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Tom Daley announces retirement from diving after Paris Olympics

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Updated 14:38 12 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 14:05 12 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Tom Daley announces retirement from diving after Paris Olympics

Five-time Olympic medallist and Team GB legend Tom Daley has called time on his diving career

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Featured Image Credit: Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images / Clive Rose/Getty Images

Topics: Tom Daley, Olympics, Sport, UK News

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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Team GB icon Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving after winning his fifth medal the 2024 Paris Games.

The Olympic legend said it 'feels like the right time' to call it a day, announcing his decision to Vogue.

Daley made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, aged just 14, competing in the individual 10m individual platform dive and in the 10m platform synchro, coming seventh and eighth, respectfully.

The British diver then won his first Olympic medal in the individual 10m dive in London, a bronze medal, and became an Olympic champion in Tokyo in 2021, winning gold in the 10m synchro with Matty Lee.

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As well as this, he has won a silver this summer, and two more bronzes at the games over the years.

Daley was the flag bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games for Team GB. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Daley was the flag bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games for Team GB. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

A true sporting legend, Daley said that calling time on a 15+ year career felt 'surreal', but is pleased when reflecting on what he has achieved in his career.

The 30-year-old revealed that he knew that he was going to retire before his synchronised dive with Noah Williams, adding: “It was emotional at the end, up there on the platform, knowing it was going to be my last competitive dive.

"But I have to make the decision at some point, and it feels like the right time. It’s the right time to call it a day.”

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Daley explained: "It feels very, very surreal.

"I felt so incredibly nervous going into this, knowing it was my last Olympics. There was a lot of pressure and expectation.

"I was eager for it to be done... but when I walked out, and saw my husband [Lance] and kids [Robbie and Phoenix] and my friends and family in the audience, I was like, 'you know what? This is exactly why I did this. I’m here, and no matter what happens in the competition itself, I’m going to be happy'."

Daley closed out his career with an Olympic silver medal. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Daley closed out his career with an Olympic silver medal. (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

A five-time Olympian, he also managed to pick up his first Olympic medal as a teenager, and became a poster boy for Team GB, achieving legendary status and being chosen as the flag bearer for the nation this summer.

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With his silver medal in Paris, Daley became the first British diver to win five Olympic medals.

As well as his achievements at the games, the diver is also a four-time world champion, a two-time junior world champion, a five-time European champion and a four-time Commonwealth champion.

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