Tom Daley wins fifth medal alongside Noah Williams with silver in Paris

Tom Daley won his fifth Olympic medal with a superb silver alongside Noah Williams in the men’s synchronised 10m platform in Paris.

Daley, 30, effectively retired from the sport after winning gold in the event in Tokyo, but he and Williams, 24, looked calm as he returned to the biggest stage.

The pair applied pressure to China’s Lian Junjie and Yang Hao – who were ultimately in a class of their own for gold after three world titles in a row – and were comfortable silver medallists after six fine dives.

Daley did not compete for two years but was persuaded to come out of retirement when his son Robbie, now aged six, said he wanted to see his ‘Papa’ dive at an Olympics.

Daley’s husband Dustin Lance Black, Robbie, their youngest son Phoenix and countless more friends and family were in the Paris Aquatics Centre to give the British pair loud support.

For Williams, whose first experience of diving was watching on TV as a 14-year-old Daley competed at his first Olympics in 2008, this was a first Olympic medal.

Team GB now have five medals in Paris – three silvers and two bronzes.