The official diving competition was inaugurated in 1968 and has been held annually in late July despite the bridge's destruction during the Croat-Bosnian War in November 1993. The rebuilt bridge opened on July 23, 2004.
This year, 41 competitors took part in Mostar's competition on July 30. Thrill-seekers leaped from into the Neretva River from the 24-meter-high bridge in an attempt to claim the title of the 2017 Red Bull Cliff World Series champion.
