London 2012 - China reaffirmed their dominance in the Diving pool but could not get the clean sweep of gold they had aimed for after Russia and the USA had moments of glory at London 2012. Arguably the most dramatic was in the men's 10m Platform on the final night of competition when China's biggest star, Qiu Bo, could only manage silver.

London 2012 - China reaffirmed their dominance in the Diving pool but could not get the clean sweep of gold they had aimed for after Russia and the USA had moments of glory at London 2012. Arguably the most dramatic was in the men's 10m Platform on the final night of competition when China's biggest star, Qiu Bo, could only manage silver.

Matthew Mitcham performs a near-perfect 6th dive to receive gold, ending China's dream of a clean sweep of all diving golds. Mitcham produces the highest scoring dive in Olympic history (112.10), a sensational back two and a half somersault with two and a half twists, finishing with an overall 537.95. Mitcham becomes the 1st male Australian diver to win gold since 1924. Diving 10m Platform Men's Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics - Matthew Mitcham (AUS), Zhou Luxin (CHN), Gleb Galperin (RUS)

China claimed gold in the Women's 10m Synchronised Platform Diving as defending champions Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao finished on 368.40 points, more than 25 points ahead of silver medallists Mexico. Canada took bronze at the Aquatics Centre.

Cao Yuan won the men’s individual 3m springboard title on 16 August to give China their fifth diving gold medal of the Rio Games.

Standing with a bronze medal around his neck, Sam Oldham made history last night as the youngest member of the first British men’s gymnastics team to win an Olympic medal in 100 years.