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
momiji nishiya made history at the age ofjust 13 as she became the first women s olympic street skateboarding champion. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning, let s cross to jane dougall at the bbc sports centre. what at the bbc sports centre. a day so far for team gb behind what a day so far for team gb. behind the team story, great personal stories as well leading up to these competitions. there have been a few tears but plenty of smiles in tokyo. there s been emotional scenes in tokyo as team gb s tom daley and his partner, matty lee, have taken gold in the diving. it s daley s fourth olympics and, after 13 years, he s got his first olympic gold medal in the syncronised io metre platform. there was a win in the pool earlier too with great britain s adam peaty taking the 100m breaststroke convincingly. it means he s the first british swimmer to defend an olympic title as jim lumsden reports.
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. but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day in the games. momiji nishiya made history at the age ofjust 13 as she became the first women s olympic street skateboarding champion. more on all this to come, but first, our sports editor dan roan looks back at adam peaty s victory. look at that. no wonder there was a swagger. such is his domination of this sport, the sense was that all adam peaty had to do to defend his title here in tokyo was turn up. defeat was unthinkable. so superior, adam peaty. but he still had to deliver
at the age ofjust 13 as she became the first women s olympic street skateboarding champion. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning, let s cross to jane dougall at the bbc sports centre. where at the bbc sports centre. do you start? good morning. at the bbc sports centre. tom daley has ended his long wait for an olympic gold medal. alongside matty lee, daley triumphed in a nerve wracking men s synchronised 10m platform event at tokyo 2020. the pair dived impeccably throughout, moving top of the leaderboard after four dives, before going on to expertly handle nerves and pressure in their final two routines. in a nail biting finale, the british pair watched on as chinese pair cao yuan and chen aisen made their final dive. daley and lee then broke into wild celebrations when it became clear they had ended china s golden grip