Tom Daley and his partner Matty Lee have won gold in diving’s 10-metre synchronised platform event at the Tokyo Olympics.

The nerveless duo finished with 471.81 points having never dropped out of the top two and took the Olympic title 1.23 points ahead of China, with the Russian Olympic Committee third.

It is Daley’s third Olympic medal after he won bronze at the London and Rio Games.

The pair started well after an inward one-and-a-half somersault pike in the first round and continued their form to lead with two rounds left.

China’s poor dive – a score of 73.44 points was ranked sixth in the fourth round – left the route to gold open for Daley and Lee.

They scored 93.96 in the fourth round with an impressive backwards three-and-a-half somersaults pike to take charge.

A fifth dive – a reverse three-and-a-half somersaults tuck – earned 89.76 points to put the pressure on China ahead of the final round.

The British pair were 1.74 points ahead and an impressive forward four-and-half somersault tuck earned them 101.01 points and China could not catch them with their final effort.

The pair are European Champions in the event and also won gold at this year’s Diving World Cup.

It comes just hours after Adam Peaty won gold in Tokyo, becoming the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title.

Alex Yee took also earned a silver medal in the triathlon.

The 22-year-old from Lewisham, south London, moved into the lead during the run but couldn’t prevent Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt from taking gold.

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