Other Sports: Tom Daley's hopes of an olympic medal take a dive

Diving sensation Tom Daley faces an uphill struggle to win a medal in Beijing - because of a dive his own mentor invented. Leon Taylor - who picked up silver in Athens four years ago and is charged with guiding the 14-year-old through the Games - first performed the "hardest dive in the world" 10 years ago. The manoeuvre involves a backward two-and a-half somersaults with two-and-a-half twists piked - and now has to be in the repertoire of anyone hoping for a podium finish. And Taylor admits it is a dive too far for the teenager who has taken the sport by storm. Advertisement - article continues below » He said: "Tom is 14, he's excellent, but he's still not at that super-elite level where you need to be doing the hardest dives in the world almost to perfection. Tom could probably complete the dive but only for very low... [read full story]