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Orlando Duque of Colombia and Rachelle Simpson of the USA repeated history this weekend at the FINA High Diving World Cup by revalidating the title in Cozumel (MEX) for the second consecutive time since the introduction of this event on the Aquatic calendar. In a series of close-to-perfect dives, Du...

It’s been over a year since Red Bull Cliff Diving’s last North American competition and nearly four decades since the last full solar eclipse was viewable in the United States. To mark both the return of Red Bull Cliff Diving to Hell’s Gate Cliffs at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas on September 3, as wel...

Colombia's Orlando Duque rolled back the years with a stunning Red Bull Cliff Diving victory in São Miguel, powering past his younger rivals to land on top of the podium for the first time since 2013. Steven LoBue of the USA and England's Gary Hunt finished behind the sport’s charismatic legend in s...

Greg Louganis, one of the greatest divers of all-time if not the greatest, appeared on Orlando Duque's podcast to talk about dealing with the post-Olympic blues. Louganis won four Olympic gold medals in his career, winning the 10m and 3m events in the 1984 and 1988 Games. Listen to the podcast here ...

Orlando Duque is every bit the archetypal legend of his sport, for two decades having been at the very top of high diving. Now 42, he is preparing for yet another season in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series, and ahead of the season start on June 24in Inis Mór, Ireland, he gives advice to his younger ...

Orlando Duque is a force of nature in the diving world and he has used his position of influence to help highlight the rising danger of global climate change. The Colombian veteran who won the inaugural Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2009, journeyed for 31 days to launch himself off a giant i...

The world's elite high divers will gather this weekend for the FINA High Diving World Cup 2015 in the stunning Mexican island of Cozumel to compete at the second edition of the newest FINA event in the Aquatic calendar, the FINA High Diving World Cup 2015, taking place from May 8-10. This second edi...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 10. ORLANDO Duque made once more history by becoming the first winner of the FINA High Diving World Cup, organised in Kazan (RUS) from August 8-10, 2014. The Colombian star, gold medallist at the 2013 FINA World Championships, when this discipline was introduced in the ...