英国男子双人十米跳水战胜中国 戴利获奥运生涯首金 菲律宾在女子55公斤举重击败中国 取得该国史上首金

On a day of vertiginous pressure at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, Tom Daley and Matty Lee took the gold medal in the men’s synchronised 10-metre platform by one point from the Chinese world champions Yuan Cao and Aisen Chen.

The British pair took the lead with three dives remaining, producing a performance of relentless high scoring as the Chinese, who had led from the first round, cracked unexpectedly.

Team GB’s Tom Daley and Matty Lee wipe tears away from their eyes after receiving their gold medals.

One poor dive was all it took. From there the British pair were ruthless, seeing off a late surge to retain their lead as the difficulty levels ramped up and the Chinese pair dived last.

Lee is diving in his first Games. For Daley the result here means that 13 years, four Games and all manner of twists, turns and pikes on from his emergence into the public consciousness, he finally has a gold medal to go with his two bronzes.

The pressure was unrelenting in Tokyo as all six rounds were completed in non-stop rapid-fire order, with no breaks or moments to draw breath, the levels of nerve and gymnastic excellence required breathtaking.

At the end there were shouts and leaps and periods for Daley of just sitting there letting it all sink in. Daley also has the chance for individual gold, which he will now dive free of the pressure that has lingered over him since he was a boy.

There were damp eyes above the masks of both men on the podium as they stood for the national anthem, looking a little stunned. Understandably so: this was a sublime performance from the British pair.

In a session full of record-setting performances, Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines wound up with two of those records and the gold medal in women's 55kg weightlifting, clinching both on her last lift.

The gold medal is the first ever for any athlete from the Philippines.

Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan set the Olympic record of 98kg in the snatch, where Diaz was unable to complete her attempt at 99kg. Nabieva was less of a factor in the clean and jerk and wound up in fourth behind Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan.

China's Liao Quiyun, who was tied with Diaz at 97kg after the snatch, set an Olympic record with 123kg in the clean and jerk, giving her an Olympic record total of 220kg. Diaz did one better, lifting 124kg for a total of 221kg. Liao answered with her last lift of 126kg for a total of 223kg. Diaz again attempted and completed a lift with one additional kilogram, finishing with 126kg in the clean and jerk and 224kg total.

Diaz was competing in her fourth Olympics and won silver in 2016. She was the country's flagbearer in 2012.