Rio 2016: Teenagers Lois Toulson and Rebekah Tiler tip scales towards Tokyo

But the City of Leeds diver – competing in the 10m synchronised event alongside Tonia Couch – showed admirable nerve as the duo ended up fifth in their final in Rio.

Gold went to the Chinese pair of Ruolin Chen and Huixia Liu while Malaysia took silver and Canada bronze.

The British duo were in with a sniff of a medal when – sitting fourth after five of their six dives – the Korean pair erred on entry into a pool that was getting murkier by the minute.

But the British pair’s final dive let them down as they ended fifth – but with a personal best score of 319.44.

Toulson loved every minute of her Olympic debut while insisting the green water – which stood in stark contrast to the bright blue water-polo pool beside it – had not affected her at all.

“We just laughed about the water – there is nothing you can do about it,” she said. “It was amazing, it was one of the best competitions that I have done and I really enjoyed it. I certainly got a lot of experience from it as well. The most important thing that I learned was to enjoy it – that was the competition I have enjoyed the most and we ended up getting a PB so that’s the way forward – it was amazing.”

The duo have only been diving together for eight months prior to Rio but had secured medals at three World Series events in the build-up to the Games.

Couch – who will compete in the solo event later in the Games – insists her partner is destined for greatness.

“I am so proud of Lois – when I was 16 I was coming last in every competition I entered,” said Couch.

“So for her to come to the Olympic Games, to nail her first two option dives – I wanted to cry then and there, I had to hold it together. But honestly – I am so proud.

“I have said to her so many times that she is going to be insane – everyone better watch out for her. To do what she did today – people better watch out!”

Toulson admitted that Couch had been her guiding light at her maiden Olympics.

Couch made her Olympic debut at the age of 19 in Beijing and has been happy to dispense any advice she can.

“I try to look after her as much as possible – I kept saying to her to forget about the medals,” she added.

“These teams have been training and diving together for years – we have been diving together for eight months.

“I didn’t want to go in panicking – we just wanted to give it our all.”

A top-ten finish achieved and two personal bests matched, Keighley weightlifter Rebekah Tiler has had an Olympics to be proud of in Rio.

The only female weightlifter in the British team in Brazil, Tiler had added pressure on her shoulders when she made her Olympic Games bow in the women’s 69kg category yesterday.

However, far from shy away, Tiler relished her moment in the spotlight, equalling her 126kg British record in the clean and jerk to add to the 101kg managed in the snatch for a combined total of 227kg – again matching the British record she set back at this year’s National Championships in June.

At just 17, Tiler was never realistically going to trouble the medal rostrum in Rio with Tokyo 2020 her target.

But lifting in Group B first up, her total was enough to place her second and then tenth overall after Group A.

“It was just an amazing experience, just getting on that platform with everyone screaming your name – it’s really cool, and I had so much fun,” she said.

“I could have done a little bit better but because of the pressure I think I handled it well.”Aldi is the first official supermarket partner of Team GB and has been championing our nation’s athletes on their Road to Rio. For more information visit aldi.co.uk