cliff diving : 4 videos

Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland signed off the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in style in Italy on Sunday afternoon, displaying their dominance once again by brushing aside the robust challenge of their rivals to claim yet another victory before their crowning ceremonies.

On a highly competitive afternoon in Norway’s capital city, it was Romania’s Constantin Popovici who narrowly pipped compatriot Catalin Preda to victory in what turned out to be more of a ‘Romanian rumble’ than an exhibition at the Oslo Opera House. The athletes displayed an array of extraordinary high dives to amaze the enthusiastic spectators who came to witness the first ever sports event from this landmark building. The athletes displayed an array of extraordinary high dives to amaze the...

In the men’s a sensational final dive gave record winner Hunt a runaway victory at the 5th stop of the season. At his brilliant best, the 35-year-old finished off with a perfect 10 dive, after he’d ripped his first dive directly off the cliff into the Mediterranean Sea to earn two 10s from the judges, to surpass Jonathan Paredes’ (MEX) combined record of six times the highest note from the jury at a single stop. 40 points behind the Brit, America’s Colturi finished in 2nd place after a slow s...

In another commanding performance, 27-year-old Iffland not only bettered her own point record for an optional dive by a significant 13 points, but also received three 10s for a single dive – an absolute novelty in the women’s. It was not only the Australian who broke records in the competition from the city’s most significant landmark as second placed Jimenez improved the high score for a required dive on day one. With the slightest of margins ahead of fourth place, Belarussia’s Nestsiarava s...