Paris Olympics 2024: British diver Daley to compete at record fifth Games, to defend men’s 10m synchronised platform gold
- Tom Daley stepped away from the sport after the Tokyo Olympics but decided to return last year
- The 29-year-old will team up with Noah Williams, who he won silver with at the world championships in Doha
Tom Daley could become the first British diver to compete at five Summer Olympics after being named in the team for the Paris Games.
The 29-year-old, who stepped away from the sport following the Tokyo Olympics but decided to return last year, is expected to defend his gold medal in the men’s 10m synchronised platform event.
Daley will be diving with teammate Noah Williams, with the pair having won silver at the world championships in Doha in February as well as a World Cup gold medal in Berlin in March.
“There is a fantastic mix of youth and experience within the squad, and I am delighted to welcome Olympic Champions Jack [Laugher] and Tom back,” Team GB’s Chef de Mission Mark England said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Congratulations to Tom in particular who becomes the first British diver to compete at five Olympic Games – a remarkable achievement.”
Daley first competed at the Olympics as a 14-year-old in 2008 and won individual bronze medals at London and Tokyo, as well a bronze in the 10m synchronised event in Rio 2016.
The three other pairs are Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen (women’s 3m synchronised), Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson (women’s 10m synchronised) and Anthony Harding and Laugher (men’s 3m synchronised).
The divers for the individual events will be decided after the Aquatics GB Diving Championships later this month.
