The 2024 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is an ongoing season of the

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-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

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Calendar

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

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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

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in Paris, bringing to end a run of 98 consecutive competition starts in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Miguel Garcia 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.

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took a break from competing due to pregnancy, but confirmed plans to return to the series.

Yana Nestsiarava Yana Nestsiarava ( be, Яна Несцерава; born 14 June 1992) is a Belarusian female high diver. She won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships ( ...

competes as a wild card diver having placed lowest among the permanent divers in the 2023 series. Permanent divers for the 2024 series: ;Men *

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* James Lichtenstein * Jonathan Paredes *

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* Oleksiy Pryhorov ;Women *

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* Meili Carpenter *

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* Simone Leathead * Xantheia Pennisi * Maria Paula Quintero *

Eleanor Smart Eleanor Townsend Smart (born 1995), also known as Ellie Smart, is an American high diver. She placed third at the 2022 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Early life and education Smart was born on October 20, 1995. She grew up in Fairway, K ...

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. ;Key

Women

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

Notes

References

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External links

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