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| 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series | |
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| Sport | Cliff diving |
| Duration | 26 May 2024 – 10 November 2024 |
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.
| Date | Location | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May |  Athens, Greece | [1] |
| 8 June |  Boston, United States | [2] |
| 30 June |  Polignano a Mare, Italy | [3] |
| 20 July |  Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland | |
| 10 August |  Oslo, Norway | |
| 25 August |  Montreal, Canada | [4] |
| 29 September |  Antalya, Turkey | |
| 10 November |  Sydney, Australia | |
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]
The 2024 season saw four new permanent divers with Carlos Gimeno and Jonathan Paredes becoming permanent divers in the Men's series. Maria Paula 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 Garcia 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:
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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]
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 Garcia (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 | |||||||
| First place |
| Second place |
| Third place |
| Wildcard diver |
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | 7 | 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 | Maria Paula Quintero (COL) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 50 | ||
| 8 | Xantheia Pennisi (AUS) | 8 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | – | 7 | 10 | 42 | ||
| 9 | Elisa Cosetti (ITA) | 10 | – | 6 | – | 13 | – | 1 | 8 | 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 | ||
| First place |
| Second place |
| Third place |
| Wildcard diver |
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