LAKE Macquarie’s Rhiannan Iffland has reaffirmed her reputation as the premier women’s high diver on the planet by winning the FINA World Cup title in Abu Dhabi.
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The 27-year-old from Nords Wharf, who learned to dive at Lambton Pool, won the FINA World Championship in Budapest last year and is the reigning three-time champion on the Red Bull cliff-diving tour.
She produced four strong dives on Saturday from the 20-metre platform to notch 322.95 points and triumph in the women's event from Canada's Lysanne Richard (285.75), who won in 2016, and American Eleanor Smart (277.70).
The World Cup in Abu Dhabi was a qualification event for next year's world championships, with the first 12 men and first eight women being automatically selected.
“The event was great, and the conditions were perfect, at least for the women’s competition … I was training hard and preparing really well in Australia for this last event of the season,” Iffland said.
“After my gold at the Worlds in 2017, my objective was also to win here in Abu Dhabi.”
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