Tom Daley was competing at a fifth Olympic Games, returning from a two-year break from diving after winning gold during the delayed 2021 Tokyo Games; he and partner Noah Williams beaten into gold medal position by Chinese pair Lian Junjie and Hao Yang
Tom Daley and Noah Williams claimed silver in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Daley and Williams produced six brilliant dives to guarantee at least a silver, but were ultimately beaten into the gold medal position by flawless Chinese pair Lian Junjie and Hao Yang, who led from the first round and finished on 490.35 points.
The British pair finished on 463.44 points, while Canada’s Ryan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray took home the bronze.
Nothing could separate Great Britain and Canada in the first two rounds, with both teams tied on 105.00, but a brilliant third dive from Daley and Williams earned them the advantage which they would not relinquish.
Daley was competing at a fifth Olympic Games, returning from a two-year break from diving after he won gold during the delayed 2021 Tokyo Games.
Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black and sons, Robbie and Phoenix, were in attendance, with the 30-year-old having said that being able to dive in front of them at an Olympics was a factor in his decision to return.
His silver in Paris is his fifth Olympic medal and sees him complete the set, as he secured three bronze medals across his home games in London 2012, Rio 2016 and in the 10m platform at Tokyo to go with his synchro gold.
“It’s just so special,” Daley told the BBC. “To be here, in Paris, diving in front of my son [Robbie], who actually asked me to come back, it’s just so special. He’s six years old now and I think he might remember some of this.
“It completes the set. I now have one of every colour.”
On the possibility of also competing in four years’ time at Los Angeles 2028, Daley added: “I don’t know. Right now I want to enjoy today and then we’ll see what the future holds.”
It is 24-year-old Williams’ first Olympic medal, with Daley having changed partners since winning gold in Tokyo with Matty Lee who was ruled out of these Games due to injury.
Team GB’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen give their reaction after securing bronze in the women’s synchronised 3m diving event
It continues a successful spell in the pool in Paris for the Team GB diving squad after Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper took bronze on Saturday in the women’s synchronised 3m springboard.
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Elsewhere on Monday, there was disappointment in the men’s team archery for Team GB’s squad of Tom Hall, Conor Hall and Alex Wise as they failed to make the quarter-finals.
Fifth seeds Chinese Taipei – who won 54-53, 58-56, and 56-55 across the three sets – advanced into the last eight and a meeting with fourth seeds China.
Hall said: “It’s a difficult one to take. We didn’t shoot badly but we didn’t shoot our very best. We’ve turned up against a very good, very strong Chinese Taipei side who have got great pedigree.”
British judo star Lele Nairne‘s Olympic hopes were also ended with a 10-0 first-round defeat to Eteri Liparteliani of Georgia in the under-57 kilograms category.
The 26-year-old said: “Not the fight I wanted. I’m very disappointed. She’s a tough, tough competitor, and I wish the best for her.”
And in the women’s badminton, Team GB’s Kirsty Gilmour saw off Azerbaijan’s Keisha Fatimah Azzahra in her first group match, winning 2-0 in straight sets (21-13 21-11).
She returns to action at 6.30pm on Tuesday, taking on China’s He Bingjiao, a player she is level with at 2-2 in their career head-to-head.
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