Gimeno and Carlson win Red Bull Cliff Diving competition from the Old Bridge

Spaniard Carlos Gimeno is the winner of the Old Bridge dives in Mostar as part of the Red Bull Cliff Diving series in the men's competition. He triumphed with a total of 439.75 points over three rounds ahead of Catalin Prede from Romania, who collected a total of 431 points. Aidan Heslop from Great Britain took third place.

"This is definitely the happiest and best moment of my career. A dream has come true. This is beautiful. I can finally say that I am the Cliff Diving champion," said Gimeno after the award ceremony.

Catalin Prede's dive received the highest marks from the jury and ten bonus points.

In the overall standings, Constantin Popovici from Romania leads with 832 points. He is followed by Aidan Heslop from Great Britain with 699, and today's winner Gimeno with 573 points.

The triumph in the women's competition was achieved by Canadian Molly Carlson with 378.6 points, followed by favourite Rhiannan Iffland from Australia with 361.5 points. Eleanor Smart, an American who performed in Mostar for the first time, took third place with 322.6 points.

Regardless of the triumph in Mostar, Carlson cannot catch up to Rhiannan Iffland in the overall standings, who has 990 points. In third place is Xantheia Pennisi with 440.

Several thousand spectators watched the dives in Mostar.

The next, final stop for the best male and female divers will be in Auckland, New Zealand, in November this year.