Artem Silchenko wins 6th stop of the 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series and Gary Hunt secures 4th overall title

Russia’s Artem Silchenko has dominated the penultimate stop of the season in the capital city of the Basque Country, but Gary Hunt’s second-placed finish is enough for the Brit to take back the title that he relinquished to the Russian in 2013. The rapidly-improving Kris Kolanus, from Poland, completed the podium for the first time in his World Series career as four rounds of 27m cliff diving delivered an unforgettable weekend in Bilbao. Sunshine, heavy showers and a rumble or two of thunder above the already dramatic setting of the Guggenheim Museum made for a truly spectacular event that was witnessed by an unbelievably huge crowd of 52,000 enthusiastic spectators who lined the Nervión River underneath La Salve Bridge. Cliff diving’s cream of the crop will meet again for the final three-second flights of the season in Yucatan, Mexico, on October 18, to crown the male and female champions.
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2014 It’s pure, it’s fast and it takes your breath away. Cliff divers leap aesthetically from almost three times the Olympic height and hit the water at speeds of 85kph, protected only by their concentration, skill and physical control. Since 2009, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series has featured the biggest talents, the most promising newcomers, and since 2013 has also provided a platform for women. Seven tough competitions for the men, three challenges for the women – in its sixth season this jaw-dropping sport will hit new as well as proven ground in the Caribbean, North and Latin America and Europe between May and October to determine a new champion for both men and women. Maurice Lacroix is the official watch partner of the 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.