Azores 2019
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Cliff diving returns to the mid-Atlantic this weekend as the World Series makes its eighth visit to the stunning Portuguese Azores for this season's fourth stop. Rhiannan Iffland and Gary Hunt lead the way and will be looking to tighten their grips on top spot in the standings, while the challengers will know it could be now or never if they want to make a move on the champions. Follow all the action live right here today. -
Mother Nature has caused a bit of disruption in this mid-Atlantic location over the past couple of days, and Friday's diving was cancelled completely due to the bad weather. Fortunately, the divers did manage to get their first round completed a day early on Thursday. Read the full story from the first round here.
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Rhiannan Iffland is cruising along nicely, and maintains a healthy lead after round 2 -
1- Rhiannan Iffland AUS 133.90 pts 2- Lysanne Richard CAN 120.90 3- Eleanor Townsend Smart USA 117.00 4- Adriana Jimenez MEX 115.70 5- Iris Schmidbauer (W) GER 114.40 6- Jessica Macaulay GBR 113.10 7- Jaki Valente (W) BRA 91.00 8- Yana Nestsiarava BLR 89.70 9- Maria Paula Quintero (W) COL 79.30 10- Celia Fernandez (W) ESP 63.70 -
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Jonathan Paredes is also on fire, and the Mexican will take a lead going into round 3 after another immaculate dive from the rocks.
1- Jonathan Paredes MEX 159.60 pts 2- Andy Jones USA 155.40 3- Gary Hunt GBR 145.60 4- Kris Kolanus POL 142.80 5- Michal Navratil CZE 140.00 6- Steven LoBue USA 138.60 7- Catalin Preda (W) 138.50 8- Slavik Kolesnikov (W) UKR 137.20 9- David Colturi USA 130.20 10- Oleksiy Prygorov UKR 130.20 11- Manuel Halbisch (W) GER 119.00 12- Nikita Fedotov (W) RUS 113.20 13- Jucelino Junior (W) BRA 81.20 14- Blake Aldridge GBR 74.20 -
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Wow! That's not like the Iffland we know. The Aussie champion can only score 6.5, 7, 7.5. Thanks to her first two dives though it's enough to just edge her into the lead by 2 points. We could be in for an exciting final round!
1- Rhiannan Iffland AUS 224.2 pts 2- Lysanne Richard CAN 222.3 3- Jessica Macaulay GBR 206.7 4- Eleanor Townsend Smart USA 198.7 5- Adriana Jimenez MEX 195.65 6- Iris Schmidbauer (W) GER 179 7- Jaki Valente (W) BRA 155.5 8- Maria Paula Quintero (W) COL 155.15 9- Yana Nestsiarava BLR 152.4 10- Celia Fernandez (W) ESP 115.9 -
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1- Gary Hunt GBR 282.80 pts 2- Jonathan Paredes MEX 281.80 3- Andy Jones USA 265.05 4- Catalin Preda (W) 252.90 5- Michal Navratil CZE 252.80 6- David Colturi USA 239.40 7- Steven LoBue USA 232.95 8- Oleksiy Prygorov UKR 229.65 9- Nikita Fedotov (W) RUS 221.40 10- Manuel Halbisch (W) GER 215.60 11- Kris Kolanus POL 208.60 12- Slavik Kolesnikov (W) UKR 204.85 13- Blake Aldridge GBR 184.60 14- Jucelino Junior (W) BRA 140.65 -
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Women's final standings -
1- Rhiannan Iffland AUS 326.9 pts 2- Jessica Macaulay GBR 304.7 3- Lysanne Richard CAN 298.3 4- Eleanor Townsend Smart USA 287.95 5- Adriana Jimenez MEX 279.65 6- Iris Schmidbauer (W) GER 258.8 7- Jaki Valente (W) BRA 250 8- Maria Paula Quintero (W) COL 219.75 9- Yana Nestsiarava BLR 216.75 10- Celia Fernandez (W) ESP 175.1 -
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Men's final standings -
1- Gary Hunt GBR 420.60 pts 2- Jonathan Paredes MEX 417.50 3- Andy Jones USA 375.45 4- Michal Navratil CZE 362.45 5- Oleksiy Prygorov UKR 356.55 6- Catalin Preda (W) 329.40 7- David Colturi USA 317.70 8- Nikita Fedotov (W) RUS 313.85 9- Slavik Kolesnikov (W) UKR 306.05 10- Blake Aldridge GBR 299.75 11- Kris Kolanus POL 272.35 12- Steven LoBue USA 255.90 13- Manuel Halbisch (W) GER 215.60 14- Jucelino Junior (W) BRA 140.65 -
So, records fell once again in the Azores. Rhiannan Iffland scored her fourth win in a row this season and Gary Hunt had to be at his best to see off the marauding challenge of Jonathan Paredes, who earned a record-breaking six 10s across the event. And it was also a record eighth visit to this mid-Atlantic location for the World Series. See you in Beirut in three weeks for the next stop!