FINA Diving World Cup |
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Status | Active |
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Genre | Sporting event |
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Date(s) | Mid-year |
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Frequency | Biennial |
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Country | Varying |
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Inaugurated | 1979 (1979) |
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The FINA Diving World Cup is an international biennial diving competition that was first contested in The Woodlands, Texas in 1979.[1] The 2012 edition served as Diving's test event for the 2012 Olympics,[2] as well as the final qualifying event for Diving at those Games. Tom Daley (UK, b. 21 May 1994) is the youngest medallist at a FINA Diving World Cup. He was aged 13 years 277 days when he won bronze in the 10 m synchro competition in Beijing, China, on 22 February 2008.[3][4][5]