Tom Daley speaks to BBC Sport about growing up in the media spotlight, the death of his father, becoming a parent and his diving return for Paris Olympics.
He was 14 at the 2008 edition in Beijing and on Monday - 5,831 days on - will return for his fifth Games in Paris.
"I was absolutely awful at staying away from home. I used to cry and never want to stay overnight without my parents."'I wish dad had got to see me win Olympic medal' "Now, as a parent, I feel like I have to live by his example on that as well. I so wish that he got to see me win an Olympic medal."'He's into the fun side of it' - on son taking up diving
At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Daley won his first Olympic gold in the 10m synchronised event with partner Matty Lee. Afterwards, having moved to the US with his family, he effectively retired from diving before"At the end of the museum they had this video of what it means to be an Olympian and all of the effort you have to go to to get to the Olympic Games.
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