In his seventh attempt, at his fourth Olympics, Tom Daley finally put it all together. Trailing by 15 points at the halfway stage, they overhauled the Chinese duo of Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan, to win by the slender margin of 1.23 points. Part of the skill of diving is “spotting”: locking on to visual reference points as you fall. And in the head-over-heels aftermath of victory, Daley didn’t lose sight of who he is. “I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion,”

Source: The Times July 26, 2021 09:04 UTC