Diver Tom Daley made a plea for more Commonwealth countries to decriminalise homosexuality after landing his fourth Commonwealth Games gold.

The 23-year-old was speaking after landing the men's synchronised 10-metres platform title with Dan Goodfellow, with whom he won Olympic bronze in Rio.

Only in December did Australia legalise same-sex marriage, but the Commonwealth Games Federation has spoken repeatedly about these Games being inclusive and has Pride House on the Gold Coast to celebrate that fact.

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A bigger issue is that in 37 of 53 Commonwealth countries homosexuality is illegal - it was 43 countries four years ago in Glasgow - and Daley wants to change that.

"There are 37 countries in the Commonwealth where it's illegal to be who I am. And hopefully we can reduce that number," Daley said. "Coming to the Gold Coast and being able to live as an openly gay man is really important.

"You want to feel comfortable in who you are when you are standing on that diving board and for 37 Commonwealth countries that are here participating that is not the case. I feel with the Commonwealth, we can really help push some of the other nations to relax their laws on anti-gay stuff."

Daley, who will be competing in Kazan, Russia, in diving's world series in early May, was accompanied here by his husband, Hollywood screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, with whom he is expecting a child in June.

"I've got to be a husband on my visa. We'll see how that goes," added Daley, who claimed individual bronze at the World Championships in Kazan in 2015. "Going to Russia can be scary, you've got to compete in front of lots of people who know I've got a husband.

"You have to face those things and try and make change."

Daley and partner Dan Goodfellow triumphed on the Gold Coast (Getty)

Daley is widely expected to retire after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, when he hopes to end his so-far elusive gold medal bid, so competing at Birmingham 2022 may be unlikely.

It has been mooted that the Games could return to Kuala Lumpur in 2026. Homosexuality rights are not recognised in Malaysia.

Press Association Sport has contacted the CGF about Daley's comments.

Daley and Goodfellow were relieved to have won gold here ahead of their England team-mates Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams, especially as Daley has been struggling with a hip problem which saw him withdraw from Saturday's individual event.

Goodfellow, 21, fluffed the pair's final dive - a forward 41/2 somersaults - and feared victory had been handed to the junior pairing of 18-year-old Dixon and 17-year-old Williams. But the points cushion was enough for victory, by less than six points.

Daley was forced to miss the individual event through injury (Getty)

Goodfellow said: "To be honest, I thought the boys were going to do it. They're really talented. They got a bit of a lower DD (degree of difficulty) than us, but the execution is really high for them. I was nervous."

Daley had been trying numerous tricks to prepare his body for competition - "compressions, ice, cherry juice, eating lots of things with turmeric and fatty oils like fish," he said - but it was adrenaline which got him through it.

He said: "The funny thing is in competition you don't feel a thing."

Williams, 17, added: "There was always a chance they could mess up and we could beat them, but we didn't."