Rhiannan Iffland — the girl who overcame her fears and became a world champion cliff diver

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Have you ever stood on a 10m diving board and peered down? It's a long way. Rhiannan Iffland, world champion cliff diver, leaps off at least double that! That's taller than a telephone pole and as big as a Brachiosaurus. But it's not easy. She had to conquer her fears to become the best.

Written and narrated by 10-year-old Evie Bond.

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0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who overcame.
0:04.0	This is the story of the girl.
0:10.0	This is the story of the girl who overcame her fears and became a world champion Cliff Liver.
0:19.0	Rian and Ifland, written and read by me, year old E. V Bond.
0:35.0	Nobody dared breathe. All eyes were on her as she tore through the air, a human torpedo, twisting and spinning as she fell.
0:46.4	Suddenly, Ramrod Straight, she plunged out of sight,
1:15.0	swallowed by the water a hush swept over the crowd until her head bombed up. A thunderous cheer erupted as she curled her fingers into the OK sign. A world champion high diver, Rhiano Nifland, leaping from cliff faces, bridges,
1:20.0	and even the occasional helicopter is all in a day's work.
1:25.0	But it wasn't always quite so easy.
1:30.0	It took a long time for Rianen to build up to such bravery.
1:39.0	It all started when she was nine.
1:42.0	She loved the feeling of bouncing and flipping through the air on
1:46.9	her trampoline. One day she joined some friends at the local pool.
1:52.3	Harry they said. She joined some friends at the local pool.
1:53.0	Hey Rhee, they said, have a go on the diving board.
1:57.0	Okay, she shrugged.
2:00.0	Looks like fun.
2:01.0	Kind of like my trampoline.
2:03.0	Riannon sprung off the board and into the air.
2:07.0	The wind rushed past her face, her body, her feet,
2:12.0	until she hit the water and looked back at the sky through the ripples above.
2:20.6	That was epic,
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