Team GB diver Tom Daley is fully focused on winning gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and suggested rivals would have to be at their very best to beat him.
The 22-year-old from Plymouth is set to be one of the Team GB poster boys at Rio 2016 as he looks to improve on the Olympic 10m platform bronze medal he won at London 2012.
Daley is due to compete in the men's 10m synchro with Daniel Goodfellow on Monday while his individual 10m event will take place on August 19.
His biggest challengers set to come in the form of Chinese duo Chen Aisen and Qiu Bo - the world champion – as well as defending Olympic champion David Boudia of the United States
All dressed up in our opening ceremony gear, ready to watch from the village :) @teamgb pic.twitter.com/krkmYQW0AU
— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) August 5, 2016
On current form, the Chinese divers look to be the men to beat but Daley is in confident mood ahead of the competition at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.
"I'm going into these Olympic Games for a gold medal,” Daley said following a practice session at the Olympic venue.
“I'm going in with the mentality that the Chinese have to beat me; I don't have to beat them."
Despite being just 22, Daley will be competing in his third Olympic Games in Rio following his debut at Beijing 2008 and bronze medal at London 2012.
He joked that he's now a “22 year old grandad” having got two Olympic Games under his belt but said he is more confident than ever of performing well at Rio.
"Going into Beijing, I was 14 years old," Daley said.
“I knew what the Olympics were, obviously, but I went into it thinking, 'Oh, it's just another competition.' A 14-year-old doesn't really think about the scale of something he's watching and how big it is.
"Going into 2012 there was a lot of pressure with it being the home Games and I had a lot more difficult dives. There was a lot going on and I had to deal with lots of things.
"Going into these Olympic Games, I feel like I'm at my most consistent, I feel ready physically, psychologically, everything, so I'm really excited for the Games to start because I'm ready to give the Chinese a run for their money."
- Tom Daley
"There have been lots of things that have been slightly different than 2012.
“I've changed one of my dives so now on all my dives I feel confident. I can score 10 on every single one of them, so going into a competition like the Olympic final, that's what you want to know, that you can score 10 on every one of your dives.”
One of the major challenges of the open-air pool at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre will be contending with the elements but Daley is confident he can handle whatever is thrown at him.
"I'm ready for any kind of weather,” he said. “We've trained in rain. We've trained in wind. We've trained in clouds, sun, you name it, we've trained in it.
"I'd quite like it to rain because lots of people don't like the rain, but I'm ready for it. I'm British and I'm used to the rain!"