Paris 2024 Olympics day three: Tom Daley in diving action; mountain biking, rugby sevens

Men’s synchronised 10m diving: a huge dive from Tom Daley and Noah Williams (GB) – a *checks notes* back 3½ somersaults in the pike position – scores 93.96. But hold on, here come Junjie Lian and Hao Yang (Chn) with 95.88. Nobody can get close to them. The Chinese are 13 points ahead. Canada remain third, Mexico fourth.
Women’s volleyball: an epic battle has come to an end with Turkey coming from two sets behind to beat the Netherlands 3 sets to 2 in Pool C. It was tight all the way through, with Turkey ultimately winning 19-25 19-25 25-22 25-22 15-13. The Netherlands actually scored more points overall but unlike in Play Your Cards Right, points don’t mean prizes in this game. Huge celebrations from the Turkish contingent.

Men’s synchronised 10m diving: the third round of dives is over, and this is the point of the competition where the pairs can start bringing out their own moves. Junjie Lian and Hao Yang (Chn) are looking unstoppable here. They are now ten points clear.
Tom Daley and Noah Williams (GB) are now in second, having pulled slightly clear of Canada’s duo Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray. But probably the significant development was a very strong third dive by Kevin Berlin Reyes and Randal Willars Valdez of Mexico, who are fourth, but clearly look like they could menace those ahead of them in the podium places.
Each pair has six dives, all six dives count. We are halfway through.
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