Harrogate diver Jack Laugher misses out on medal in synchronised diving

Jack Laugher's failed to defend his synchronised diving record at Tokyo 2020.

It was a disappointing day for Laugher who finished seventh with teammate Daniel Goodfellow in the men's three metre synchronised diving.

Laugher won the gold with Chris Mears in Rio in 2016- but the top prize went to China's Wang Zongyuan & Xie Siyi this year.

The 26-year-old began training when he was a teenager with the Harrogate District Diving Club.

Leanne Jalland, who's the chair of the club, said she's "incredibly proud" of his performance in a difficult competition, and they've already seen an "increase" in children wanting to learn to dive.

Ahead of the individual dives on Tuesday, Jalland said "Both Jack and Dan have got the strength of character to come back stronger from this".

Success elsewhere for Team GB swimmers

Meanwhile, two-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty praised his British teammates as the gold rush continued in the pool at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tom Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards and Duncan Scott brought home the 4x200m freestyle with a dominant performance, with the quartet just 0.03 seconds off a world record time.

They saw off the Russian Olympic Committee and Australia to finish in six minutes and 58.58 seconds and secure Team GB's third swimming gold of Tokyo 2020.

Peaty, who has also helped Team GB to success in the pool with gold in the 100m breaststroke, tweeted: "Seeing this team progress over the last 6 years has been an honour.

"We always knew one day they would win the big one! Incredibly effort and no one deserves it more than these lads."

Two-time freestyle gold medallist Becky Adlington appeared excited as she posted on Twitter: "HOW GOOD WAS THAT!!!!!"

"Insanely quick. What a swim," Adlington tweeted, adding an acknowledgement of Calum Jarvis who swam earlier in the heats.

Team Bath, from the University of Bath, said they were "so, so proud to have three of this incredible quarter of Tokyo 2020 Olympics champions training with us", noting the contributions of Tom, James and Matt, while also mentioning Team Bath-member Calum.

Andy Cyril Guy, brother of James, tweeted: "Can't put into words James how proud we are of you, Olympic gold medalist, congratulations Duncan Deano, Matt & Callum .. what a team !!!"

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