Friday's diving in photos | Red Bull Cliff Diving

Artem Silchenko cliff dives from Hell's Gate

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USA wildcard Kent De Mond dives from the 28m platform positioned at Hell's Gate on Possum Kingdom Lake.

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Ukrainian Anatoliy Shabotenko prepares to take flight...

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Blake Aldridge, the winner of the year's first stop in Cuba, performs a flying reverse somersault during the Seeding Round.

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The male and female divers will be competing from 28 and 20 metres respectively.

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German Anna Bader limbers up ahead of the first two rounds of the women's competition.

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The divers have to negotiate one or two prickly customers...

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Ginger Huber flies from the 20m platform.

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The dives are scored by five international high diving judges.

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2013 World Series champion Artem Silchenko performs a flying front somersault during training.

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A spectacular shot as Michal Navratil takes off from the platform.

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Artem Silchenko and Anatoliy Shabotenko deep in the Deep South.

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The heat is most definitely on in Texas. Check out photos from the men's Seeding Round and the first two rounds of the women's competition.