Five-Time Olympian, Out Diver Tom Daley Announces His Retirement

Tom Daley – the 30-year-old British diver who, remarkably, has competed in five Olympic Games – is officially retiring, reports British Vogue.

The news arrives on the heels of a stellar final showing in Paris: alongside diving partner Noah Williams, Daley nabbed silver in the men’s 10-meter synchronized platform. 

“It feels like the right time. It’s the right time to call it a day,” Daley told Vogue.

Daley made global headlines when he came out as gay, via a YouTube video, in 2013.

He is pleased to see that now, “with every Olympics, there are more and more out athletes” – a big difference from a decade ago. “It’s powerful.”

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