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The Irish leg of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series awaits cliff diving elite with rough and rugged conditions in brand-new location on September 12. Halfway into the season, the world’s best cliff divers featuring the reigning champions Rhiannan Iffland from Australia and France’s Gary Hunt will find themselves competing from a brand new launchpad on the sheer cliffs of Downpatrick Head. After three Irish stops in the rough waters of Inis Mór, and more recently a showing in Dubli...

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...