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Paris
Tom Daley and Noah Williams secured Team GB’s second diving medal of the Olympics with a silver in the men’s 10m synchronised event behind Chinese world championns Lian Junjie und Yang Hao.
After placing joint-second with Canada in the opening rounds, a strong third dive extended Britain’s lead and they consistently finished second in the remaining rounds.
Silver completes the collection for Daley, who has three bronzes and one gold, and it is a first Olympic medal for Williams.
The pair continued a successful spell in the pool for the Team GB diving squad after Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper took bronze on Saturday in the women’s 3m synchronised springboard event.
After ending his long wait for Olympic gold in the 10m synchronised event in Tokyo 2020, Daley was back defending his title after being convinced by his son, Robbie, to return to the sport.
This time Daley was competing alongside new partner Noah Williams, who won silver in the World Aquatics Championships.
After a strong set of opening dives, 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 saw them gain a 4.8 point advantage over the Canadians.
Daley and Williams secured their silver in the final round, scoring 93.24 on their hardest dive of the competition. They finished 26.91 points behind the Chinese pair who stormed to gold in style, finishing with a score of 103.23 on their final dive, while Canada took bronze.
