Most Olympians like to talk in the moment of triumph about suffering, tunnel vision and the realisation of some stark and unforgiving goal. As Tom Daley and Noah Williams celebrated their silver medal for Team GB in the 10m synchro platform dive at Paris 2024 the talk was about family, support networks, life balance – and also juice cups.
Daley and Williams produced a performance of sustained precision at the Aquatic Centre to finish second behind the brilliant Chinese pair Yang Hao and Lian Junjie. For Daley a silver medal completes the Olympic set after three bronzes and a gold. But even the moment of triumph contained a reminder of his day job as father of Robbie, five, and Phoenix, one.
