{"id":299410,"date":"2026-06-07T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299410\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:39:07","slug":"americans-win-big-at-red-bull-cliff-diving-debut-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/299410\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans win big at Red Bull Cliff Diving debut in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 American divers claimed multiple podium finishes as Florida hosted its first Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series event.<\/p>\n<p>Kaylea Arnett and James Lichtenstein took top honors in St. Petersburg, with Lisa Faulkner adding a third-place finish in the women\u2019s competition. The event, the second stop of the 2026 season, drew more than 50,000 spectators to St. Pete Pier.<\/p>\n<p>Divers launched from platforms up to 90 feet for men and 70 feet for women as the city\u2019s North Yacht Basin was transformed into a competition venue. Spectators filled the waterfront, nearby parks, and boats across Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Arnett edged nine-time champion Rhiannan Iffland by just 0.10 points to secure her win, finishing with 361.45 points. Faulkner, of Delray Beach, thrilled the home crowd with her podium finish.<\/p>\n<p>Lichtenstein earned his third career World Series victory, adding to a third-place finish in Bali. The results marked one of the strongest performances by American athletes in series history, with two wins and three total podium spots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAD.MILLS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Husband cooperated with police in case of four Plant City deaths: Attorney<\/p>\n<p>Search warrants filed by the Plant City Police Department provided more information on the shooting that left four dead in May.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney says husband cooperated with police in case involving four deaths in Plant City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 American divers claimed multiple podium finishes as Florida hosted its first Red Bull Cliff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[101023,68389,101457,107720,107721,202,204,203,199,201,200,5910,9658,9659,208,9661],"class_list":["post-299410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-cliff-diving","tag-james-lichtenstein","tag-kaylea-arnett","tag-kevin-lewis","tag-kyle-burger","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-28-sports","tag-tampa-bay-sports","tag-wfts","tag-wfts-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299410","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=299410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}