British diver Tom Daley has been the subject of abuse on Twitter following his performance during the synchronised 10m platform earlier today.

Daley, along with partner Peter Waterfield, could only manage to finish fourth in the overall standings, despite making a bright start to the event.

Eighteen-year-old Daley recently revealed that he would be dedicating his performances at the Olympic Games to his father, who lost his battle with cancer last year.

Following today's display, a Twitter account belonging to @Rileyy_69 has chosen to launch an unprovoked verbal attack at Daley over his dad and his performance in the pool.

"You let your dad down i hope you know that," @Rileyy_69 tweeted to Daley. "Sit your ass back down tommy and don't get on a diving board again my little brother could do better absolute waste of space.

"Hope your crying now you should be why can't you even produce for your country your just a diver anyway a over hyped prick.

"You really didn't try your best tommy you said you'd do your country proud and you let us all down rather support a tramp."

A large amount of support has since been given to Daley on the social networking site, with many calling for @Rileyy_69 to be banned.