"It's absolutely surreal. I never thought that this would be possible. I wasn't even sure of my medal chances at all. After I did my last dive and I saw I was in first, I thought, 'That's it, it's a silver medal, I am so happy with this' and then I won. I can't believe it, I'm so happy." - Matthew Mitcham
Gay Sports Blog writes: Australia's
Matthew Mitcham has done the incredible and captured the gold from China's
Zhou Luxin in the 10m platform diving competition.
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