By Noah Duperre on SwimSwam
2025 World Aquatics Diving World Cup
- April 3-6
- Guadalajara, MEX
- Results
The 2028 Olympic cycle for international diving kicked off this past weekend with the first stop of the World Aquatics Diving World Cup. Guadalajara, Mexico returned to hosting this event for the first time since 2013. The World Aquatics Diving World Cup series features two “World Cup” events, culminating in a “World Cup Superfinal,” which will take place in Beijing, China in May. Divers must qualify to the Super Final through their performance at the first two competitions.
To nobody’s surprise, the Chinese team dominated on the women’s side of the meet. Headlined by Paris Olympic Champions, Quan Hongchan and Chen Yiwen, the Chinese women collected all four gold medals up for grabs and went 1-2 in both of the individual events. NCAA breakout diver and Texas freshman, Alejandra Estudillo took home a silver medal of her own as Mexico placed runner up in both women’s synchronized events. Another NCAA star earned herself a medal as Miami’s Chiara Pellacani helped Italy to a silver medal in the mixed team event.
The men’s side of the meet saw Mexico best the strong Chinese contingent in two events. The synchro team of Osmar Olvera and Juan Celaya, a former LSU Tiger, gave Mexico their first gold medal of the competition. The Mexican pair, who came up just a couple points shy of Olympic gold last summer in this event, put on a show in front of a lively home audience. Chinese Olympic Champion, Wang Zongyuan, looks strong as ever as he earned the three meter title ahead of Celaya, who claimed the silver. Up on the ten meter, Mexican Randal Willars dominated his competitors to win gold, almost 80 points ahead of second place.
Despite a strong showing from team Mexico at home, the Chinese contingent still came out on top of the medal table with seven golds, compared to Mexico’s two. Those two were the only nations to earn a gold medal at this meet.
The next stop of the World Cup will bring the divers up north to Windsor, Canada and will take place from the 10-13 of April. Divers earn their way to the World Cup Super Final by being one of the top 12 overall individuals or top 8 synchro teams through the first two stops. The competition will take place in Beijing from the 2-4 of May.
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