Daley looking forward to his dual role at Olympic Games

TOM DALEY is relishing the prospect of juggling pike positions with punditry as he prepares for an Olympics in Paris like never before.

- WILL JENNINGS

The British diving stalwart, 30, is gearing up for an unexpected return to the Games’ bright lights having looked set to hang up his trunks after winning a long-awaited gold medal in Tokyo.

Plymouth-born Daley joined forces with Matty Lee to grab 10m synchro glory but after injury dashed the 26-year-old’s hopes of defending his title, Daley will now be accompanied by new partner, Noah Williams, in France.

Self-confessed Olympic nut Daley, now competing at his fifth Games since Beijing after bagging three bronze medals in London, Rio and Tokyo, was approached about being part of the discovery+ TV team before his high-profile decision to make a miraculous comeback. And after being persuaded by his eldest son, Robbie, to return, the four-time world champion can’t wait to combine the two roles at the first Games on European soil since that storied summer in London 12 years ago.