(London) Five-time Olympic medallist Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving.
The 30-year-old Briton, who won gold at the 2021 Tokyo Games, confirmed his decision in an interview with the magazine Vogue in the United Kingdom.
Daley, who won his fifth Olympic medal after finishing second in the synchronised 10-metre platform event at the Paris Games, said: “It seems very, very unlikely. I was so nervous at the crack of dawn. [des JO]knowing that they would be my last.”
“There was a lot of pressure and expectations. I couldn’t wait for it to be over. But when I got out of there, and I saw my husband [Lance]my children [Robbie et Phoenix]my friends and family in the crowd, I thought, ‘You know what? This is why I did this.'”
“It affected me at the end, up there on the platform, knowing that it would be my last competitive dive. But I have to make a decision, and I feel like it’s the right time. It’s the right time to announce my retirement,” he concluded.