Mexico celebrates historic Diving World Cup performance at home in GDL

Diving, a athletics astatine which Mexico has historically excelled, drew nationalist pridefulness erstwhile again successful the latest variation of the World Aquatics Diving World Cup successful Guadalajara, Jalisco, with 2 golds and 4 metallic medals. 

The contention took spot from April 3 to 6, astatine the Zapopan Aquatic Center.

La clavadista mexicana Lía Cueva participa en su primera last idiosyncratic en una Copa del Mundo de Clavados, compitiendo desde el trampolín de 3 metros femenil, en Guadalajara, Jalisco. 🇲🇽💦 pic.twitter.com/cf27ScTag2

— CONADE (@conadeoficial) April 6, 2025

A historical metallic for the Cueva sisters

Fourteen-year-old twins Mía and Lía Cueva Lobato, from Guadalajara, took location a historical metallic medal successful the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard final, earning an awesome 298.08 points crossed 5 rounds. 

The podium included China, who took the gold, and Australia, who earned the bronze. 

After securing the gold, Lía revealed that the twins imagination of representing Mexico successful the upcoming Los Angeles Olympic Games successful 2028. 

“This is [just] the beginning,” Lía said. “We’ll effort to springiness it our each successful the competitions that travel and scope our goal, the Los Angeles Olympic Games.” 

The Cueva sisters began diving astatine 11 years aged pursuing the pb of their sister Suri, who besides participated successful Guadalajara’s Diving World Cup. The sister’s information marked the archetypal clip 3 siblings represented Mexico successful a satellite diving competition. This was besides the twin’s first-ever planetary diving competition. 

Mexico’s antheral divers instrumentality location 2 golds 

In a historical synchronized performance, Osmar Olvera and Juan Celaya became the archetypal Mexicans to triumph a Diving World Cup rubric connected April 6. 

The Olympic duo that brought location a metallic medal astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics were crowned champions connected Sunday successful the three-meter springboard synchronized diving competition, with a last people of 430.23 points. The runner-up spot went to China, portion the bronze went to Great Britain. 

In a historical time for Mexico’s diving community, the Olympic duo Osmar Olvera and Juan Celaya became the archetypal Mexicans to triumph a Diving World Cup rubric — and connected location turf. (Comité Olímpico Mexicano/X)

In an interrogation with ESPN, Olvera noted that “it is simply a feat successful immoderate contention to bushed the Chinese.” Meanwhile, Celaya, who holds 1 golden and 1 metallic medal from erstwhile satellite cups, said that listening to the nationalist anthem from the podium and seeing the enactment of the crowds and his household — successful his location state — “is the astir beauteous thing.” 

Sunday’s 2nd golden was secured by Randal Willars successful the 10-meter level competition, marking a historical time for Mexican divers. 

HISTORY MADE 🇲🇽🥇
Randal Willars Valdez claims his first-ever #Diving World Cup golden — and helium did it successful beforehand of a roaring location assemblage successful Guadalajara!
Flawless dives, monolithic people (547.70), and a aureate infinitesimal for Mexico! 💥 pic.twitter.com/N3vPLlXetP

— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) April 7, 2025

Adding different metallic to Mexico’s medal tally, Alejandra Estudillo and Gabriela Agúndez (also a medalist astatine Tokyo 2020), took metallic successful the women’s synchronized event.  

Willars and spouse Kevin Berlin besides bounced backmost aft missing retired connected a medal astatine Paris 2024 to instrumentality metallic successful the men’s synchronized level contest.  

In the idiosyncratic 3-meter springboard competition, Celaya besides claimed different metallic medal, rounding retired a superb show for the big country. 

With reports from Sopitas, TV Azteca and ESPN