UK Gold Medallist Tom Daley Spotted Knitting At Olympics

Tom Daley was noticed knitting within the stands at Tokyo Olympics.

Tom Daley wears many hats – and a few of them he knits on his personal. The 27-year-old is considered one of Britain’s most-recognisable athletes, an LGBTQ icon, an Olympic gold medallist and a proficient hand at knitting. After successful gold within the synchronised 10m platform diving on the Tokyo Olympics final week, Tom Daley was noticed knitting his method via the ladies’s 3m springboard remaining on Sunday morning.

Cameras captured the star diver watching the motion from the stands whereas knitting – and footage of the scene quickly went viral on social media. A photograph of Tom Daley wielding two knitting needles and purple yarn was shared by the official Olympics Twitter account and has racked up over 1.6 lakh ‘likes’ in a day.

Oh this? Simply Olympic champ @TomDaley1994 knitting within the stands whereas watching the diving. ???? pic.twitter.com/o17i6vsG2j

— Olympics (@Olympics) August 1, 2021

The Olympics Twitter account additionally shared one other image of the athlete knitting within the stands this afternoon. This time, Daley was photographed making a Crew Nice Britain jumper, full with the instantly-recognisable Olympic rings. 

Pressing replace: Knitting motion is again underway on the Aquatics Centre. This time it’s a @TeamGB jumper! ???????? pic.twitter.com/tJlueScIp1

— Olympics (@Olympics) August 2, 2021

Tom Daley is a not solely a proficient diver but additionally a eager knitter and crocheter. His ‘madewithlovebytomdaley’ Instagram account is devoted to his creations and it has over 4.2 lakh followers. It was on this account that he shared a glimpse of the little pouch he knit for his Olympic gold medal. 

“Studying to knit and crochet has helped me a lot via these Olympics and we gained GOLD yesterday,” he wrote whereas sharing the video final week. “I made just a little medal case too!” Daley added, holding up the pouch that options the Union Jack on one aspect and Japan’s flag on the opposite. 

It comes as no shock that Tom Daley desires to maintain his gold medal protected – in spite of everything, he waited 13 years for it. Daley, in what might be his remaining Olympics, wiped away tears on the rostrum as he lastly added gold to the bronzes he gained on the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Video games. He started diving on the age of seven and there was a media frenzy round him when he competed on the 2008 Beijing Video games as a fresh-faced schoolboy of simply 14.

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Mission achieved.#TeamGB | @TomDaley1994pic.twitter.com/ClyyTIm1ZP

— Crew GB (@TeamGB) July 26, 2021

For Daley, the gold was reward for a life lived within the public eye since childhood. In the present day, the athlete has transcended the game and is a vocal supporter of homosexual points. He got here out as homosexual when he was 19 and is now married to the Oscar-winning film-maker Dustin Lance Black. 

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