Tearful Tom Daley delivers on Olympic dream he shared with late dad Rob
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mirror.co.ukAs Tom Daley clutched the Olympic gold medal he had just won his thoughts turned to the dad he had lost. To Rob, who had been there with him at the start of his incredible journey from 14-year-old Boy Wonder in Plymouth to champion here in Tokyo. “My dad was my biggest cheerleader,” said Daley, wiping away tears as he left the podium where he and partner Matty Lee had collected the spoils of victory in the men's synchronised 10m platform. “When he passed away in 2011 it was extremely difficult for me.
I know he would be extremely proud of how I have become an Olympic champion.” Daley and Lee produced the performance of their lives to hold off crack Chinese duo Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen over six rounds of high class competition and win by just
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