The 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was a 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
DateLocationRef.26 May Athens, Greece8 June Boston, United States30 June Polignano a Mare, Italy20 July Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland10 August Oslo, Norway25 August Montreal, Canada29 September Antalya, Turkey10 November Sydney, Australia
Divers
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.
Changes in Lineup 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. Miguel García competes as a wild card diver having finished lowest of the permanent divers in the 2023 series.
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. 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:
Men Nikita Fedotov Carlos Gimeno Aidan Heslop James Lichtenstein Jonathan Paredes Constantin Popovici Cătălin Preda Oleksiy Pryhorov
Women Molly Carlson Meili Carpenter Rhiannan Iffland Simone Leathead Xantheia Pennisi María Quintero Eleanor Smart
Standings
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.
Men
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. Athens Boston Polignano a Mare Causeway Coast Oslo Montreal Antalya Sydney Pointstotal1 72011 1916 2020 81212 202 20161316 7131073 13161614 20 10 8 41014 1648 10 8 8 1016805 574 5 1 51620636 - 116 6 713 3 6527 8113 4 11 2 5 1458 - - 7 - 7 - 13 835.19 - 132 4 4 4 2 63510 2 - 5 8 - 7 - 103211 38 - 5 5 1 6 23012 663 6 3 - - 32713 113 - - - - - - 1414 - - - - - 4 4 - 815 15 - - - - - - 616 4 - - - - - - - 417 - - - 1 2 - - - 318 - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - 220 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1
Key First placeSecond placeThird placeWildcard diver
Women
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. Athens Boston Polignano a Mare Causeway Coast Oslo Montreal Antalya Sydney Pointstotal1 16212021211621211572 20131313162116 – 1123 14872441316684 6104786107685 – 1617 - – 13 83576 – 781677 34527 765106556508811051 – 71042910 – 6 – 13 – 1838.1102438310623811 – – – – 58 41330125 – – – 10 – ––1513 – 2 – 6 – 3 ––11144 – – 4 – – ––8.1 14 – 323 – – ––816 15 – – – 1 ––717 – – – – – – –5518 3 – 1 – – – ––419 – – – 12 – ––3 20 – – – – – – 2 – 2.1 21 – – – – – 2 – –2
Key First placeSecond placeThird placeWildcard diver
Notes
References
External links
Official website