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passage never said that equality was attained, I assumed----note,

passage ends with women still trying to get equality &
complaining about how they dont realy have it

29~detail, history/ economic; picked answer that doesnt go with

question stem
27- function; history/ econimcs; used detail frm p3 but the question
asked about p6 plus it was the last sentence so there is not detail
abut the quote following, because it was the last sentence
26- strength, within; history/ economics; detail in answer choice were
never mentioned
53;strengthen, beyond; philosophy ; didnt see that my answer choice
was already false
50- main idea; philosphoy; didnt realize that author was against the
teaching of a topic
49?
48;function; philosophy; author never mentions that humans are
innately superstitious
-TheRussianwomanconsideredoneofthegreatestfreediversofalltimeisfeareddeadaftershefailedto
surfaceafteradiveintheMediterranean.
NataliaMolchanovawasdivingwithoutfinstoaplanneddepthof35metres(115ft)nearLaSavinaporton
Formentera,asmallislandsouthofIbiza,whereitisfearedshemayhaveencounteredastrongunderwater
current.
Molchanova,53,holds41worldrecordsinfreedivingdivingwithoutbreathingapparatusandcanhold
herbreathfornineminutes.InMay,shedivedtoadepthof71metresinwatersoffEgypt.
ThelocalcoastguardandtheGuardiaCivilarrivedintheareaat5pmlocaltimeonSundayafter
Molchanovasfriendsreportedhermissing.
Ahelicoptermonitoredtheareaandprivateboatsjoinedthesearch,saidMiguelFlixChicn,headof
SpainscoastguardintheBalearicIslands.Wesearchedalleveninguntilthesunset.Wecombedthe
entirezoneandruledoutthepossibilitythatshewasnearthesurface.
ChicnsaidMolchanovawasbelievedtobewearingweights,oftenusedbyfreediverstohelpthedescent.
Everythingsuggestsshewaswearingweightsofaroundsixkilos,hesaid.

Rescueworkers,havingfailedtofindMolchanovanearthesurface,believeshedidnotremovetheweights,
pushingthesearchtothedepthsofthesea.Theareanowbeingsearchedreachesdepthsofaround80
metres.Andthosedepthsmakethingsverycomplicated,Chicnsaid.
OnTuesday,anunderwaterrobotwasbroughtintowidenthesearchareaandisworkingalongsidedivers
fromtheGuardiaCivil.ThespecialistdiversfromtheGuardiaCivilneedtouseablendofhelium,
nitrogenandoxygentobeabletocarryouttheirwork.Theycanonlydiveforshortperiodsoftimeand
manysafetyprecautionsmustbetakentoallowthemtoworkunderthoseconditions,Chicnsaid.
Molchanovabreakingtheworldrecordfreediveforwomen,reaching101metres
HenotedthattheskieswereclearandtheseawascalmonSunday,andhadbeenthatwaysince.
Molchanovawasdivinginanareaknownforstrongcurrents,wherethewatertemperaturecandipsharply
oncediversgetbelowthesurfacesomethingthatcanaffecteventhemostexperiencedofdivers.
AlexeyMolchanov,hersonandachampionfreediverhimself,saidhebelievedhismotherwasdead.The
freedivingcommunityalsoappearstohaveacceptedthatMolchanovaisunlikelytohavesurvived.
WillTrubridge,arespectedfreediver,tweetedthattheworldhadlostitsgreatestfreediver.
ThefreedivingwebsiteDeeperBluesaidMolchanovaexplodedontothescenein2003whensheseta
worldrecordinonlyhersecondcompetitionbyswimmingunderwaterfor150metreswithoutfinsatthe
FreediverClassicOpeninCyprus.
Ayearlatershebrokethatrecordagain,andin2005confirmedherdominanceinthesportbybreaking
nineworldrecordsinsixfreedivingcategories.Atthispointtherewasnodoubtthattherewasanew
superwomaninthesportoffreediving,DeeperBluesaid.
Shecontinuedtosetnewworldrecordsforthenextdecade.In2013,Molchanovaswam182metres
underwaterwithnofinsattheworldchampionshipsinBelgrade,breakingtherecordby19metres.
AtthefollowingyearsworldchampionshipinSardiniashebroketheworldrecordwithafinbyswimming
underwaterfor237metres.Intotalshewon20worldchampionshipindividualgolds.
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SaraCampbell,aformerWorldChampionandformanyyearsMolchanovasmainrival,said:Icalledher
theQueen.Sheisthegreatestfreediverthattheworldhaseverseenandquitepossiblythattheworldwill
eversee.Itsabsolutelytragedythatshesgoneinthisway.Itseemstohavebefreakaccident,Butshe
livedfortheoceanandultimatelyeveryfreediverwouldbequitehappytogothatway.
TheBritishfreediver,whobeatMolchanovatoagoldmedalinherfirstworldchampionshipsin2007,said
therewasgentlesidetoherolderrivalthatwashiddenbehindhercompetitiveimage.
Alotofpeoplecalledherthemachineandshewasincrediblystrongphysicallyandmentally.Butthe
moreIgottoknowherIrealisedtherewasmuchmorebehindthat.SheworkedattheUniversityof
Moscowanddidalotofresearchintosportsscience.Shehadahugewealthofknowledgeaboutthemagic
thatisthephysiologyoffreediving.

Sheoncesaiddeathandbirthareimportantandfreedivingisjustagameforadults.Thatkindofsums
herup.Shetalkedaboutherchildrenwithimmenselove.Freedivingwasacuriosityshepursuedwith
passion,butitwasnotthebeallandendallinherlife.
Campbelladded:Iaskedherrecentlywhatmakesyoukeepsgoing?andshesaiditisnotworldrecords,
justthatwasshecuriousaboutwhatshecoulddo.Shewasntsurehowlongshewouldcontinue,butshe
gainedsomuchpleasurefromdoingwhatshedidandfromteachingandsharing.
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CampbellsaidthatwhenshefirstfirstencounteredMolchanovain2006,theRussianhadblackedout
afterdivingto60mwithnofins.
Ihadtheresponsethatalotofnonfreedivershave,thatthispersonlookeddead.Iwasveryupset,Ithink
Istartedcrying.Butlater,onher50thbirthday,shesettheworldrecordto70mwithnofins.Shewasjust
phenomenal.Thetragicironywasshelostherlifeinthesamediscipline,nofins,butjustplayingindepths
of30mor40m.Whetheritwasthecurrent,orsomethinghappened,Ijusthopetheycanfindherbodyand
someanswersastowhatcausedherdeath.
Shewasdivingwithin50%ofhermaximumcapacity.Freedivingitselfisnotadangeroussport,what
makesfreedivingaccidentshappenispeoplewithouttrainingtryingthingstheyshouldnt.Whatmakesme
reallyangryispeoplewhodontknowanythingaboutthesportmakingjudgementthatweareallstupid,
recklessandirresponsiblebecausewearenot,andifyoucomparethesafetyrecordoffreedivingtoscuba
divingthereisnocomparison.
AidaInternational,thefreedivinggoverningbody,issuedajointstatementwithMolchanovasfamily
payingtributetoherachievements.Shewasaninspirationtoallfreediversanddespitebeingoneofthe
fiercestcompetitorsintheworld,shewasalwayscalmandrelaxedduringcompetitions,thestatement
read.