For some it provided a final opportunity to prepare – in competition – for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, while for others the event served as either an end-of-season focal point or crucial step ahead of a podium push at the European Junior Championships.

Here World Aquatics selects some of the standout diving performances from Belgrade 2024.

Alexis Jandard And Jules Bouyer – Men’s 3m Synchronised

12 months ago, the pair landed their first major honour with bronze at the European Games in Poland and while that suggested they could be competitive come Paris 2024, they were still considered as very much ‘long shots’ when it came to podium potential.

Fast-forward a year and the duo have improved physically, technically, as well, mentally and based on current form should be well within the mix for a major Olympic medal.

Jandard may have suffered a moment of embarrassment by slipping on the springboard in front of President Macron during the official opening of France’s new Olympic Aquatics Centre but he has taken that lesson in his stride in the subsequent months.

Their score of 404.52 was not only a European title winning total, but also a strong improvement on their bronze medal winning score at Doha 2024 and roared on by home support in Paris, there is every chance Jandard and Bouyer will be celebrating again.

Kseniia Bailo and Sofiia Lyskun – Women’s 10m Synchronised

The pair may only be 19 – Kseniia Bailo – and 22 – Sofiia Lyskun – respectively but they are already seasoned European medal-winning divers who have claimed a combined 21 continental honours in recent years.

That has included bronze together at Budapest 2020, silver at Rome 2022 and now gold at Belgrade 2024.

Their preparations for these championships, much like that since Russia’s invasion of their homeland in early 2022, has been “very difficult” according to the divers themselves.

However, their determination and resolve only appears to intensify from event to event and they have regularly credited soldiers back in Ukraine as their inspiration for diving success.

The pair were fifth at the Doha 2024 Worlds, but their a maiden European title together will give them further belief that a ‘peak performance’ in Paris could land them a place on the Olympic podium.

Desharne Bent-Ashmeil – Women’s 3m Springboard

Although the talented teenager will not be part of the British Olympic line-up this summer, such is the nation’s strength in depth, Desharne Bent-Ashmeil demonstrated why so many within the British Diving setup see her as a future star of the sport.

After a ‘warm-up’ gold alongside Ben Cutmore in the mixed 3m synchronised competition she then combined with Amy Rollinson to defend the European women’s 3m synchronised crown they claimed last year.

Those, if not expected, were seen as very likely pre-event medal opportunities, but her individual victory in the 3m springboard final was something of a statement success.

Her previous best individual international performance had seen her finish fourth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Tougher tests will come in the years between now and Los Angeles 2028, but based on her current trajectory Bent-Ashmeil is certainly one-to-watch heading towards those Olympics.

Ana Carvajal, Sofiia Lyskun and Emily Hallifax – Women’s 10m platform

While China will be expected to deliver the gold and silver medals back to their homeland in the majority of the individual events, there are a host of divers capable of contending for, at the very least, Olympic bronze in Paris.

Ana Carvajal of Spain qualified her place at the Games by reaching the 2023 World Championship final and the 17-year-old will head to Paris later this month full of confidence after landing her maiden major title in a high-quality final.

Sofiia Lyskun, of Ukraine, won the European 10m title back in 2019 and has claimed two individual silver medals since and while her ‘best chance’ of an Olympic honour is likely to come in the synchronised competition, do not rule out solo success.

Two years ago, Emily Hallifax have never competed in the sport but the 18-year-old has made incredible progress since transitioning from Acrobatic Gymnastics and will compete for the home nation at Paris 2024.

Claiming silver, by matching Lyskun’s score in Belgrade, further emphasised her astounding development as a diver and while she will certainly excite the crowd in her home nation this summer, Hallifax’s true potential could be realised come the LA28 Games.

Robbie Lee – Men’s 10m Platform

Another British diver who despite significant medal-winning achievements was unable to secure a place in the highly coveted Team GB line-up for Paris 2024 was Robbie Lee, but that should not undermine any view about his talent.

After rounding off his junior career with 10m silver last year the now 19-year-old demonstrated a true competitive ‘coming of age’ performance in his maiden senior European final.

Two of his six routines scored over 90 points, with a third only just short of the landmark target and his overall total of 489.45 would have seen him place fifth at the Doha 2024 World championships, with a score greater than his two GB rivals.

They – Noah Williams and Kyle Kothari – are well aware of his progress given the trio train together in London.

Lee’s maiden European title should provide the nation with plenty of optimism heading into what is likely to be the ‘post Tom Daley era’ after the conclusion of Paris 2024.

Other Notable Diving Performances At Belgrade 2024

Great Britain topped the medal table with four golds and three bronzes, but it was Ukraine who secured the overall ‘Team Trophy’ with 179 points, ahead of GB (156), with Spain (154) third.

Two-time European champion Lou Massenberg from Germany secured double bronze in his first major event since suffering a serious arm fracture in a training camp accident last year.

Clare Cryan won Ireland a first-ever European Championship diving medal with a hard-fought bronze in the women’s 3m springboard final.

Anton Knoll and Dariush Lotfi claimed Austria a first European diving medal for eight years following their shock 10m synchronised success.