28/07/2013 Diving: World Championships

diving Championships in Barcelona. It has been a fantastic week for the

girls flying the flag for British diving. All of them have big --

performed in India. Today is all about Tom Daly who struggled through

the preliminary rounds. He is in the finals. Leon Taylor, Olympics of a

medallist from 2004 is with me to discuss Tom Daly's injury -based

drama but first let's hear from Tom himself.

When you wake up on competition date, it is just the worst thing

that can happen because there is just so much force that goes through

your body. After each round, they've nursed me back together, compressed

the muscle, so it has been tough, and a painful morning but I got

through. Is it getting any better? It is difficult for it to get better

when I am still diving. To be honest, anything can happen in

diving. It is going to be a tough one because everyone is diving very

well. With this injury and the preparation I've had, it is going to

be one of those competitions where I have to go into it and give it my

best shot knowing it is a miracle to be even able to compete. In a couple

of dives, you are struggling, but in the final dive, it was there.

is the reason why I put that reversed three and a half on the

last dive. When I did the Olympics, because it was the lowest

difficulty, people criticise me about why you put that in the end

because it was the lowest degree of difficulty. But I know I can do it

well under pressure. And I can pull it out of the bag. Do you still

think you can challenge for a medal? Anything can happen, , but

medals aren't in the forefront of my mind. I would be amazed to get one,

I will give it my best shot. He said himself it is a miracle he's

in the competition. It has been torrid, has let? He didn't start

very well. He was struggling with a virus. Then he got going, injured

his shoulder, took time out from that. When he recovered from that,

his triceps has torn. The injury is plaguing him here. He recovered from

it, and he needs to rest it. All you need to do is get in and train. It

has gone again. That is why we see all the ice strapped to him.

significant is that? Most people would say it is just a sore arm.

you can imagine entering the water, the most important part of the dive,

you have to lock your arms out, which is one of the things Tom isn't

able to do at the moment. He's got the ice on it, because to get into

the water with absolutely no splash, the rip entry, you have to lock out

your arms, and to perform handstand, which is the dive we will see him

open with, you need to lock out your arms. So it is tough for him. He

will tough it out, you will be in some pain, let's see how he goes.

Some surprising results so far. How much that is down to the fact this

is an outside condition? Dinner-mac of the Chinese divers that came

fourth in London did need and make it through. And Qui Bo, defending

world champion, qualified in sixth place. He was 18th after the first

two rounds of the semi-final which is a dead last place which is very

unusual. Out laws have as opened new factors. Sunshine reflecting off the

water. You can be diving into this shade. And it was windy yesterday.

So if you bounce on your tiptoes with a bit of wind blowing about, it

can be offputting. And you've got some cream all of you to protect

yourself from the 30 degrees heat I was enjoying yesterday, semi-be Qui

Bo got some cream in his eyes which is why he arrived in with his back!

It is amazing that it can affect athletes at such a high level! But

anything can happen. The diving is under way. Go and join Bob Ballard

in the commentary box. And we will in the commentary box. And we will

now continue to the all-important in the commentary box. And we will

now continue to Welcome to Barcelona. Real top of the form

diving event, a real protest -year-old prestigious one, everybody

wants to win it. Tom Daly won it in Rome in 2009. David Boudia wire,

whom we will seek at the end is the the Russian team. They've got

through a few of their ten metre divers through the years. This is a

relatively low score. And here is the youngest of the competitors, it

was always the case that Tom Daly was the youngest when he made the

final, but this is a diver one-year younger than him. Chiarabini from

Italy. An inward three and a half somersault with touch. It is worth

3.2. We will explain the newcomers how this scoring system works after

this. Remember the top two marks and the bottom two marks are discarded

and we look for the three in the middle. They are multiplied by the

degree of difficulty, which is why we get the final score, and this one

is 60.80. Not quite the solid dive he was hoping for with that inward

three and a half. At the moment, Tom Daley. Forward three and a half

somersaults. We have two Mexicans and two Russians involved in this

competition. Here is the one Cuban. Good start. A fantastic experience

over the years starting to pay dividends. This is very low degree

of difficulty compared to what we will see this afternoon. It needed

to be good. He lost to strikes as he went in. 63 total. We will see the

super slow Mo with the divers superimposed against the backdrop.

Now, a big disparity between his preliminary dive and his semi-final

dive, here is Tom Daley. Here I always think arm stand outdoors

should be worth more than they are, however, on this occasion it will

not be. It will be worth 3.5. It is an arm stand back triple somersault.

He got 59.5 on the preliminary. 89.25 in the semi-final. Much

effort. He over rotates. There is the team supporting Tom. Bear in

mind, he's under pressure, lots of pain in that tricep and doing that

tricep, he was weak on the take-off. Over rotates inside Cleef.

There is the super slow motion. See the strain coming in, heavily

strapped on the tricep. Tom waiting for the schools. 71.75. There was no

strength in his arms. Anyway, let's have a look at what was the story of

the day because this man was 18th midway through the competition, the

defending champion from Shanghai two years ago, second at the Olympic

Games, here is Qui Bo, inward three and half somersaults with pike.

do this dive on inward three and a half pike. Look how close his toes

have to come to the platform for him to make this dive. He is short of

rotation. He's taking a high risk and it is not paying off the Qui

Bo, the defending champion. His ankles just above his forehead there

in that super deep pike shape. 71.75, the exact same mark as Tom

Daly got. So, joint third at the moment, Tom Daley and Qui Bo. That

is a very good opening dive. Now, one of the two Mexicans, who has not

got a 4.1 in his programme. He did a 4.1 in London. Opting not to go for

the 4.1, he will start with a 3.3. A back three and a half somersaults

than he has been, maybe. The crowd in front of fantastic and warm

atmosphere in Barcelona. German moving away from the diving board a

little bit. Washing long, as we call it, so the judges will not go above

7.5 for that one. He arched his back as he goes in. 70.95. The other

Mexican, when he comes up, he does 3.7, 3.8 and a 4.1. If he is on his

game today, nobody will touch with those figures but he has to do all

of those. It is a very high-risk tariff for him. 3.24 Victor

Minibaev. Inward three and a half somersaults with tack, opening dive

disappointment of the crowd from the Russian team support. Mini bio of

looking good in training. Looks a little bit nervous. His dive is

short of vertical. Not the opening he will be looking for. It is his

easiest dive. A 3.2 degrees of difficulty. See the disappointment

on his face, frustrating. A very low 's warring final, what's happening?

It hasn't got going! Sascha Klein in both preliminaries and semifinals

could not get this dive right. Then he better afterwards. He's done very

well. If he gets this right, it puts you in prime position. So, Sascha

Klein's opening dive, inward to half -- three and a half somersaults with

tarp. That is his best one, much, much better. He's the only one in

round one so far that has actually done a dive worth commentating on!

We are being a bit harsh but this is what we need to see. This is the

world championship final, a year after the Olympic Games in London,

this is what we want to see. You can see the sunshine reflecting off the

water. That glare makes it difficult to know where the water is. He is

saying just chill out. Much better. 86.40, he goes clear by eight

points. Even on his best dive, his coach looked like he had a face like

thunder! You never got into it. He had a fantastic 90 plus dive.

Garcia, 3.7, only to divers will do a 4.1 in this competition. That is

Qui Bo. In the days when Leon was diving, you never got the four s.

Opening dive for even Garcia is -- Ivan Garcia is a big one. He is not

on his game either! A big opening dive. The forward for the half

somersaults, 3.7 degrees of difficulty. He spins like a spinning

top, going into that tuck shape. Was he put off by the reflection in the

water? Who knows. Ten out of 11 have been off today. He is not vertical

going in. Frustration through and through. Because these tariffs are

so high, you can pick it up, but look at that, 64.75, not the start

he had wanted. Now, this man was very consistent all the way through.

This is good I have. -- this is today in Barcelona compared to

yesterday. Yesterday was breezy. At one stage the wind was face on. Now

it is behind the diving board. It is repeating a little bit but easing

champion. Faltered slightly, but at once he gets going here. Sees the

water, punches a hole with his hands. Might get 8.5, his

expression was a slight crooners. He goes into the lead. The leader

from yesterday continues to be the leader going into the first round

of the final. Tom Daley is on the leaderboard. Not a great opening

opening dive for him. Looking at the bird life in Barcelona. Such a

stunning venues. 10 years ago, I wasn't there competing. I also had

a triceps injury, so it must be something to do with Barcelona and

British dive. Second round, opening dive of the Belorussian. On stand,

for word double somersault, won Straight up and down dining. From

that angle he looks like he does but his forehead on the diving

were 4.5 somersaults with tuck. Much better than Ivan Garcia. He

was pretty vertical. 3.7, won't be getting the big marks on this

because of the waste Bashar al- Assad works. But that will put him

up there. Coach likes it. Not giving too much away on that. He is

definitely in the mix. This is the new generation of Russians are

emerging. He did not start particularly well. Got himself

going and got much better as the semi-finals went on. This will be

worth 3.6 in degree of difficulty. Landed on his shoulders, and relief.

Pretty good take-off. I have been watching him in training and has

some Class C dives. Take off is good. Just let go of his shape a

little bit early. Squeezing in the beautiful background. Almost super

imposed on that. May be needed to be a little bit tighter. A couple

of judges did not like that. Not terribly good. Here comes the

youngest competitor in the competition from Italy. 18 years of

age. Forward 4.5. He was diving out of his skin in the prelims. And he

was a surprise to be in the final. Just a little bit frustrated. Head

position looked good, so he should have seen were he was. It caused

him to over rotate. The crowd of almost doing the dive with the

divers. Others are faltering around him, so it is not a lost cause. But

rotating forward. You cannot see where you are going on back 3.5,

you can only see where you have been. Just a little bit too high

if not spectacular opening from him. In words 3.5 somersault with tuck.

If he can get this, he will be in the coach's reaction. Just what we

needed from his second round. Strong take-off, squeezing into the

tuck shape. Spots of the water, locks out his arms as quickly as he

quite high mark in there was a nine. But it was discounted along with

the lower marks. Tom Daley are for the time being, in second place.

for him. Can he picked it up there now? It has taken him a while to

get going today, but there you go. That is why Qui Bo is the defending

world champion. Straight out of the top drawer. The degree of

difficulty. Technically spot on. He makes it look so effortless. There

is the reaction, his coach is happy. We will find out why it is good in

a moment. On his way to being gold- medallist again. 18 points clear of

Tom Daley. Sanchez. 3.5 somersault the window. Little bit scruffy as

he went in. -- wind. And it just over rotating. He does do in would

3.5, this one was in would 4.5, so I think he was taking his time to

make sure he was doing the right dive. 81.60. Now, talking about

people who take their time. Here comes Victor Minibaev, who never

rushes anything. Just missed out on a medal in London, in 4th place. It

is the forward 4.5 again, 3.7 degree of difficulty in that tuck

position. Launches himself. He likes to launch himself into the

middle of the pool. This makes the dive very difficult to control. He

is suffering with a lower back injury. That is still very good. He

is my dark horse for a medal. Touch-judges not overly impressed.

-- the judges. This is my outside bet for a medal. Sascha Klein,

after getting that bogey dive out of the weight. He this is the dive

he has been struggling with in training. Squeezing in, this is

such a difficult dive. To control the entry. He is marginally short

of vertical. His coach did not like it. No where near as good as he did

Garcia, this is rudimentary for him. 3.3, a back, 3.5 per somersault

with tuck. He needs to make his going to get some difficulty on

that dive. Could take off, squeezes in. Seems to spin very slowly. Good

enough. It is a one of his and lower degrees of difficulties. He

will be pleased with that. Does not move him anywhere. David Boudia,

now. He needs 79 to go into the lead. In with 3.5 somersaults with

him. Great, strong take-off. He does a forward roll under the water to

keep the splash down and give the impression he wasn't over rotating,

but we've got him. There's his coach, he likes it, but let's see

what the judges think. I didn't see the save under the water. And

neither did the judges. Here are the standings. In fifth place, Tom

Daley, 14 points away from a bronze medal. A big dive to come. It will

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sort out the men from the boys, and feet. Manage to sort it out by the

end. He gets it all together at the end and manages to keep the entry

down. 86 point 40 in the final. B36 this weekend. Still relatively

unknown to us. Has a 3.2 in would 3.5 somersaults. Just may be

collapsing a little as he went into the water. As we watched the replay,

maybe just losing the tension in his arms. I was talking earlier

about the sunlight on the water. Is that affecting this competition? It

is a poor quality compared to what I was watching in training

yesterday. They have gone through three rounds and they have done

their semi-final dives for approximately at the same time they

are doing them today. Perhaps it is affecting them? The Italian has to

think about his handstand. Just under done, if you like. Landing on

his shoulders rather than his hands. Great tuck shape, squeezing in. He

is having a tough final. Showing his inexperience now come as we go

of difficulty. Arms stand, back a double somersault. Overcooked it on

the finish. Only 1.5 and twists, so a 3.2 degree of difficulty.

Flicking off to get the rotations. 1.5 twists. That reaction said it

dive in the semi-finals yesterday. Spent a lot of time over it, too. A

lot of concentration and intends to make sure he got it right. Needs to

do it again today. 3.6 is the degree of difficulty. Yesterday, in

the semi-finals, a massive 93.60. If he can do anything like that

today, he can secure a top-five place for now. Intense

concentration there is on that phase. Concentration working well

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reverse three and a half somersaults. Second after round two.

Completely unfazed by Tom Daly. That is textbook Qui Bo, Olympics of the

medallist, world defending champion. This is slightly lower degree of

difficulty, but he will be pushing 99 points and self. Perfect tens

will give him that. My prediction is perfect tens. It doesn't get better

than that. Amazing, look at that, squeezing, knees touching his chin,

Mrs had around, any young divers at home watching, apart from those

booties got on those flat feet, look at that! There's the reaction.

do the judges think quiz-mac ten, ten, ten. 99 points, exactly the

same as Tom Daley, but it is not the same degree of difficulty. Qui Bo

keeps as a team point of advantage over Tom Daley. Now, on to German

Sanchez, another one of them best divers will see. And Sanchez is in

second place, having to follow toomac exemplary dives from Tom

Daley and Qui Bo. Whatever you can do, I can do better. Added pressure

with the handstand. Doing too much, you could end up all over the place.

He won't get tens, but he should get nines. Look at the various tablets

capturing all the action. It'll be on you Tube in Mexico in no time at

all. He's in fourth. Can he back this up now quiz-mac he had a fairly

indifferent first round. He is having a great third round,

everybody is doing great and more. No pressure on you, then. Reversed

three and a half somersaults with he's jumping too far away from the

diving board, affecting the control of the dive. Look out for he leaps

away. You could fit three people between him and the diving board, so

he's diving over to his front side. Over rotates. Probably out of the

medals. Does he do that in training quiz-mac yes. Why doesn't his coat

stop him doing it quiz-mac I don't know. If you land in the middle of

the pool, you get marked down. It is difficult to control. It is

difficult to control. Anyway. Sascha Klein is in third place after the

last round. And a good solid opening, a good round two. Such a

big dive, and Sasha is bigger than the other athletes. His toes,

incredibly close. A big degree of difficulty. That will count towards

a total of 75.254 Sascha Klein, which puts him in third place. Now,

we're waiting for Ivan Garcia to get going. We have talked about him and

his big dives. Here comes a 3.6. If he can get his game face on, and get

going, he will be there or thereabouts. We are waiting for him

to make that move. This is worth 3.6. He is taking a lot of time from

the lotus position into the upright position. He struggled a little bit.

He's got lots to fit in in this dive. He's a little bit stuck so he

didn't have enough rotation in order to make it, so he's dropping like a

stone. He needed a ten and a half meter platform to make it perfect.

So he's not showing some of the form he has shown in previous finals. He

is too stuck a frustrating. It was a long time before he started as well.

Yes, he has gone to seventh place. Now, David Boudia. Mike O'Connor

league, Leon, making that signal towards me, as if this is the

questionable dive, which could go wrong. Not today! It is a big dive.

We have seen other divers full train. Boudia is solid as a rock.

See him drop into that form a half summer. Count them if you can.

Scruffy and the entry. He will not get all than eight, but he will be

in the top three. Let's look at the marks the David Boudia. What does it

mean for the overall standings? Qui Bo at the top, David Boudia second,

Tom Daley in third place, nine plays advantage of Oleksandr Bondar. So,

Sascha Klein in fifth. Garcia staying rooted in eighth place.

much to do for the field. This man has been good all the way through

but his problem, he doesn't go above Sometimes he comes very close to the

ten metre on this dive. He is a safe distance from the diving board. He

looks close to you at home, however, he has been a lot closer to that and

the judges will penalise him. is the one he split his head open

on. It must be difficult remembering that. I bet he was fidgeting a lot

before it. Probably not going to be in the mix. This man is not too far

away, though. Oleksandr Bondar, back three and a half somersaults with

touch. What a dive! He fudged the finish. Absolutely burying the entry

into the water. That entry was textbook. He's in fourth, that is

pressure on the rest of the field. To nines, in total, Oleksandr

Bondar, 19.75, pressure put on by the man from Ukraine. Sergey Nazin,

he has not backed up what he did in the preliminaries and the semifinals

thus far. It could change now with three more rounds to go. It looked

better on the take-off, very strong. Lots going on. He will be a star of

the future. Just full train, may be under pressure today. That is

superb. -- just faltering. He needed to come out of the dive sooner. He

needed to be further away. doesn't help his cause that much,

his score. The standard has improved so much the last couple of mock --

rounds. Andrea Chiarabini, the youngster of the 12 from Italy. Back

three and a half somersaults with touch. -- with tap. That is a little

glimpse of what we were seeing in the semi-final. He has got a lot to

offer. Watching him training, he is inconsistent at the moment. He takes

the tuck shape very good. He keeps the splashdown. Very good from the

Italian. He will not be in middle contention today, but he will be in

the future. Jeinkler Aguirre of Cuba, 3.2, he is in the time wrong

of the procession at the moment, in which three and a half somersaults

Jeinkler Aguirre taking it to the individuals now. He is throwing up a

little bit of Splash, which is why we see the 7.5. Not his day-to-day.

Now, Tom Daley. Here we go. A little bit of pressure on the arm and

wrists. This will be the one. 3.7, sees biggest one. -- his biggest

one. With a lot of points. So, wish him well. Four and a half summer

faults going forward, with tuck. The done, Tom! We were wondering how he

was going to hold up, now he has smashed his biggest dive. That

should get it from the judges. It is a little bit low on the water to get

more than eight, but than 3.7, that is going to be a big score, pushing

90 points. Pressure on the rest of the field. Good, Tom Daley. He has

doubled his semi-final school! -- score. It is a fantastic dive, which

has given every opportunity, every inkling of being in and around the

semi-final, this is even better. Wow, what an absolute superstar. It

doesn't get better than this. You're watching the Tom Daley versus Qui Bo

show, and Qui Bo is topping whatever Tom does. Tom has nailed his board a

half, and Qui Bo has just got the perfect score. That should score

away over 100 points, and catch me if you can if he does. 108 points.

When we get to the 4.1, we can get over 120 points. On that dive, 108

points. It gives them the lead over over Tom Daley. German Sanchez. You

can see how much easier he makes it, he has this ability to spin, and

spin. Really controlled entry into the water. Only marginally better

inroads we expected him to do. He can repair some of the damage done

in the previous round. 3.6 it is worth. You don't want to hang

around too long in a handstand. is a nice of you from up there. --

view. Just seen a little bit of the brilliance of. Slightly odd chink

in the lower back, which will cost him. It is one of his better dives.

difficulty on this. If he gets 98, he will go ahead of Tom Daley. If

he gets 94, he will go ahead of Sanchez. Back 3.5. He fancies it.

Still no smiles from his coach. He has been known to make a bit of a

mess of it. Heat some gold a week ago, so he is hungry for another

renewed the big build up. 3.3, a reverse 3.5, and then he goes on to

the big stuff. That is much better from Garcia. My thing he has left

himself with a little bit too much to do. Anything can happen diving

outdoors. You can see shadows appearing now. Knows exactly where

he is. The vertical entry. Will it be enough to close the gap.

wouldn't write him off just yet, he has a 3.8, 4.1 to finish with. The

4.1 coming in the next round, by the way. David Boudia, currently in

second place. Cannot overtake Qui Bo on this. Will have to second --

collected like he was last summer. Could have been better. But he is

big advantage over David Boudia. Sanchez is only four points behind

Tom Daley. Waiting Ivan Garcia to make his move. He has got 30 points

to make up, it is a big margin, but we will see. You're not convinced?

No, no one is going to score 120. It would be mathematically

impossible. Let's concentrate on the action that will unfold in

is having a great day. He is only limited by his limited degree of

difficulty, if that makes sense? That is going to get him close to

90 points. He is out there and doing really well. Thoughts of Leon

the way through. This is a back to 0.5 somersaults with 2.5 twists

Pike. Little bit scrappy ball start running out of room. He was in for

a place. This needed to be good. Helicopter feet, bits Griffi,

bending his knees. Looked a bit like a Twigg it as he went in there.

That is costly. Chance has gone I proving a point it is high risk.

The 3.7, a degree of difficulty. You can see him may be slipping on

his suncream. One hand was riding up as he was spinning round. That

feels like a punch in the chest when you go in like that. Another

person who won't be making the top bit more work. The take-off was OK.

Maybe inexperience shining through? His feet a bit too hike will stop

nothing he can do. Just tipping It is a bit harsh. Reversed three

and a half somersaults with tuck. 3.3 degrees of difficulty. Oh, much

more like it! Much, much better. What are dive. -- what are dive. He

is coming out here, absolutely no splash. What will the judges give

him? I think it is worth 9.5 at least. Yes! Stand, chair, clap your

hands. Night .5 -- 9.5 and nine. He will be in contention. This man,

however, is in contention certainly. Third place after a round number

five. -- round number four. Two more to go. This one might sort out the

destiny of the Tom Daley. Back to a half somersaults, two and half

twists in the pike position. He needs to execute this to the best of

his ability, taking into account the injury problems he has God. -- he

semifinals. This is the dive that Tom was awarded three marked on. He

squares it up as best you can on the finish, that is probably going to

get six, six. Look at the strain on his body. He wants to work on this

dive. He hasn't had the chance this season because of injury and

illness. Will that cost him medal? 68.4 zero the Tom Daley. If he's

going to get a medal, he will have to do much better. Now, this is

huge, absolutely massive. 4.1, forward for a half. So much risk

attached to it. He has got to make it right. Gold without a shadow of a

doubt. Qui Bo just telling the world he's back. He is the only diver that

can do this. Everyone else struggles to do this in the tuck position. He

is absolutely smashing it. Oh, my goodness me. I don't have the

superlatives to describe this. He is going to be miles in front! He

doesn't even need his last dive. 110! Hundred ten is pretty darn

good. Ninth across-the-board. -- what Tom Daley did and he will know

that the door ajar for third place. Reversed three and a half

somersaults with tuck, worth 3.3 only, not a big dive but if he does

it good, it'll be worth 70 or 80 points. He opens as chest as he goes

in. However, that is solid. I would say second favourite of the

Mexicans, but he is on fire today. I think that will get him some

eights. So, it is not the 90 points which will definitely put him in the

mix. On the cusp, he goes above Tom Daley by eight points. So, Qui Bo,

Sanchez and Tom Daley. We have more divers to come. Victor Minibaev,

back three and a half somersaults with pike. He needs to extricate

himself from the region of nine, ten or 11. He will probably move up a

couple of places. He left it too late. Pulling the diving at last

minute. He doesn't move to far-away from the diving board this time

round. That is a good distance giving him the control he needs. He

moves his arms to sin, but that is good. 81 is much better. He could be

in the top seven with that. Sascha Klein, sixth place. There isn't a

lot between third and sixth. Both third and fourth, they're in their

whereabouts, but they are not nailing Z dives. 3.3, this dive.

Crucial for Sascha Klein and he has pulled it out of the bag. Wow, that

is going to be interesting. What a great dive. He is very precise with

his dive. Lots of experience. That is going to put him right up there

in the top four for sure. It but second! Second at the moment, above

Sanchez and Tom Daley. Now, here comes Ivan Garcia, 4.1. If he gets

this, he could go up to third place. With this dive, if he gets 106, he

will go forth. Even just to make semi-final. It is very good. In the

semi-final, he got seven and a half and eight, he could sneak it in

here. He moves away so far from the diving board. He still manages

inward for and a half, he is clean on the entry. He smashes it. He has

nailed his inward. There's my boy, 104.55. Sadly, he goes above Tom

Daley. Just above Sanchez. That is six points behind the bronze medal.

We have to take into account David Boudia has not had his dive yet. His

is a three and a half somersaults seem to be bothered by it all the

dive is going on around him. Boudia they're just hanging out, chilling

out, and just proving he does it when he needs it. If he gets over 90

points, that will give him the business end of the field. We are

set to have a good finish. 91.84 David Boudia, that puts him into

second, where he was before. We can pretty much anoint Qui Bo as the

world champion again. Tom Daley is nine points behind the bronze.

That's all. You're shaking your head, Leon. It is 8/2 last round.

Big dives in the last round. But we pretty much know he will nail his

3.3. And the others will nail their 3.6. It is tough. His other dive

will have cost him the medal today. Vadim Kaptu, nearly done. This is

his last dive of the competition. Reversed three and a half

somersaults with tuck worth 3.3. He would hope maybe to get into the top

six. Eighth place going into the final round for Vadim Kaptu. He has

nailed all his diets today. Fantastic, six out of six for him.

-- he has nailed all his dives today. A lot of big names didn't

make it through to the finals, Vadim Kaptu has sneaked in and he has done

himself proud today. Good marks. He was fourth in the Olympics. Probably

not going to finish as high as that. Oleksandr Bondar, he finishes with

3.3. Reversed three and a half somersaults, he was on the cusp of

the medals. 3.3 probably not going to take him where he needs to be.

Over rotation at the end, he lost it on the fifth round dive. This is the

dive we will see from Tom Daley soon. He uses the twist. It is

interesting finishing on 3.3 and not doing a good job. All the other

athletes have used this dive. You've got to go in all different

directions. But some good stuff from Oleksandr Bondar today. Talking

about divers we will see more of in the future, Sergey Nazin of Russia.

He has not been on form today but did well to make the final. 11th

place as he goes into the last round. And, again, the back to an

half somersaults, to an half twists, 3.6. What a finish, just showing how

good he is. We will be commentating on him for years to come. Good

take-off, very neat into the take-off. Great entry into the

water. Shame his others were shaky because that is a strong finish.

Absolutely, 410.104 that dim -- the Sergey Nazin. This is the

19-year-old, Andrei Tierra beanie from Italy, back to an half

somersaults, one and a half twists to finish with. He will hope to get

this young Italian. The youngest in the final. There is a future for

this young man. He needs to add a twist to this. Lots of two and a

half somersaults next. We've seen one already so far. He got 451. Bite

away down on his semi-final score. Jeinkler Aguirre, storming into the

last round. Has he got enough room and enough points to make up too

many places here? Back to an half somersaults, two and a half twists,

as he goes in, but he was vertical, which is key to persuading the

judges to put those scores up. Lots of divers electing to finish up on

the twist dive. There is a high degree of difficulty in this.

total of 81 exactly. So, our last glimpse of the world's sexiest man,

according to a magazine. Tom Daley, stepping up to the plate, stepping

onto the board for the last time. He will be happy he got through to the

final, and reasonably happy with his showing here. Round five pretty much

took away a medal from him. He could consolidate a good finish. A reverse

enters the water, his coach at fights, you did fabulous earlier in

the week. Feels the water on his back as he goes in. It is a poor

finish, he will be disappointed. An expression from his team-mate. What

a great job out there today. Preparation with injury and illness.

He was pleased to be in the final, said it was the miracle he made it

through. Tom Daley can think about and concentrate on the Commonwealth

Games in Edinburgh next year. Tom Daley has exactly a year to prepare

for that. Here is a class act, pretty much already got the gold

medal around his neck. Just to confirm it though, Qui Bo.

Astonishing. He would have thought yesterday in the semi-final we

would have seen him here like this. He has stamped his authority on the

competition. He was shaky in the first round, but now he has not

looked back. Two new dives in his routine. Only Matthew Mitcham has

scored more than that have been an Olympic final in 2008. Qui Bo, a

masterclass today, defending his world title. 15 points more than he

got when he got the Olympic silver in London. David Boudia won the

gold in London last year. If quite a lot of points if he gets this

right. For 2.5 somersaults, three twists. He gets it right. I love

the Mexicans. Triple twist... Then you have to find your way into big

pike shape. Will that be enough to put pressure on the others and will

he stand on the podium? Marks are not confirmed, we have the proviso

remarks, which I won't give to you. They have yet to be confirmed. I

think he has been done down a bit. The official now. Takes him above

Tom Daley. For the time being, into second place. Victor Minibaev,

another diver who is a little bit below his best today. Not quite on

a par with what he showed us yesterday when he got 480 points.

Today, he is not going to get that. He is on 363 now. Back to 0.5

somersaults. That is a great finish. Marginally over rotating as he goes

into the water. He is someone to watch for the future. He won't win

a medal today, but he has done this dive a more difficult than this. He

can do a back to 0.5 somersaults with a back twist. It will be in

his programme and when it is, he will be tough to beat. A medal

contender, Sascha Klein. He can get the silver. Sascha Klein on his 3.6

degree of difficulty. Needs to be in the 90s to put pressure on David

Boudia. Will he get and 90 points up with that? His coach does not

know either. Squeezing into the twist. Just needs the vertical

entry. It is going to beat so close. Such Athletic. Marie really does

deserve to stand on the podium, but it is going to be tight. Qui Bo is

miles in front. Moving the arms end. Waiting for the Scots. -- has

to see whether he has got a medal. It is Ivan Garcia and David Boudia

still to go. 97 will put him above the Sascha Klein on this 3.8.

think he is too far over for a 97. But it is a monumental effort at

the end. He probably attacked it a little bit too much. Pops up into

the triple twist. Just rotating a little bit over. I wonder what he

is going to get. What a climax to the end of this platform

competition. What is this going to today. Ivan Garcia just a bit shy.

Six points shy of Sascha Klein, a has a medal for definite. Another

bronze, by the looks of things. Unless David Boudia fails or is

sub-standard on his last dive. To back up the silver medal David

Boudia thinks he has a Komotini 72 point 15 on this back, 2.5

somersaults, two point five twists. So, Qui Bo the winner. A little bit

heavy on the finish. He only needed Sevens, to make it. Might think

that it will be enough. Winning the bronze, I am sure. David Boudia

getting the silver. Not the best we have seen from David Boudia, but he

has done great today. As some people were asking the question

could he come back after being Olympic Champions. The answer to

that is, yes he can. David Boudia is always solid these days. He was

very lucky to make London 2012, but he has done it again. The margin

between first and second is enormous. German Sanchez are

missing out by about two points in the end. Sascha Klein picked up

another bronze medal. These are the I am sure at the Commonwealth Games,

we will see a better Tom Daley. A fantastic and brave effort for Tom

Daley. The swimming finals continue deceiving. Coverage on the red

button at 5pm. One of our best medal hopes, a jazz Carling is on