Tom Daley will become the first british diver that competes in five Olympic Games after being included in the team that will go to Paris.
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Daley, 29, stepped away from the sport after the Tokyo Olympics, but decided to return last year. She will now defend her gold medal in the men’s synchronized 10 meter platform event.
Tom Daley He will compete with teammate Noah Williams, who won silver at the world championships in Doha in February and gold at the World Cup in Berlin in March.
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“There is a fantastic mix of youth and experience in the team, and I am delighted to welcome Olympic champions Jack (Laugher) and Tom,” said Team GB chef de mission, Mark England.
“Congratulations to Tom in particular, who becomes the first British diver to compete in five Olympic Gamesan extraordinary achievement.”
Daley first competed in the Olympic Games at age 14 in 2008, and won individual bronze medals in London and Tokyo, as well as a bronze in the 10-meter synchronized event at Rio 2016.
The other three pairs are Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen (women’s 3m synchronized), Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson (women’s 10m synchronized) and Anthony Harding and Laugher (men’s 3m synchronized).
Divers for the individual events will be decided after the Aquatic Diving Championships on May 23-26.
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