Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2021 – Mostar (BIH) – Winning Dive (Women)

England's Gary Hunt and Adriana Jimenez of Mexico took a huge step in the fight for the King Kahekili trophy with crucial victories at the penultimate stop of the 2018 World Series in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Success at the historic Stari Most saw both divers leapfrog the current men's and women's leaders, Steven LoBue of the USA and Australia's Rhiannan Iffland, to head to the final showdown in Polignano a Mare, Italy, in two weeks’ time with a 20 point lead each. Czech Michal Navrati...

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...

In the men’s competition, Gary Hunt returned to the top of the podium for the first time this season, fending off the late challenge of Constantin Popovici to post his third win at Stari Most. Hunt, without a win in 2021 coming into this stop, had spoken openly earlier in the week about the double threat posed this season by rivals Popovici and Catalin Preda. The two Romanians faltered in the rain on Friday however, and despite Popovici’s sensational final dive, for which he picked up two 10...

Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland maintained their winning form on a dramatic and barely believable day of high-quality action at the fourth stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Downpatrick Head, Ireland. In the men’s competition, Hunt earned his 41st career victory, but that doesn’t even begin to tell the story. Having earned three 10s himself in Saturday’s second round, the Frenchman watched on as his rivals cranked up the pressure with a series of high-scoring dives in the t...

In an exceptional 3-day event, the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series’ return to magnificent Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, will see 26 athletes launch from the Old Bridge, Stari Most, in honour of the local diving tradition. It’s the sixth time that the cliff diving elite returns to the historic Stari Most on August 28, and the stage looks set for more history to be added to this challenging location. After a sensational start into the season for wildcard diver Catalin Preda in Fran...

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...

Gary Hunt and Rhiannan Iffland maintained their winning form on a dramatic and barely believable day of high-quality action at the fourth stop of the 2021 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Downpatrick Head, Ireland. Four-time champion Iffland, chasing a record-extending 11th consecutive World Series win, was simply untouchable yet again. Beginning the third round in an unfamiliar third position, the Australian blew her rivals out of the water with a sensational ‘perfect dive’, earning fiv...