Agboton Takes CWTB World Title With Clean 98 m Dive

Jade Agboton won the women’s constant weight with bifins world title at the AIDA Depth World Championships in Limassol on 2 October 2026. The French athlete completed a clean dive to 98 metres, setting a new French national record in the discipline.

A clean card while the deep field collapsed

The CWTB contest off Limassol Bay unfolded as a day of attrition. Of the 60 women in the field, several of those announcing the deepest dives failed to convert. Hungary’s Zsofia Törőcsik, aiming for a world-record 113 metres, turned back at 101 metres and was handed a points penalty that removed her from the podium entirely.

Ukraine’s Nataliia Zharkova reached her announced 106 metres but had an initial white card overturned on review for a surface-protocol infringement. Croatia’s Sanda Delija, the United States’ Enchante Gallardo and Spain’s Isabel Sanchez Aran all suffered penalties or disqualifications after their dives. Agboton’s faultless 98-metre performance, completed with a white card, stood untouched as the field imploded around her.

National records and a world title

Finland’s Leena Oijala took silver with a national-record dive of 92 metres, and Hungary’s Fatima Korok claimed bronze at 91 metres. The day produced nine women’s national records overall, with marks falling for Switzerland, Israel, Slovakia, Ireland, Morocco, Lebanon, Qatar and Algeria.

“Turns out that I didn’t win this discipline,” Zharkova told followers on Instagram after her red card. Her words captured the fragility that defines depth competition — and the value of a clean dive when risk swallows the field.

Agboton’s 98-metre title-winning descent was a study in execution on a day when depth alone was not enough. The French athlete delivered the one thing the deep-announcing contenders could not: a valid card.