Jack Laugher and Chris Meyers have won GOLD in the Men's 3m springboard diving.

 

Their stunning win - clinched with a final four-and-a-half somersault entry - represents Great Britain's first EVER Olympic gold in diving.

 

The Leeds-based duo (who are also best friends and housemates) beat rivals from the USA and China - two nations which were firm favourites going into the competition in Rio.

 

 

And Jack and Chris's completely adorable reaction to their historic won over hearts on social media: the two leapt into each other's arms and broke down as the significance of their epic performance sunk in.

 

 

And for 23-year-old Chris, who hails from Reading, the victory was particularly poignant: he was given a 5 percent chance of survival in January 2009 after contracting the life-threatening Epstein Barr virus.

 

He collapsed with a ruptured spleen and lost five pints of blood before recovering with a month-long hospital stay and intense rehabilitation.

 

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