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The British National Diving Cup is back for the first time in three years - and you don't have to miss a single dive from the Plymouth Life Centre.

Why do athletes bite their medals? Its one of the iconic shots during medal ceremonies, but why are athletes sinking their teeth into their medals?

Tom Daley said stories of “kidnappings and torture of gay people” played a part in his decision to avoid a 2014 diving competition in Russia.

David Jenkins, 31, who had worked with diving star Tom Daley, was part of Team GBs Tokyo 2020 training squad - which helped secure a joint-record medals haul at this years Olympic games

Team GB can teach us all a thing or two when it comes to perseverance and positivity.

The diver now has three bronze medals and one gold medal from his efforts at the Olympics over the years.

This is bbc world news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the globe. im lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the taliban seizes a provincial capital in southern afghanistan, as the uns envoy demands the militants end their offensive. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. at the olympics, its another gold medalfor team gb as galal yafai beats carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweigh...

This is bbc world news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the globe. im lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the taliban seizes a provincial capital in southern afghanistan, as the uns envoy demands the militants end their offensive. we are extremely concerned about the safety and security of people in cities under taliban attacks and what brutality would await them. at the olympics, its another gold medalfor team gb as galal yafai beats carlo paalam of the philippines in the flyweigh...

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