Diving

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...

World Championships: Rhiannan Iffland Wins Women’s High Diving; American Maya Kelly in Bronze Rhiannan Iffland of Australia won the women’s high diving gold medal on Saturday at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Bronze went to American Maya Kelly, the first American female high div...

World Championships: Maddison Keeney Wins 1 Meter; Americans Open with Two 4th Maddison Keeney started the diving competition at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with a gold medal on 1-meter springboard, while the U.S. finished fourth in both of the opening day’s events in Singapore. Keeney sco...

World University Games: China Wins 12 of 15 Diving Golds China won gold in 12 of the 15 diving events at the World University Games, held this week in Berlin, Germany. The Chinese athletes took 20 total medals, with eight silvers, at the Europe SportsPark Aquatics Center. The other three medals went...

Juan Estevez Swaps Carolinas as New Diving Coach at South Carolina Juan Estevez was hired Monday as the head diving coach at South Carolina, hired away from North Carolina. Estevez was an assistant coach for the Tar Heels in 2024-25. The Cuban international helped Aranza Vazquez Montano be named the...

Olympic Medalist Andrew Capobianco Joins Wisconsin as Assistant Diving Coach Olympic medalist Andrew Capobianco was hired Friday as an assistant diving coach at the University of Wisconsin. Capobianco competed for Indiana University’s powerhouse team from 2017-23. He was part of three Big Ten Champi...

University of the Pacific to Restart Men’s, Women’s Diving The University of the Pacific last week announced a plan to revive its men’s and women’s diving programs starting in the fall. The diving programs will join the formation of men’s cross country program, a men’s track and field program and an...

‘You Just Know’: Sophie Verzyl on Confidence and Competing for Team USA In a thrilling finish at USA Diving Nationals, Sophie Verzyl officially earned a coveted spot on Team USA’s roster for the upcoming World Championships. She capped off a strong collegiate season with the University of South Caro...

Michigan Hires Two-Time Olympian Brandon Loschiavo as Diving Coach The University of Michigan on Monday announced the hiring of Brandon Loschiavo as its diving coach. Loschiavo competed for the United States at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, as well as four World Championships after a stellar college...