Tom Daley and diving partner Noah Williams bagged a silver medal in the men’s synchronised 10m diving at the 2024 Olympics, missing out on gold to Chinese duo Junjie Lian and Hao Yang.

Already an Olympic champion and bonafide legend of the sport, Daley served up a valiant effort alongside Williams to secure Team GB’s fifth medal of the Games.

It’s also Daley’s fifth overall Olympic medal and his first second-place finish at the Games, having previously picked up three bronze medals and one gold.

Speaking after he picked up his silver medal, Daley told the BBC: “It’s just so special, this time deciding to come back, not knowing if I’d make the synchro team, let alone qualify for the Olympics, now to be here in Paris, diving in front of my son, who is right there, who actually asked me to come back, it’s so special.

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“And it completes the set, I now have one of every colour.”

As for Williams, it’s his first Olympic medal, having made his Games debut three years ago in Tokyo.

Williams said: “From third last to second, my coach passed after Tokyo. I can’t talk too much or I’ll cry. But no I’m happy…

“I’ve come a long way in the last year, just practising, I’m really glad it paid off here.”

When quizzed on how his return to diving went, Daley later added: “Once you’re an athlete, you know what you need to do, you have to train smarter.

“You have to prioritise things in your life as well as in the pool. A happy athlete is an athlete who dives well.”

Attention turned to Daley’s future, with the 30-year-old quizzed on whether he’d consider competing at the Los Angeles Games in four years times.

He responded: “I don’t know. For right now, I want to enjoy today, so we’ll see what the future holds. But right now, I just want to go and squish my little one.”

Daley and Williams posted impressive numbers throughout the meet but were unable to keep pace with the world champions China, who were by far and away the best duo on the diving board.

Daley and Williams finished up with a score of 463.44, while winners Lian and Yang topped the podium with 490.35 points.

Daley’s trainer Jane Figueiredo told the BBC after the event: “I’m just over the moon for both of them, there’s been a lot going on.

“Behind the scenes, there’s a lot of things most people don’t realise in an athlete’s life… to come and achieve silver medals today was absolutely brilliant. China was just too good for us today.”

When quizzed on some of the pair’s monster scores, Figueiredo jokingly replied: “I’m their coach so I think they should be doing better.”