Men's and women's high-diving competitions were held at FINA World Championships in Kazan on August 4-5. The 2015 FINA (the International Swimming Federation) World Championships is being held in Kazan, the capital of the Volga Republic of Tatarstan, between July 24 and August 9. Spectacular leaps with a view at the high diving contest - in photo gallery by TASS
Jump into the sky: high diving contest at FINA World Championships
Spectacular leaps with a view at the high diving contest - in photo gallery by TASS
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France's Cyrille Oumedjkane competing in the men's 27m high diving preliminary round at the 16th FINA World Championships, August 3
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Gold medalist Gary Hunt of Britain at men's 27 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, August 5
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin US Tara Tira at Women's 20m High Diving
© Artyom Korotayev/TASS Bronze medalist Yana Nesterova of Belarus seen during the women's 20 meter high dive final, August 4
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Blake Aldridge of the United Kindgom at men's 27m high diving preliminary round
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic performs after the men's 27 meter high dive final
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Mexico's Jonathan Paredes Bernal competing to win silver in the men's 27m high diving final
© Artyom Korotayev/TASS Gold medalist Rachelle Simpson of the United States seen during the women's 20 meter high dive final , Aug. 4
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Men's 27m high diving final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Training for the men's 27m high diving final at the 16th FINA World Championships
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Bronze medalist Artem Silchenko of Russia seen during the men's 27 meter high dive final, August 5
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic seen during the men's 27 meter high dive final, Aug. 5
© AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Yana Nestsiarava of Belarus at the Women's 20m High Diving
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