- Title: Daredevil high divers plunge into Prague's Vltava river
- Date: 23rd August 2020
- Summary: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (AUGUST 22, 2020) (REUTERS) HIGH DIVER ON PLATFORM READY TO JUMP WITH BACK TO RIVER, JUMPING DIVER PLUNGING INTO RIVER, SWIMMING OFF VIEW OF BRIDGE WITH DIVER JUMPING DIVER JUMPING FROM PLATFORM / LANDING IN RIVER TWO DIVERS ON PLATFORM PREPARING TO JUMP, JUMPING DIVERS LANDING IN RIVER, WATER SPLASHING INFLATABLE BOAT CARRYING DIVERS DIVERS GETTING
- Embargoed: 6th September 2020 14:06
- Keywords: Czech Republic High diving Highjump Legends Prague Vltava river
- Location: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- City: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Country: Czech Republic
- Topics: Diving,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001CSGYWC9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A scaled down version of High-jump Legends, the biggest cliff-diving event in Central Europe, was held in Prague on Saturday (August 22).
Despite poor weather and a smaller than usual number of competitors and spectators due to the coronavirus restrictions, the event was adrenaline packed with divers plunging into the Vltava river from an old railway bridge in the Czech capital.
High-jump Legends, an annual extreme sports and music festival, was held for the 20th time this year. Previous editions of the event took place at an abandoned Hrimezdice quarry outside Prague and featured divers from around the world competing in 12, 16, 20 and 30-metre jumps.
This year, due to restrictions, a series of events were held at various locations around the Czech Republic with the best divers performing jumps from a 16-metre platform in the historic centre of Prague.
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