High divers from around the world gathered in Moscow on Sunday for the Two Rivers water sports festival, featuring high dives, rowing races and hydroflight performances above the Moskva River.

The video shows athletes preparing for the high diving competition, performers entertaining spectators and hydroflight riders setting a record for the largest Russian flag unfurled on water.

Athletes from 11 countries took part in the international high diving event, with competitors jumping from a platform roughly the height of a nine-storey building.

Spectators welcomed the return of international competitions in the Russian capital, where athletes from different countries came together for the water sports event.