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The sixth and final stop of the 2023 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series came to a dramatic conclusion. The ultimate showdown took place for the first time in Auckland, New Zealand. The much-anticipated 2023 finale had to be rescheduled for January 27-28, 2024, and took place 20 weeks after the previous stop, the longest gap ever between two competitions in one season. The battle for the title and the King Kahekili Trophies went down to the wire in the men's and women's competitions. The 21m a...

In the women's competition, Australian record holder Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) took first place with an Inward 3 Somersault 1/2 Twist in the final round. The judges rewarded her flawless dive with a 9 and an 8.5 for a total of 365.00 points. Iffland takes an emotional fifth win of the season in front of her family and supporters. She wins her 35th event and her seventh consecutive World Series title, a record no other cliff diver has achieved. In second place was Xantheia Pennisi, also from Aust...

In the men's competition, Romanian Constantin Popovici landed an Armstand Back 3 1/2 Somersaults 3 Twists Pike with a very high DD of 6.0. Due to the difficulty of the dive, 7s and a 6 catapult him into first place. 413.90 points are just enough for his third win of the season and his first World Series title. Second place went to Catalin Preda from Romania with a Back 4 Somersaults 2 Twists. The judges rewarded him with the highest dive score in the men's competition, which is his third podi...

The World Series returns to Italy’s Puglia region for a record 10th time to celebrate cliff diving with the strongest line up of athletes during the halfway point of the 2023 season on July 2. The town where houses rise from the cliffs is the undefeated home of European cliff diving and will once again provide Red Bull Cliff Diving’s most unique backdrops in less than ten days. With two stops in the books in 2023 and double victories for Rhiannan Iffland from Australia and Romania’s Constanti...

After an exciting season opener just two weeks ago in the US, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series embarked for the second stop of the season to European soil. France, where cliff diving started is part of the competition calendar for the tenth time, and now in its second consecutive time in the heart of the country's capital city, Paris. Spectators have a mind-blowing view of the elite divers in front of France’s most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower, as they compete from the diving plat...