Diving: Cao Yuan (CHN) wins men’s 10m platform gold!
Cao is the back-to-back Olympic champion!
He becomes the first diver since Greg Louganis (USA) in 1988 to win consecutive gold medals in this event, and he does so with style, posting a whopping total of 547.50.
But he was pushed all the way by Tamai Rikuto (JPN), who was just 2.75 points behind Cao before botching his fifth dive. The Japanese was able to recover for his final dive – a back 2½ somersaults 2½ twists in the pike position – that earned him an incredible 99.00 points and the silver medal (Japan’s first medal in Olympic diving in history).
Bronze is won by Noah Williams (GBR); the Briton had two of the best dives in the final two rounds to surge into third place.
🥇Cao Yuan (CHN): 547.50
🥈Tamai Rikuto (JPN): 507.65
🥉Noah Williams (GBR): 497.35