reigning world champion<\/a> James Lichtenstein, who trains in Fort Lauderdale, said in a World Aquatics press release. \u201cThis community helped shape my career, and to see the sport return here with this level of visibility means a lot. This tower is the best place in the world to train and compete, and I\u2019m excited that young athletes will get to experience it. This is something I\u2019m genuinely looking forward to.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cFort Lauderdale has truly become a home for high diving, and we are excited to welcome the world back in 2026,\u201d USA Diving president Lee Michaud said. \u201cThe Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center provides an environment where athletes can perform at their best, enhanced by the vibrant energy of the city and its coastline. We look forward to supporting another successful World Cup and are eager to see the next generation of young athletes take the stage during the Junior Championships.\u201d<\/p>\n
The agreement in Porto Flavia is with the organizers of the Marmeeting event, an iconic venue for the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are incredibly excited to continue this partnership with World Aquatics and to welcome the world\u2019s best high divers back to this truly unique location,\u201d said Franco Varese, Event Manager of the Porto Flavia event. \u201cWe share a long-term vision with World Aquatics and are proud to keep building on what we have created through the Marmeeting event. Hosting the High Diving World Cup again in Sardinia is a further realization of that vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both events will be on 27 meters for men and 20 for women. The competitions will include four rounds of dives over two days.<\/p>\n
2026 High Diving World Cup Calendar<\/p>\n
May 15-17: World Aquatics High Diving World Cup, Fort Lauderdale
\nMay 15-17: World Aquatics High Diving Junior Championships, Fort Lauderdale
\nJuly 11-12: World Aquatics High Diving World Cup, Porto Flavia, Italy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Aquatics High Diving World Cup to Return to Fort Lauderdale in 2026 The World Aquatics High Diving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,69094,69095,69096,69097,69098,69099,69100],"class_list":{"0":"post-143259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news","11":"tag-high-diving","12":"tag-high-diving-world-cup","13":"tag-interational-swimming-hall-of-fame","14":"tag-port-flavia","15":"tag-usa-diving","16":"tag-world-aquatics","17":"tag-world-aquatics-high-diving-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}