Mexican diver Sergio Guzman needed a lot of encouragement from the crowd at Inis Mór to dive from the 27m high board at the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

With winds swirling around the Aran Islands, a number of competitors were understandably nervous as the prepared to dive into the legenday blowhole known as ‘Poll na Peist’.

Guzman twice backed out of the dive but plucked up the courage to leap into the Atlantic with the help of the generous crowd.

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