High Diving World Cup Bahrain 2024: Preview and schedule

Big names ready to make a big splash in Manama, Bahrain

While making a splash might seem antithetical to technically proficient diving, competitors at the High Diving World Cup Bahrain 2024 will want to leave a lasting impression on the judges, with only two stops counting towards the final World Cup ranking.

World champion Rhiannan Iffland looks to continue a streak of victories in the women’s competition, after completing a last round comeback to win the women’s 20m event at the World Aquatics Championships Doha 2024.

The 33-year-old from Newcastle, Australia has reigned supreme over women’s high diving, with few exceptions, since winning her first world championship title in 2017.

The former diving entertainer on cruise ships looks to start the season on a positive note, as she prepares to compete for a fifth consecutive world championship title at the World Aquatics Championships Singapore 2025.

Canada’s Molly Carlson, one of the aforementioned exceptions to Iffland’s reign, will look to out-score the high-diving queen during the first stop of the High Diving World Cup 2024.

An alumnus of the Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014, Carlson is a relatively recent convert to high diving, entering her first international competition in 2021. Despite having less competition experience than Iffland, Carlson claimed victory at the World Aquatics High Diving World Cup 2023, beating Iffland by less than 10 points.

While she’s yet to beat the Aussie at the world championships, Carlson will look to repeat her World Cup success in Bahrain.