Diving

World Aquatics Releases 2026 Diving Recognized Events Schedule World Aquatics this week announced its 2026 diving recognized events, which builds on its World Cup slate. The events next year will, “enable more National Federations to access diving events” in the effort to expand the sport globally. ...

Colorado School of Mines Brings Back Diving Program The Colorado School of Mines has brought back men’s and women’s diving this season for the Division II program. The Orediggers already have their new divers enrolled, with Bruno Albertoni and Gabi Batol competing. Both are freshmen in terms of elig...

A Look at the NIL Landscape in Swimming The NCAA approved Name, Image, and Likeness compensation in 2021, opening the door for collegiate athletes to earn money through endorsements and sponsorships. When it comes to NIL, football and basketball dominate the headlines. Swimming, on the other hand, d...

Lyle Yost Bridges Rivalry Divide as New Michigan Assistant Coach Ohio State’s NCAA champion diver Lyle Yost is bridging the classic Big Ten rivalry, hired on Thursday as an assistant diving coach by Michigan. Yost’s college career ended in 2024. He spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach at h...

Dallas O'Haver Named Diving Coach at UNLV UNLV swimming and diving head coach Pat Ota announced the hiring of Dallas O'Haver to his coaching staff as the head diving coach on Thursday. Most recently, O'Haver served on the Illinois State coaching staff from 2022-24 as the head diving coach. Overall,....

LA 2028 Organizers Propose Move of Olympic Diving to Pasadena The organizers of the LA 2028 Olympics on Wednesday proposed moving the diving competition from Los Angeles to Pasadena. Diving was originally slated for the 1932 Pool in Exposition Park, located near the University of Southern California...

West Virginia Hires Matt O’Neill as Head Diving Coach West Virginia has hired Matt O’Neill as the head diving coach, returning to his alma mater, the school announced this week. O’Neill has spent the last six years at Harvard, powering the Crimson to 15 NCAA qualifiers and three All-Americans. Harva...

ElliReese Niday and Sophie Verzyl Lead USA Divers with Gold at Junior Pan American Games U.S. divers won seven medals – three gold, two silver and two bronze – at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay. The U.S. women won gold in all three individual events. Sophie Verzyl (Columbia, S.C...

Former Texas A&M Swim Coach Jay Holmes Joins Arizona Arizona has added Jay Holmes as an assistant coach, a year after Holmes retired from coaching at Texas A&M. Arizona made the announcement on Monday. Holmes has 40 years of experience with the Aggies, including 21 seasons as the head coach from 200...

‘I Don’t Know if I’m Going to Be Alive’: Ukraine Diver Oleksii Sereda Returns to Uncertainty Ukrainian diver Oleksii Sereda knows how to handle pressure. That’s true on the boards, where the 19-year-old has competed internationally since he was 13. And it applies to his life in a home county at war ...

World Championships: Cassiel Rousseau Wins Platform in China-Free Podium Cassiel Rousseau finished strong Sunday on the final day at the World Aquatics Championships, the Australian grabbing gold on men’s 10-meter platform. The shocker of the event was that neither Chinese diver medaled, a down note...

World Championships: Chen Yiwen, Chen Jia Go 1-2 in 3-Meter Springboard China’s Chen Yiwen and Chen Jia went 1-2 on women’s 3-meter springboard on the penultimate day of diving at the World Aquatics Championships. Chen Yiwen bested her countrywoman with a score of 389.70 points, winning by 33.30 poi...

World Championships: Osmar Olvera Upstages Chinese to Win 3-Meter Mexican diver Osmar Olvera outperformed the front-running Chinese duo to interrupt their diving dominance at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. Olvera overcame a bad third dive to surge late, scoring 529.55 points over six dives. ...

World Championships: Chen Yuxi Wins 9th Gold with Platform Title Chen Yuxi is just 19 years old, but she won her ninth career World Championships gold medal on Thursday by triumphing in the women’s platform event. Chen scored 430.50 points in the five-dive final. She blew away the field, with German...

World Championships: Italy’s Matteo Santoro, Chiara Pellacani Win Thrilling Synchro The Italian duo of Matteo Santoro and Chiara Pellacani won a thriller of a final in mixed 3-meter synchro Wednesday at the World Aquatics Championships. Santoro and Pellacani finished with 308.13 points, 0.87 ahead o...

Mexican Twins Lia Cueva, Mia Cueva Win Worlds Medal at Just 14 They’re 14. They’re twins. Their names rhyme. And they’re World Championship medalists. That’s the introduction that the global aquatics community has gotten to the Mexican synchro diving pair of Mia Cueva and Lia Cueva, which added some...

World Championships: China Sweep Golds, with Bronze for U.S. Men China picked up two more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The men’s 10-meter synchro involved a final-round lead change, a winning margin of less than a point and a spot for the American men to on the podiu...

World Championships: Veterans Wang Zongyuan, Chen Yuxi Add Synchro Golds Chinese veteran divers Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi have adapted to new partners well, adding synchro diving gold medals Monday at the World Aquatics Championships. Wang teamed with 1-meter gold medalist Zheng Jiuyuan to win 3-m...

World Championships: China Takes Both Golds, led by Zheng Jiuyuan China won both gold medals on offer on Day 2 of diving at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, via the mixed synchro platform duo of Zhu Yongxin and Xie Peiling and men’s 1-meter champ Zheng Jiuyuan. Yan Siyu of China took bron...

World Championships: American High Diver James Lichtenstein Wins Gold American James Lichtenstein was crowned the world champion in the men’s high diving event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, sealing it with a sensational final dive. Second place went to Spain’s Carlos Gimeno in the 27-met...