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Overview
- The high-diving competition used a 20-metre platform installed on the Pont Bir‑Hakeim in Paris and drew several hundred spectators who watched athletes dive into the Seine under visible safety measures.
- Organizers deployed rescue divers and carried out extra river checks after a water-quality issue disrupted a scheduled training session, and they reported the event completed without major incident.
- The men's high-diving podium was decided in Paris with Catalin Petru Preda winning gold, Andrea Barnaba silver and France's Gary Hunt taking bronze with 382.50 points.
- The French Swimming Federation announced that Léon Marchand withdrew from the 200m and 400m individual medley because his adductor had not fully recovered, but he remains entered in the 200m butterfly, 400m freestyle and could still join one or two relays.
- Marchand said he felt both 'disappointed' and 'relieved' after an MRI showed about 70% healing, a choice that narrows his individual medal programme but preserves his chances to help French relays and protect his longer‑term season.