Tom Daley fired up by ‘gold medal’ feeling of his children cheering him on

Tom Daley with Noah Williams. ‘We’ve worked together as a team really well,’ says Daley. Photograph: John Walton/PA

When Tom Daley went to the Tokyo Olympics his motivation was clear: after two bronze medals, in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016, he was going for gold. In front of an empty stadium, he finally did it, winning the synchronised 10m platform with Matty Lee.

Standing at the side of the pool of the London Aquatics Centre, a few days before setting off for Paris, the diver explains that this time around things are a little different.