Five-time Olympic medallist Tom Daley announces his retirement from diving
12 August 2024, 14:17 | Updated: 12 August 2024, 14:35
Five-time Olympic medallist Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving.
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He announced his retirement in an interview with British Vogue magazine after returning from Paris.
“It was emotional at the end, up there on the platform, knowing it was going to be my last competitive dive," he said.
"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.”
Daley brought home a silver medal in this year's 10 metre synchronised diving.
The 30-year-old, who won gold at Tokyo in 2021, revealed he had decided to call time on his career.
Daley, who added a fifth Olympic medal to his collection with silver in the 10m synchro event in Paris, said: "It feels very, very surreal. I felt so incredibly nervous going into this, knowing it was my last Olympics."
Daley added: "There was a lot of pressure and expectations. 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.
"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."
