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    Maddison Keeney wins 1m springboard gold, Rhiannan Iffland claims fifth high-diving title at World Aquatics Championships in Singapore

    Maddison Keeney won her fourth World Championships gold, and first individual title since 2017, in the one-metre springboard, while the irrepressible Rhiannan Iffland claimed a fifth-straight high-dive title.


    Paris 2024 Olympic silver medallist Maddison Keeney has soared to gold at the World Aquatics Championships, winning the one-metre springboard in Singapore.

    Meanwhile, Rhiannan Iffland claimed a fifth-straight gold medal in the 20m high-dive competition.

    Keeney, 29, nailed her hardest dive of the contest, a forward two-and-a-half with one twist, in the final round to secure her first individual gold medal since 2017.

    She beat China's Li Yajie, the 2022 world champion, by 17.75 points into second, ending the powerhouse nation's quest for gold in all 13 diving events at the 2025 World Championships.

    "I know that with the high level of difficulty list, I have the potential to win maybe more easily than others," Keeney told World Aquatics. 

    "It's really good practice for me to go out and compete with everyone, thinking that I can do it. 

    "It's also really good practice for my three-metre event, which is my main event."

    Keeney, who also has two other world titles in the mixed three-metre springboard from 2019 (with Matthew Carter) and 2024 (with Domonic Bedggood), won the three-metre silver in Paris.

    That followed a heartbreaking final dive in the three-metre synchro when, poised to win Australia's first medal of the Games, her teammate Anabelle Smith slipped off the board.

    That relegated the Aussies from a near-certain medal to fifth.

    Keeney bounced back from that disappointment to win silver in Paris, the first medal ever won by an Aussie in the Olympic three-metre springboard competition.

    In that competition, she had to power through the nerves that had plagued her career with a high-difficulty dive, a trick she repeated in Singapore to win a 17th major medal.

    Despite being the second-oldest competitor in the final, Keeney has no plans on slowing down.

    "I'll definitely keep going until 2028, as long as I don't have any injuries or anything," she said. 

    "Beyond that, I'm not too sure. The next Olympics are in my hometown [Brisbane 2032], so it's scary because I'll feel like competing for that. 

    "As long as I'm having fun, I'll keep diving."

    Peerless Iffland claims fifth gold 

    Iffland, meanwhile, maintained her status as the undisputed queen of high diving with another dominant victory off the non-Olympic high platform in Singapore.

    She finished a massive 44.75 points clear of silver medallist Simone Leathead of Canada.

    "This one's crazy. I've already achieved four in the past, and I was wondering about the possibility of winning a fifth. 

    "I came into this event knowing I could be fighting for it, but it wasn't my main goal. 

    "It's insane, I'm blown away, I'm kinda speechless right now. I never would have thought 10 years ago I would be holding my fifth medal."

    Iffland, who has also won seven-straight Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series titles, maintains she still has the motivation to keep going.

    "I love it," the 33-year-old, from Newcastle, said. 

    "I love competing. I love the sport. I've been a part of it for a long time now. 

    "For the female side, I'd like to think I'm a part of the furniture, and I think that's what drives me every day. It's to see how the sport is growing, and I love travelling and competing, and there's no better feeling than pulling off a good dive." 


    ABC




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