Daley had also been unhappy with his opening dive - an
armstand back triple somersault - in the preliminaries, but in the final he delivered and was awarded 94.50 to take a clear first-round lead, while his rival Mitcham was a lowly eighth.
Every diver produced a brilliant first round dive, all scoring in the eighties, with the exception of Daley who threw down the gauntlet to his competition, posting 99.75 for his 626B
armstand back triple somersault to take the lead.
It was the fourth contest of the global Red Bull cliff diving series and spectators saw a tight competition won by Russian Artem Silchenko, 28, who pulled off a perfect back
armstand dive from the 92ft cliff edge.
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armstand back, triple somersault piked.
Styles of diving include front, back, reverse, inward, twist and
armstand, with points THE BRITS Former World Champion Tom Daley (left) is our hottest gold medal hope both in the individual 10metre playform and the 10metre synchronised, with partner Peter Waterfield.
His fourth effort, the
armstand back triple somersault pike, was his second most difficult at 3.5 and there was noticeably more splash on entry, with Daley marked down as low as 7.5.
Daley was ranked fourth after his semi-final and while he scored well on his new dives, a back 2 1/2 somersaults 2 1/2 twists piked and the
armstand back three somersaults piked, he was unable to force his way into the top three.
That result followed the capture of their first national crown at the British Championships in February, when they also performed a world-first backward
armstand with double somersault and one-and-a-half twists dive.