THE SPORT AWARD
Golden BOY
Tom Daley
AS THE FIRST TEAM GB DIVER TO WIN FOUR OLYMPIC MEDALS, TOM DALEY HAS BEEN ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY SINCE HIS 2008 OLYMPIC DEBUT IN BEIJING. THE GOLD MEDALLIST AND GAY RIGHTS ADVOCATE IS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WATER
Words Alastair James
Tom wears trunks, by Adidas
Photography Eddie Blagbrough Styling Joseph Kocharian
The country held its breath as Tom Daley and his diving partner Matty Lee’s Chinese rivals took to the springboard for their last dive in the men’s tenmetre synchronised event at the Tokyo Olympics. Was this going to be the moment — seemingly a lifetime in the making — that the 27-year-old Daley would finally clinch Olympic gold?