Team GB’s Tom Daley and Noah Williams put in a brilliant performance in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving on Monday morning in Paris, claiming a silver medal for their efforts.
30-year-old Daley claims his fifth Olympic medal, and a first silver, while it is a first for 24-year-old Williams in his second trip to the Games, with huge support from the vocal crowd in Paris.
It was a great effort from the Brits, but the gold medal went to the superb Chinese team of Junjie Lian and Hao Jang, the reigning world champions, who put in a dominant display.
While there were fantastic dives from the likes of Canada, Mexico, Ukraine and Australia, it was China who were in command throughout in the hunt for gold and the rest were battling out for the other two medals.
Team GB grabbed the silver and it was a tense scrap for bronze, which was eventually won by the Canadian team as Mexico narrowly missed out.
Team GB icon Daley is competing at his fifth Games, first bursting into the limelight way back in 2008 in Beijing.
He won a bronze at London 2012 in the 10m, bronze again in Rio 2016 in the 10m synchro, then claimed gold in the synchro and bronze again in the individual at Tokyo 2021.
Williams is enjoying his first taste of Olympic glory, having dived in Tokyo, but not coming close to a medal in the individual 10m.
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