What could be better than a hot, summer day for such an appointment. On Saturday, the second stage of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was held at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in the presence of many spectators.
The world elite of high-flying diving was gathered for the first time in the history of the competition in Paris. On the men’s side, the Romanian Catalin Preda, 30, won, creating a surprise by beating the Frenchman, at home, Gary Hunt, nine times winner of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. The latter had to settle for a magnificent second place, ahead of the Romanian Constantin Popovici.
Among the ladies, 30-year-old Australian Rhiannan Iffland won ahead of Canadian Molly Carlson and American Eleanor Smart. The next stages will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 16, then in Oslo, Norway, on August 14. The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series was created in 2009. They had already made stops in France, notably in La Rochelle and Saint-Raphaël.