Before going on to expertly handle all the nerves and pressure in their final two routines. in a nail biting finale, the british pair watched on as the chinese duo made theirfinal dive. daley and lee then broke into wild celebrations when it became clear, they d ended china s golden grip on the event, dating back to 2000. i have been diving now for 20 years and this is my fourth olympic games and lots of people probably would have counted me out at this olympics being the older person but i m in the best shape physically and mentally. the moment stood behind that rostum over there and about to be announced as olympic champions and then to hear the national anthem play, i was gone, i couldn t even sing. i was halfway singing and i was blubbering. i just. yeah, i can t believe it. the run of golds started in the early hours of this morning though as adam peaty made history in the pool, becoming
And the golds kept coming, with tom daley in his fourth consecutive olympic games coming top in the men s synchronised 10 metre diving with his partner matty lee. alongside them, tom pidcock won gold in the men s mountain bike cross country event and there was success in the men s triathlon, with alex yee securing a silver medal. our correspondent in tokyo natalie pirks has been watching all the action, and shejoins us now: well, and shejoins us now: we all well, and she joins us now: we all enjoyed super saturda well, we all enjoyed super saturday in london, didn t we? but today has been magic monday. first we had a swimming gold medal, and then diving right behind me. and thenjust moments later, britain s first ever olympic gold in the men s mountain bike, about to make your hours south west of you. first, let s hear all about adam peaty s exploits, as he became the first british man to retain an olympic swimming title, as dan roan reports.
tom daley, olympic champion. it s the words he has waited a lifetime for. as he wiped away the tears ofjoy, it seemed even he could scarcely believe it. some 13 years after his debut, this games seemed his last realistic chance of gold, in partnership with olympic debutant matty lee. yes, yes, yes, yes! a string of near flawless dives meant they lead going into the final round, but could they hold their nerve? 0h! yes, it s brilliant! there is your answer. celebrations all round, but it wasn t over yet. china, the favourites, could still deny them. and a brilliant last dive meant an agonising wait for daley and lee, until, finally, gloriously, this. yes! it was the stuff of sporting dreams. and olympic champions,
1.2 degrees of heating now, the world might already have entered a phase of dangerous climate change. roger harrabin, bbc news. thanks for watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. adam peaty becomes the first ever british swimmer to successfully defend an olympics title. there are also golds for divers tom daley and matty lee and for mountain biker tom pidcock. ministers are meeting to decide if more keyworkers in england will be given the option of daily testing instead of self isolating. and, the un says record numbers of afghan civilians, many of them children, have been killed in half of this year. labour has launched a new campaign for working people, in an attempt to win back some of their traditional supporters