Divers Jack Laugher and Chris Mears won gold for Great Britain in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard in the Rio Olympics last night.

So how did UK’s The Daily Mail celebrate the diving partners’ huge victory? The paper congratulated the duo by calling into question their masculinity by comparing it to third-placed China’s “manly” pat on the back.

The headline reads: “Steady on chaps! Britain’s victorious synchronised divers hug for you after winning gold – while China’s bronze medalists settle for a manly pat on the back”.

They're allowed to get a bit huggy and full on. They won Olympic Gold! Back handed Homophobia from @DailyMail https://t.co/cR2Ip2XPD9 — Craig Weir (@Craig_Weir) August 11, 2016

Twitter was quick to respond to the paper’s headline:

Apparently hugging is not very 'manly'. This backward view of gender behaviour and casual homophobia has to stop. pic.twitter.com/nuJl1RCMxd — WayneDavid (@WayneDavid81) August 11, 2016

FFS! Homophobic Daily Mail strikes again. From someone who has worked there, it's full of gay people. Hypocrites https://t.co/YYtWsdGCu1 — Padraig Prendergast (@prendergast) August 11, 2016

Jack Laugher & Chris Mears won a gold Olympic medal & the daily mail run a headline criticising their masculinity for hugging to celebrate ? — Calum McSwiggan (@CalumMcSwiggan) August 11, 2016

Lmao of course people are gonna hug their teammates after winning gold in the olymics why is it seen as "unmanly" for men to hug lmao — abigail (@astrodogz) August 11, 2016

One Twitter user noted that in 2009, Chris Mears had a 5% chance of survival after rupturing his spleen. “But let’s focus on his unmanly hug aye,” Bradly writes.

But let's focus on his unmanly hug aye @MailOnline https://t.co/OhxKED44EZ — Bradley (@yeldarb_xD) August 11, 2016

Chris Mears celebrated his big win on Instagram by captioning the photo of his celebratory hug: “A moment in time I’ll never forget.”

A moment in time I'll never forget. A photo posted by Chris Mears (@mearschris93) on Aug 11, 2016 at 12:23pm PDT

When you win the Olympic games… ? @jacklaugher A photo posted by Chris Mears (@mearschris93) on Aug 10, 2016 at 3:31pm PDT

? A photo posted by Chris Mears (@mearschris93) on Aug 5, 2016 at 8:27am PDT

h/t: attitude