Diving World Cup - in pictures

The unfeasibly mild and bright weather combine to produce a clear blue sky that accentuates the straight lines and curves of the new aquatics centre. This is one of the two temporary seating wings that will be taken down after the Games Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The venue was designed by acclaimed international architect Zaha Hadid. It features a spectacular wave-like roof that is 160m long and up to 80m wide, giving it a longer single span than Heathrow Terminal 5 Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The centre is located in the south-east corner of the Olympic Park and it is part of the ‘gateway’ to the Park, with more than two-thirds of spectators expected to enter the Olympic Park over a vast bridge that runs over the top of part of the venue. It's only a javelin's throw away from the Olympic Stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The centre contains a 50m competition pool, a 25m competition diving pool, a 50m warm-up pool and a ‘dry’ warm-up area for divers. There's a crowd of approximately 3,000 in the centre today, which is far from the 17,500 capacity which will watch the diving and swimming at the Games Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Judges score the Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary. Rebecca Gallantree secured Great Britain a place in the event at London 2012 after finishing in ninth position, with a score of 317.85. Team-mate Hannah Starling was agonisingly close to joining her, but finished seven points short. Starling will have another chance in Sunday's 'dive-off' Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

In case he forgets what he does this Swedish diver has a handy tattoo to remind himself Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Quite a large percentage of the crowd are there to cheer on Tom Daley Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

And here is Daley waiting to warm up on a springboard Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Daley hasn't joined the Ministry of Silly Walks, he's just warming up Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

A pair of divers on the top platform ahead of the Men's Synchronised 10m Platform Preliminary Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Daley (left) and Waterfield somersault off the board during one of their qualifying dives. Due to injuries to both men this is the first time the pair had been able to dive competitively together since the World Championships in Shanghai last July Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Here they complete a reverse dive. They finished qualification and make it through to the finals Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The nerves and 'rustiness' that showed itself in the qualifying routines of the Team GB pair weren't evident in the routines of China's Yuan Cao and Yanquan Zhang who took first place in qualifying Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

They scored 456.45, which was 58.05 points ahead of Daley and Waterfield Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

The Chinese pair divers took their run of good form into the final and won gold with a total of 481.29 Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

German pair Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein took bronze. The silver medal was won by Mexico’s Ivan Alejandro Garcia and German Sanchez Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian