STORY: American divers Kaylea Arnett and James Lichtenstein claimed surprise wins Saturday (June 6) at the first Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event at the St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The wins marked the first time in series 17-year history that male and female Americans won at the same event.

Arnett pulled off the narrowest of victories over nine time series champion Rhiannon Iffland, scoring 361.45 points to the Australian's 361.35. American Sara Faulkner placed third with her total of 345.9.

On the men's side, Lichtenstein managed a total of 429.6 to easily better the 403.2 of second placed Aidan Heslop of Britain. 2023 series champ Constantin Popavici took the final step of the podium with his 379.55.

The series now heads across the Atlantic to Copenhagen, Denmark for the next event on June 27.

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SHOWS: ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 6, 2026) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - No resales. No new uses after six months from date content is downloaded from Reuters (No use after December 6, 2026). No more than 70% of this video content may be used on YouTube.)

1. WIDE OF PLATFORM AND FANS AT RED BULL CLIFF DIVING WORLD SERIES EVENT AT ST. PETE PIER

2. U.S. FLAG ON TOP OF PLATFORM

3. PEOPLE WALKING PAST RED BULL CLIFF DIVING WORLD SERIES SIGN

WOMEN'S COMPETITION

4. SARA FAULKNER (USA) DIVE - SHE WOULD TOTAL 345.9 POINTS AND FINISH IN 3RD PLACE

5. DIVERS / FAULKNER CELEBRATING

6. REPLAY OF FAULKNER DIVE

7. FAULKNER CELEBRATING

8. RHIANNAN IFFLAND (AUS) DIVE - SHE WOULD TOTAL 361.35 POINTS AND FINISH IN 2ND PLACE

9. VARIOUS DIVERS CHEERING

10. IFFLAND IN WATER

11. REPLAY IFFLAND DIVE

12. JUDGES GIVING SCORES

13. IFFLAND HUGGING DIVERS

14. WINNER KAYLEA ARNETT (USA) DIVE - SHE WOULD TOTAL 361.45 POINTS TO NARROWLY WIN EVENT

15. IFFLAND WATCHING

16. ARNETT IN WATER / DIVERS CHEERING

17. REPLAY OF ARNETT DIVE

18. ARNETT GETTING OUT OF WATER AND HUGGING IFFLAND

19. ARNETT RAISING TROPHY

20. ARNETT, IFFLAND AND FAULKNER ON CELEBRATING ON PODIUM

MEN'S COMPETITION

21. CONSTANTIN POPOVICI (ROU) DIVE - HE WOULD TOTAL 379.55 AND FINISH IN 3RD PLACE

22. DIVER APPLAUDING

23. POPOVICI IN WATER

24. REPLAY POPOVICI DIVE

25. JUDGES HOLDING UP SCORECARDS

26. POPOVICI OUT OF WATER / GREETING DIVERS

27. AIDAN HESLOP (GBR) DIVE - HE WOULD TOTAL 403.2 POINTS AND FINISH IN 2ND PLACE

28. DIVERS APPLAUDING / POPOVICI WITH DRINK

29. HESLOP IN WATER

30. REPLAY OF HESLOP DIVE

31. JUDGES HOLDING UP SCORECARDS

32. HESLOP AND POPOVICI

33. JAMES LICHTENSTEIN (USA) DIVE - HE WOULD TOTAL 429.6 POINTS TO WIN EVENT

34. VARIOUS DIVERS APPLAUDING

35. LICHTENSTEIN IN WATER CELEBRATING

36. HESLOP APPLAUDING

37. LICHTENSTEIN CELEBRATING FOR CAMERA

38. REPLAY LICHTENSTEIN DIVE

39. LICHTENSTEIN AND ARNETT HUGGING

40. LICHTENSTEIN, HESLOP AND POPOVICI PODIUM CELEBRATIONS