USA Diving to Send Nine Athletes to the 2021 FINA World Cup

USA Diving will be sending nine athletes to the 2021 FINA World Cup to take place in Tokyo, Japan May 1-6, 2021. Among the athletes are 2016 Olympians Kassidy Cook, Michael Hixon and Jessica Parratto as well as newly crowned NCAA Div. 1 Champions Sarah Bacon, Andrew Capobianco and Brandon Loschiavo.

 

At this event, USA Diving will look to secure an additional five Olympic Spots after securing seven of the maximum 12 spots available at the 2019 FINA World Championships. The spots being sought after are two individual spots for the Women’s three-meter, as well as the Men’s and Women’s three-meter synchronized spots and the Men’s ten-meter synchronized spot,

 

“We are excited to head to Tokyo and have our athletes get back to international competition,” said USA Diving’s High-Performance Director, Dan Laak, “The past fifteen months have been extremely challenging, but our athletes have continued to train and stay motivated. I am extremely confident in the team we are bringing to Tokyo for the World Cup and look forward to seeing how they perform.”

 

USA Diving 2021 FINA World Cup Roster:

 

 

Men’s Three-Meter

Briadam Herrera 

Mike Hixon 

 

Women’s Three-Meter

Kassidy Cook 

Sarah Bacon 

 

Women’s Ten-Meter

Jessica Parratto 

 

Men’s Ten-Meter

David Dinsmore

 

Men’s Three-Meter Synchro

Mike Hixon 

Andrew Capobianco 

 

Men’s Ten-Meter Synchro

David Dinsmore 

Brandon Loschiavo 

Reserve: Zach Cooper

 

Women’s Three Meter Synchro

Kassidy Cook

Sarah Bacon 

 

 

Coaches

Randy Ableman

Wenbo Chen

John Appleman

Mike Hilde

 

 

2021 World Cup Competition Schedule: 

  

May 1, 2021	Women’s 3m Synchro & Men’s 10m Synchro (Prelims and Finals)
May 2, 2021	Men’s 3m Synchro
May 3, 2021	Women’s 3m Individual
May 4, 2021	Women’s 10 meter (Prelims)
May 5, 2021	Men’s 3m Individual (Prelims) Women’s 10m Individual (Semi-Final and Final)
May 6, 2021	Men’s 3m Individual (Semi-Final and Final)

 

2021 World Cup Olympic Channel Live Broadcast Schedule:

 

Date	Air Times	Session
May 1, 2021	3:00-4:00 AM ET	Women’s 3m Synchro Finals
May 1, 2021	5:00-6:15 AM ET	Men’s 10m Synchro Finals
May 2, 2021	3:00-4:00 AM ET	Women’s 10m Synchro Finals
May 2, 2021	5:00-6:15 AM ET	Men’s 3m Synchro Finals
May 4, 2021	3:00-4:00 AM ET	Women’s 3m Finals
May 4, 2021	5:00-6:14 AM ET	Men’s 10m Finals
May 5, 2021	5:00-6:15AM ET	Women’s 10m Finals
May 6, 2021	3:00-4:15 AM ET	Men’s 3m Finals

*Re-Air schedule on NBC will be forthcoming

 

USA Diving will be covering this event live, so be sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

 

For additional information on the FINA World Cup, visit fina.org.

 

For media inquiries, please contact kelly@usadiving.org