British diver offers muted praise for 'beatable' champions

British star Tom Daley insisted that China's ruthlessly efficient divers are "beatable" as he looked ahead to an enticing new clash after winning a bronze medal in the 10m synchronized event.

Daley and his partner Daniel Goodfellow settled for third in the tandem event, behind gold medalists Chen Aisen and Lin Yue and second-place David Boudia and Steele Johnson from the United States.

China is threatening to pull off a historic sweep of diving's eight gold-medal events in Rio. Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao opened the competition on Sunday with a decisive women's 3m synchronized springboard win.