It is time; time for the challenge, the moment for overcoming the fear has come. Who is this year’s pacesetter? Which dives do the athletes use as the aces up their sleeves? Before you join in and keep a close eye on the world’s most thrilling high diving competition and its athletes we’d like to introduce the judges and wildcards at each stop. Feel the passion, and enjoy reading.
the Judges PeR stoP stoP 1: fRanCe CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES ANKE PIPER (GER) KEN GROVE (AU(S)-T) MARION REIFF (AUT) ANDREY IGNATENKO (UKR) stoP 2: noRWaY CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES ANKE PIPER (GER) ANDREY IGNATENKO (UKR) RENATO ROSI (ITA) MARION REIFF (AUT) stoP 3: PoRtugal, aZoRes CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES KEN GROVE (AU(S)-T) GREG LOUGANIS (USA) MARION REIFF (AUT) SARA MASSENZ (ITA) stoP 4: IReland CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES TONIO MARTINEZ (MEX)
RENATO ROSI (ITA) ANDREY IGNATENKO (UKR) SARA MASSENZ (ITA) stoP 5: usa CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES GREG LOUGANIS (USA) JEFF ARBON (GBR) STEVE FOLEY (AUS) TONIO MARTINEZ (MEX) stoP 6: uK, south Wales CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES GREG LOUGANIS (USA) KEN GROVE (AU(S)-T) SARA MASSENZ (ITA) RENATO ROSI (ITA) stoP 7: oMan CLAUDIO DE MIRO (ITA) HEAD OF JUDGES GREG LOUGANIS (USA) KEN GROVE (AU(S)-T) RENATO ROSI (ITA) ANKE PIPER (GER)
the WIldCaRds naMe stoPs ANATOLIY SHABOTENKO (UKR): FRANCE, PORTUGAL EBER PAVA (COL), UK GENNADIY KUTSENKO (UKR): IRELAND HASSAN MOUTI (FRA): FRANCE, OMAN JONATHAN PAREDES (MEX): USA, OMAN KRIS KOLANUS (POL): NORWAY KYLE MITRIONE (USA): USA, UK SASHA KUTSENKO (UKR): IRELAND, UK TODOR SPASOV (BUL): NORWAY, PORTUGAL, IRELAND NOTE: subject to change, due to individual schedules