(Tokyo Olympics) From "prodigy" to "veteran" Daley finally realized Tokyo's dream

　　China News Service, Tokyo, July 26th, title: From "prodigy" to "veteran", Daley finally realizes his dream of Tokyo

　　China News Agency reporter Zhang Su

　　At the moment when the final results were announced, British diver Daley couldn't help but jumped up, gave his partner Marty Lee a "bear hug", and then hugged his coach tightly.

The camera was aimed at his face, and he was already bursting into tears.

On July 26, British contestant Thomas Daley (left)/Marty Lee took a group photo after the award ceremony.

On the same day, the Tokyo Olympic Games held the men's double 10-meter diving final. British athlete Thomas Daley (left)/Marty Lee won the championship.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Haidan

　　From "diving prodigy" to "four dynasty veteran", Daly finally won the Olympic diving gold medal he dreamed of.

　　Before the game, this gold medal was considered almost impossible to drop.

Cao Yuan is the double gold medal winner of the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics single springboard. Chen Aisen once won the men’s platform single and double crowns at the Rio Olympics. The Chinese diving team sent this pair of "Olympic Four Gold Combinations" to Tokyo. The Olympic men's 10-meter platform gold medal is determined to be won.

　　But anything is possible on the field.

After the first three rounds, the Chinese player, who ranked first, made a mistake in the fourth round.

Even if the two Olympic champions catch up in the next two rounds, they are still incapable.

　　Because Daly they are too stable.

In the fifth jump, the British team did not repeat the mistakes of the World Championships and completed the action with high quality.

On the last jump, they even performed the highest difficulty of 3.7, and got a high score of 101.01.

　　Attending the press conference after the game, Daley, who had been interviewed one after another, was still talking about each and every question.

　　He said that the process of waiting for the scoring "seems to have waited an hour for so long", and he couldn't believe it after the final ranking. He said that he often imagined the picture of getting a gold medal in his mind and drew motivation from it; he recalled his father taking him In the past of the swimming pool training, "My father is the person who supports me most"; he thanked Marty Lee over and over again for helping him realize his dreams, and also thanked everyone...

　　Perhaps for Daly, who had dreams of an Olympic gold medal since he was a child and was highly expected by the outside world, the process of realizing his dream was too tortuous, and he has too much to say.

　　For the Beijing Olympics, the fledgling Daley was named "Diving Prodigy" with his outstanding skills.

Moving to London, he successfully applied for a re-jump because of the influence of a flashlight in the "Home Door" competition. Although he won a precious bronze medal, he was nicknamed the "7 Jump Prince".

　　When it comes to Rio, his experience has been ups and downs.

First, he advanced to the first place in the men's singles 10-meter platform preliminaries. He firmly believed that "I am the only player who can prevent the Chinese team from winning the gold medal."

Unexpectedly, the semi-finals were "upset" out.

At that time, Daly, who said he was at the lowest point of his career, said that he "will go all out to put the goal in Tokyo."

　　The new crown pneumonia epidemic delayed his "Tokyo trip" for one year, and his training was almost at a standstill.

He can only sweat like rain on the treadmill at home and shoot some fitness videos by the way to provide fitness guidance for the public.

　　After Daly won the championship, many British media spoke highly of him, saying that he "changed the history of British diving."

Right now, Daly said he just wanted to rest well.

At the same time, he was very sure: "I will continue diving." (End)