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
in the men s 10 metre synchronised diving. it was third time lucky for 27 year old tom, after bronze at the last two olympics. there was another gold medal in the men s mountain bike cross country event. tom pidcock with the victory, just two months after breaking his collarbone. earlier, the swimmer adam peaty won team gb s first gold medal in tokyo, with victory in the 100 metres breast stroke. the 26 year old finished in just under 57.4 seconds, the fifth fastest time in the event s history. he s become the first british swimmer to retain an olympic title. overnight, team gb also secured another silver medal, thanks to alex yee in the men s triathlon. and in the last few minutes, lauren williams was just pipped for the gold in her taekwondo final. but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day at the games. momiji nishiya made history at the age ofjust 13, as she became the first women s olympic street skateboarding champion. let s get a round up of all the action from an
in the men s triathlon, with alex yee securing a silver medal, and for taekwondo star lauren williams, who also took silver. well, for a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. it s been an incredible day for team gb at the olympics three golds they ve managed, on what many are calling manic monday. let s begin with tom daley, who after 13 years of trying finally has an olympic gold medal around his neck. he won the men s synchronised 10 metre platform competition, with his partner matty lee. the pair dived impeccably throughout, moving top of the leaderboard afterfour dives, 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.
itjust means the world to me. i didn t have the. i thought i had the best preparation of my life but then the morning finals, it goes out the window. that s really what it takes to be an athlete, not who is the best all year round, it s the best on the day, best person on the day who is the most adaptable. and the third gold medal came from an unexpected source team gb s tom pidcock in the men s cross country mountain biking. in hot and humid conditions, the 21 year old from leeds domminated, leading the race from halfway onwards. the ineos grenadiers riderfinished a clear 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. and the win today came just two months after pidcock broke his collarbone in a collision with a car while out training. it hasn t been a dream that long, but i have worked so hard for it, and it has been the end of the path for such a long time. yeah, i can t imagine how it would feel to build up four years for this event, because it was
this radiation contains a chemicalfingerprint, from which the researchers worked out its age. we ve been working on this detective story for some time, putting all the pieces in place, and then we finally get an answer, something new, that brings together science and art into one story. it s fantastic. these are all stories that were recorded at the time they happened here. the discovery has astonished leonie seliger, who looks after the stained glass windows here. she believes the panels could go back to the mid 1100s, and were in place during major historical event of the cathedral, including the assassination of the then archbishop thomas becket, who features in many of these windows. they would have witnessed the murder of thomas becket. henry ii coming on his knees begging for forgiveness. they would have witnessed the conflagration of the fire that devoured the cathedral in 1174.