Jack Laugher shall be aiming to retain his gold from Rio alongside new companion Daniel Goodfellow within the 3 metres synchronised diving.
It’s been a fantastic Video games for the divers to this point, clearly with Tom Daley lastly getting that gold and he later confirmed he was a person of many abilities, not simply restricted to inventive and athletic brilliance on diving boards.
The 27-year-old claimed his first Olympic title on Monday as he and diving companion Matty Lee received the boys’s synchronised 10-metre platform occasion.
Daley has a longstanding love of knitting and crocheting, and reveals off his creations on a devoted Instagram web page with 100,000 followers.
And he put these abilities to good use to ensure his first Olympic gold medal remained in pristine situation by knitting a pouch to maintain his gold medal secure.
He mentioned on his Instagram Story: “When you’ve been following me for some time now you may know that I am a bit of bit knitting obsessed.
“And I stored on banging my medal, so what I made a decision to do was make a bit of case for my medal.
“One facet is the Union Jack, the opposite facet is the Japanese flag – as a result of now my medal is just not going to get scratched.”
Daley made his Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008 and went on to win bronze medals in each the London and Rio Video games.
He may also compete within the particular person 10m platform competitors in Tokyo later this week. Let’s hope he’ll have extra pouches to knit, not only for him however for Laugher and Goodfellow.
The three metres springboard occasion is an unpredictable one however impressed by Daley and Lee can they get one other gold for Workforce GB within the diving pool? Keep right here to seek out out.