Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[Eccles Blue]

I see Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving. He's done us proud over the years. Enjoy your retirement Tom you deserve it lad. :-)


EDIT: Oh heck what am I going to shout now when those pesky opposition players dive? I've always shouted ' Tom Daley's looking for a new diving partner you'd do well' . So what do I shout now??? ;-)

 

[kaz7]

I see Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving. He's done us proud over the years. Enjoy your retirement Tom you deserve it lad. :-)

Ah has he , remember his journey from a boy to a dad of two , wish him well, hopefully be a pundit next time round

 

[Eccles Blue]

Ah has he , remember his journey from a boy to a dad of two , wish him well, hopefully be a pundit next time round

I said to my daughter after his event that I bet he'd retire soon. But this is a bit sooner than I thought. :-)

 

[kaz7]

I said to my daughter after his event that I bet he'd retire soon. But this is a bit sooner than I thought. :-)

I suppose it takes quite the strain on the body and mind to keep going at elite sport, his dad would have been so proud of him

 

[Eccles Blue]

I suppose it takes quite the strain on the body and mind to keep going at elite sport, his dad would have been so proud of him

He would. It's amazing in a way because when you look back (as the BBC did) at his earlier years, apart from filling out in a muscular sort of way he hasn't really aged that much has he?

 

[kaz7]

He would. It's amazing in a way because when you look back (as the BBC did) at his earlier years, apart from filling out in a muscular sort of way he hasn't really aged that much has he?

I have lost track of his age now but he still looks really young

 

[bluethrunthru]

Quite an emotional watch - given what he has done for British diving and British sport I hope his knighthood is in the next honours dished out - reward people who have actually done something for the country

 

[threespires]

I suppose it takes quite the strain on the body and mind to keep going at elite sport, his dad would have been so proud of him

I think it was him or at least one of the divers said that even if you know what you're doing, 10m diving is essentially like hurling yourself into concrete day after day.

 

[kaz7]

I think it was him or at least one of the divers said that even if you know what you're doing, 10m diving is essentially like hurling yourself into concrete day after day.

Takes some real guts to go head first into that

 

[Eccles Blue]

It was interesting how many of the divers had those plaster things across their shoulders and down the back.