is within the reach of very few. The path taken by Carlos Gimeno to becoming a permanent diver in the Red Bull World Series for next season has not been easy for the Gran Canarian man who is currently living his dream. «Before there were no pools over 10 meters high, that situation has changed in recent years, because before you were forced to have to go to work in shows in different parts of the world, which gave you the opportunity to jump from 27 meters and little by little you increased the difficulty of the jumps and when you reached the required level they called you cliff diving (high jumps) to compete in them,” the island diver recalls his beginnings in 2014.
The discipline of high jumps has evolved so much in recent years that there are even junior championships for men, who jump from 15 meters, and women, who do the same from 10 meters.
The United States, Canada, China and Austria are the countries that have pools prepared for training in this type of jumping. In the case of Madrid, they already have a platform at 12 meters and another at 15 meters, which “helps us prepare for tournaments, because you can divide the jump into two parts and then join it,” explains Gimeno.
The preparation
Logically, athletes who dedicate themselves to this discipline cannot “jump from 27 meters every day, because it would end up breaking your body,” explains the Gran Canaria diver. “We usually train by jumping from lower heights, 3, 7, 12 or 15 meters, doing many repetitions and when a competition arrives we usually arrive a week before and there we finish doing our homework to arrive prepared,” explains Gimeno.
The demand is extreme and requires “daily physical and mental preparation, because you need to have a lot of precision in the jump and in your movements, as you need to land perfectly in the water to be among the first places,” says the Gran Canarian.
“If you fall badly you can kill yourself, so it is normal that before jumping there is fear or nerves,” he admits.
Behind each jump Carlos Gimeno accumulates “many workouts, many abdominal exercises, gym work” in the physical part, while in mental preparation he works a lot with the issue of aspiration, I read many books to help me concentrate, I usually get up early To be active, I go running, I do intermittent fasting to eat a healthy diet, all of this is what has led me to be champion of the Red Bull World Series. »
In a sporting discipline where you risk your life with every jump, control and concentration are vital. «Jumping from 27 meters high is equivalent to a ninth floor and it doesn’t matter if it’s water, because if you land badly you can kill yourself or get injured, that’s why it’s normal for you to feel nervous and afraid before jumping, but on the other hand, when you do it “What you do is a personal challenge and you do it well, the emotion comes afterwards and is indescribable, because when you have worked so hard and it turns out well, you feel a sensation of euphoria and adrenaline that is difficult to explain, it is absolute happiness,” he comments. the Gran Canarian athlete.
Last Saturday, in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), winning his first World Series made that day one of the happiest of his life. His achievement was largely due to his work with his coach, Ramón Fumadó. His historic triumph, as the first Spaniard to achieve it, turned his dream into reality, as after nine years he became a permanent diver in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
Unlike other minority sports disciplines, Carlos Gimeno has managed to make a living with his passion without having to look for a job to pay the bills, since he debuted in 2014, with his famous unique jump doing a handstand from 27 meters high. , the never seen.
2023-09-13 01:23:52
#world #meters #ground
