Tom Daley contracted Covid in January, but kept his battle hidden from fellow sporting stars.The diver, 27, has now revealed the extent of his ‘terrifying’ ordeal that had him rushed to hospital and fearful for his life.The gold medallist decided to open up about his experience with the virus for the first time in his new book, Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport.Tom wrote about quizzing his husband, 47-year-old screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, on whether he’d know what to do if Tom ‘stopped breathing’ during the night.Recalling his struggles to breathe, he shared: ‘My lungs felt pressurised, as if they had sacks of rice around them.
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