Gary Hunt has returned to winning ways in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series, taking the fourth leg in Sisikon, Switzerland.
The six-time champion who has been suffering a self-confessed 'mental block', secured a much-needed win ahead of Mexico's Jonathan Paredes in second place and American Andy Jones in third.
Hunt now has 31 victories out of 69 competitions to his name,
repeating his win from 2010 in this location.
He said: "This is not the old Gary Hunt, today it was a different man. Gary 2.0, but I’m
happy I did what I did, did what I needed to you; left it very close and Jonny almost took me on my last dive. I’m very happy to get back on top of
the podium.
"Once you have a mental block it never really goes away; you just learn to deal with it and you grow from it. I definitely haven’t completely solved the problem, I still have work to do on single twists and double twists, but I definitely have worked hard enough to be able to do what I did today."
Blake Aldridge narrowly missed out on a podium place, coming fourth.
In the Women's event British Wildcard Jessica Macaulay secured another podium place, coming third behind Canadian Lysanne Richard and Australian Rhiannan Iffland
Results Sisikon
MEN
1- Gary Hunt GBR – 411.35pts
2- Jonathan Paredes MEX – 407.05
3- Andy Jones USA - 369.25
4- Blake Aldridge GBR - 363.8
5- Alessandro De Rose ITA - 361.15
6- Steven LoBue USA - 349.30
7- Sergio Guzman (W) MEX - 334.85
8- Michal Navratil CZE - 329.15
9- Kris Kolanus POL – 318.00
10- Matthias Appenzeller (W) SUI - 303.25
11- Slavik Kolesnikov (W) UKR - 302.85
12- Viktar Maslouski (W) BLR - 293.75
13- Alain Kohl (W) LUX - 274.35
14- Miguel Garcia (W) COL - 236.25
WOMEN
1- Lysanne Richard CAN – 313.45pts
2- Rhiannan Iffland AUS – 307.35
3- Jessica Macaulay (W) GBR – 297.00
4- Yana Nestsiarava BLR – 292.30
5- Adriana Jimenez MEX – 285.75
6- Antonina Vyshyvanova (W) UKR – 272.10
7- Ginger Huber USA – 246.60
8- Iris Schmidbauer (W) GER – 225.30
8- Jacqueline Valente (W) BRA – 224.65
10- Anna Bader GER – 57.20
Standings (after 4 of 7 stops)
MEN
1- Steven LoBue USA – 540pts
2- Jonathan Paredes MEX – 420
3- Gary Hunt GBR – 410
3- Michal Navratil CZE – 410
5- Blake Aldridge GBR – 360
6- Andy Jones USA – 350
6- Kris Kolanus POL – 350
8- David Colturi USA – 330
9- Alessandro De Rose ITA – 229
10- Sergio Guzman (W) MEX – 170
Standings (after 3 of 5 stops)
WOMEN
1- Rhiannan Iffland AUS – 470pts
2- Adriana Jimenez MEX – 450
3- Lysanne Richard CAN – 420
4- Jessica Macaulay (W) GBR – 380
5- Yana Nestsiarava BLR – 290
6- Anna Bader GER – 220
7- Ginger Huber USA – 190
8- Antonina Vyshyvanova (W) UKR – 120
9- Jacqueline Valente (W) BRA – 80
10- Eleanor Townsend Smart (W) USA – 70