Five-time champion Gary Hunt rediscovered his winning form in stunning style on a windy day in Copenhagen.

The Hampshire-born thrill seeker, absent from the podium in his previous two events stretching back to last season, compiled a new record high-score from his four dives in front of 40,000 fans in the Danish capital.

Hunt, from Southampton, compiled 550.3 points from his four dives to jump to second overall after two events of the 2016 world series.

Wildcard Kris Kolanus (505.15 points) produced the surprise performance, stringing together quality dives from 28 metres and powering onto the podium in second-place - a personal best finish for the Pole.

Mexican Jonathan Paredes followed up his victory in Texas a fortnight earlier with another top three finish that keeps him in the overall lead in the series.

The victory in Copenhagen was Hunt’s 26th success in 52 competitions.

On his way to a new record points total, he produced the event’s highest score with his signature dive - the back 3 somersaults 4 twists free, to make it two consecutive wins in Denmark.

Hunt said: “Of course I’m happy.

“I played the tactics card this time. I took a twist off my first Optional Dive and it worked.

“It was tough conditions - it was cold.

“But that’s part of being a cliff diver; you have to be ready to adapt to all conditions.

“I’m an Englishman so I´m used to the cold.”

Hunt’s former Southampton Diving Academy colleague Blake Aldridge was 11th in Copenhagen, but fifth overall after a podium finish in Texas.

From the season’s most northerly point in urban surroundings, the world’s cliff diving elite move on to the purest location and to an off-the-cliff competition on the Portuguese Azores on July 9.