Medals for swimming, diving, mountain biking, triathalon and taekwondo – plus Tom Daley’s happy tears – fill the front pages
This morning’s giddy UK front pages are devoted to Team GB’s Olympic glory on Monday, after its athletes won gold medals for swimming, diving and mountain biking – and a flashy pair of silver medals, too, for triathlon and taekwondo.
The Guardian’s splash is focused on diver Tom Daley, pictured with teary eyes above his face mask. Daley won gold with his diving partner Matty Lee 13 years after his first Games, and had supporters reaching for towels to dry their eyes after he said: “I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion. When I was younger I didn’t think I’d ever achieve anything because of who I was. To be an Olympic champion now just shows that you can achieve anything.”
