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Switzerland (Sisikon) with another dominating performance, and another first for the series – Hunt achieved a points total of 417.50, the
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Switzerland (Sisikon), Hunt came 2nd by the narrowest of margins but was again able to stay ahead of Orlando Duque who finished 3rd. Hunt closed the gap in the championship to 9 points and was the only diver that could potentially beat Orlando going into the final event.
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