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Competing at the FINA World Series in Sheffield, 14-year-old Daley went head to head with 2004 Olympic silver medalist Peter Waterfield in the 10 metre platform, in which both are already guaranteed a place in Beijing.

Great hope: 14-year-old British diver Tom Daley takes silver to win his second medal in two days at the FINA Diving World Series in Sheffield.

Daley managed three clean dives and three that left much to be desired as he won silver and £2,000 with 473.15 points, just 0.2 ahead of Waterfield, 13 years his senior.

Far out in front was China's Huo Liang on 518.40. Daley, alongside Aldridge, had won Britain's first international gold medal at the event on Saturday - three days after his 14th birthday - but it is the health of his long-time mentor Leon Taylor that will determine whether they have to dive off for Britain's single Olympic synchro place.

Taylor, Waterfield's partner, missed the British Championships, which Daley and Aldridge won. Taylor needed surgery to repair a hernia and is in trouble again before the dive-off at Leeds on June 21 with back spasms diagnosed as a worn disc.

Taylor said: "I'll be on the plane next week to the FINA Grand Prix in Rostock (Germany) or you will be hearing an announcement that I'll be going to Beijing in a different capacity. I'm training but not at the level I need for the Olympics."

Winning the second of the World Series events earned Daley and Aldridge £1,250 each but the more significant prize in such a subjective sport is the increased international recognition from the Olympic judges that will come with it.

"That was a really good performance, the best we've ever done on our opening two required dives," said Daley.

Today he flies to Nanjing to face the cream of China's Olympic team next weekend.

As for the Beijing Games, he said: "Hopefully I can show the world what I can do but I'm not building up my hopes. It's just good experience for 2012."

FIVE British triathletes qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the first eight at the World Cup in Madrid. Helen Tucker and Hollie Avil, 18, finished second and fourth in the women's race, and in the men's race, Alistair Brownlee (third), Tim Don (fourth) and Will Clarke (sixth) also qualified.

BRITAIN'S Paralympic swimmers were in record-breaking form at the German Open. Nyree Lewis lowered the world record in the 200m backstroke, Jonathan Fox took his fifth world record in the same event and Rachael Latham improved the European 200m butterfly record.