About Daly Said that he hoped his late father would be here to witness the success of his fourth Olympic medal in his career.
The 27-year-old athlete won the 10-meter synchronized platform with Matty Lee last week, ending his 13-year Olympic gold medal wait and finishing third in Saturday’s 10-meter individual competition.
Daly, who has been married for four years, has a son with her husband Dustin Lance Black He completed his Olympic debut at the age of 14, and now has won 3 bronze medals and 1 gold medal with his efforts in the Olympics over the years.
After winning the bronze medal on Saturday, the Plymouth-born diver said he would now take a break and drink “a few margaritas”.
He told the BBC: “I just want to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone in the family, especially my husband Lance.
“Throughout the whole process, he has been my rock. He endured me and sacrificed a lot, and moved to the UK so that I could train.
“My mother, and of course my father.
“I hope my father can see me win two Olympic medals in these Olympics.
“He will jump up, he may already be in the swimming pool now.
“I feel overwhelmed by all the love and support I have come home.”
Daly’s father Robert died of a brain tumor in 2011 at the age of 40.
Earlier this week, the diver joined a call for donations to fund a “groundbreaking” trial of cannabis-based drugs to treat aggressive cancer.
The Brain Tumor Charity launched an appeal to help raise the required £450,000 to fund a new three-year trial, which will begin to recruit about 232 patients in 15 hospitals in the UK early next year.
After Daly’s success on Saturday, his husband wrote on Twitter: “Are you kidding me?! Another Olympic medal! Two on two!
“I’m so proud of you, my love! Now take these medals home, my dear champion.”
The chief executive of the British Swimming Association, Jack Buckner, said he was “happy” with Daley’s bronze medal, adding that the diver had “experienced a lot of behind-the-scenes”.
Daly revealed that he could not walk a few weeks after undergoing knee surgery in June, and admitted that he was even trying to go to Japan.
Mr. Buckner praised the team that prepared Daly for the Olympics. He told the Pennsylvania News Agency: “One thing I think we may not have said enough about this Olympics is that our sports science and medical teams have treated him How great to help back.
“It was a huge frustration to have the surgery close to the Olympics, but he came out and won the gold and bronze medals, so it was great.”
Mr. Buckner praised Daly as a “remarkable” role model and praised him for being able to “reset” after winning the gold medal at the beginning of the Olympics and regaining the bronze medal, calling it “an amazing achievement.”
At the same time, the diver has impressed onlookers with his expertise in an unlikely pursuit in recent days.
After being photographed knitting in the stands Tokyo He showed a cardigan for the British National Standards team with “Tokyo” printed on the front in Japanese, the British National Standards team and the Olympics logo on the back, and a Union flag on the sleeve.
He shared pictures of patriotic clothes and his Instagram Account madewithlovebytomdaley, specializing in knitting and crocheting.
Earlier this week, Daley’s knitting Instagram page had approximately 100,000 followers, but after the camera at the Tokyo Aquatic Center followed him, he now has nearly 1 million followers, and he is knitting his diving activities.
Among his other creations at the Olympics, Daly also made a knitted league flag bag for the gold medal he won with the 23-year-old Li.
Daly made his debut in the Olympic Games in Beijing, won third place in the 10m platform in London in 2012, and synchronized with the 10m platform in Rio in 2016.
After winning the gold medal, Daly said he hoped his victory would inspire the LGBT community.
“I hope any young LGBT person can see that no matter how lonely you feel now, you are not alone.
“You can achieve any goal,” he said.
