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2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

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2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
SportCliff diving
Duration26 May 2024 – 10 November 2024
Seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is an ongoing season of the Red Bull-sponsored international cliff diving series. It is the 16th edition of this event. The series began on 26 May in Athens, Greece, with the final event being held on 10 November 2024 in Sydney, Australia.

Calendar

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Date Location Ref.
26 May Greece Athens, Greece [1]
8 June United States Boston, United States [2]
30 June Italy Polignano a Mare, Italy [3]
20 July Northern Ireland Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
10 August Norway Oslo, Norway
25 August Canada Montreal, Canada [4]
29 September Turkey Antalya, Turkey
10 November Australia Sydney, Australia

Divers

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The men's series features 8 permanent divers, with four wildcard divers selected to compete at each event. Whilst this season of the women's series have 7 permanent divers, with 5 wildcard divers selected at each event. [5]

Changes in Lineup

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The 2024 season saw four new permanent divers with Carlos Gimeno and Jonathan Paredes becoming permanent divers in the Men's series. María Quintero and Simone Leathead were the new permanent divers in the Women's series.

Gary Hunt decided he will not compete as a permanent diver in the 2024 series to focus on his participation in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, bringing to end a run of 98 consecutive competition starts in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.[6] Miguel García competes as a wild card diver having finished lowest of the permanent divers in the 2023 series.[7]

In the Women's series, Jessica Macaulay retired from the Red Bull Cliff Diving series following the 2023 season. Iris Schmidbauer took a break from competing due to pregnancy, but confirmed plans to return to the series.[8] Yana Nestsiarava competes as a wild card diver having placed lowest among the permanent divers in the 2023 series.

Permanent divers for the 2024 series:

Standings

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The 2024 series adapted a new points system for the championship standings. The dive scores per event determines the standings for the individual event, and championship points are handed out based on final position for the event. Scoring the 12 athletes, including wildcards 20-16-13-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points.[9]


Men

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The men's series features eight events. The 8 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least four wildcard divers.

Men's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver

GRE

USA

ITA

NIR

NOR

CAN

TUR

AUS
Points
total
1  James Lichtenstein (USA) 13 16 16   45
2  Constantin Popovici (ROU) 20 2 20   42
3  Aidan Heslop (GBR) 7 20 11   38
4  Carlos Gimeno (ESP) 16 4 8   28
5  Jonathan Paredes (MEX) 8 1 13   22
6  Yolotl Martinez (MEX) DNC 11 6   17
7  Oleksiy Pryhorov (UKR) 5 7 4   16
8  Nikita Fedotov (ANA) DNC 13 2   15
9  Miguel García (COL) 6 6 3   15
10  Cătălin Preda (ROU) 11 3 DNC   14
11  David Colturi (USA) 3 8 DNC   11
12  Sergio Guzman (MEX) 2 DNC 5   7
13  Andrea Barnaba (ITA) DNC DNC 7   7
14  Braden Rumpit (NZL) 1 5 DNC   6
15  Matthew Cooper (USA) 4 DNC DNC   4
16  Davide Baraldi (ITA) DNC DNC 1   1
-  PIerrick Schafer (SUI) DNC DNC DNC   0
Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Women

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The women's series features eight events. The 7 permanent divers are joined at each event by at least five wildcard divers.

Women's Standings
 
Pos.
Event 
Diver

GRE

USA

ITA

NIR

NOR

CAN

TUR

AUS
Points
total
1  Rhiannan Iffland (AUS) 16 20 20 20 20 16 20 20 157[a]
2  Molly Carlson (CAN) 20 13 13 13 16 20 16 DNS 112
3  Simone Leathead (CAN) 13 8 7 2 4 4 13 16 68
4  Meili Carpenter (USA) 6 10 4 7 8 6 10 68
5  Kaylea Arnett (USA) 16 16 13 13 8 3 57
6  Ginni van Katwijk (NED) 7 8 16 7 7 3 4 52
7  María Quintero (COL) 7 6 5 10 6 5 5 50
8  Xantheia Pennisi (AUS) 8 1 10 5 1 7 10  42
9  Elisa Cosetti (ITA) 10 6 13 1 38.1
10  Eleanor Smart (USA) 2 4 3 8 3 10 6 2 38
11  Nelli Chukanivska (UKR) 5 8 4 13  30
12  Anna Bader (GER) 5 10 15
13  Morgane Herculano (SUI) 2 6 3 11
14  Paty Valente (BRA) 4 4 8.1
14  Madeleine Bayon (FRA) 3 2 3 8
16  Aimee Harrison (CAN) 1 5 1 7
17  Stella FORSYTH (AUS) 5 5
18  Yana Nestsiarava (ANA) 3 1 4
19  Paula Gilabert (ESP) 1 2 3
20  Zita Bernatsky (CAN)| 2 2.1
21  Carlota Gonzales Pereiro (ESP) 2 2


Key
First place
Second place
Third place
Wildcard diver

Notes

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  1. ^ The broadcast listed Iffland as having 37 points during the Boston event.

References

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  1. ^ "Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Cliff Diving World Series returns to Boston". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series: Polignano a Mare - Event Recap". Red Bull. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. ^ "Port of Montreal to host Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event this summer". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Divers Line-Up". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Instagram Post". Instagram. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  7. ^ "New in 2024". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Magazin 2024. Red Bull Media House. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024.
  8. ^ "Surprise!". Instagram. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Judging & Scoring". Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Magazin 2024. Red Bull Media House. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024.
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