SportsPosted at: May 25 2019 2:01PM

Defending champion Gary Hunt leads FINA High Diving World Cup in Zhaoqing

Zhaoqing, Southern China, May 25 (Xinhua) Three-time World Cup champion Gary Hunt of Britain lived up to his reputation, leading after two rounds with a day-high score on the opening day of the FINA High Diving World Cup 2019 here on Saturday.
At the first-ever permanent facility for high diving in the world, hot favorite Hunt overcame a minor mistake in his first dive to come from behind with his trademark dive 5167D (forward 3 somersaults 3 1/2 twists) for a day-high score 132.30 points in the second dive. He collected a total of 193.90 after two dives.
Alessandro de Rose of Italy sits second with 187.05 points, and Michal Navratil of Czech Republic is third with 183.75 points. Constantin Popovici of Romania, runner-up of last year in Abu Dhabi, showed the most difficult dive (armstand back 3 1/2 somersault 2 twists) and came to fourth with 176.40 points.

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IPL: Skipper Du Plessis’ toss decision puts RCB on track for morale-boosting win

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Hyderabad, April 26 (UNI) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have bounced back in their IPL 2024 campaign with a morale-boosting win in the last match, with captain Faf du Plessis’ initiative to bat first putting the opponents on the backfoot right from the start.

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