Tom Daley revealed on Instagram that he had finished a dog jumper as well as a pouch for his gold medal, which he won with Matty Lee in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform last week.
"The one thing that has kept me sane throughout this whole process is my love for knitting and crochet and all things stitching," Daley said on Instagram."Union Jack on one side and the Japanese flag on the other."Last month Daley raffled off a rainbow jumper he knitted to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity.'I'm proud to be a gay man and Olympic champion'
Following his Olympic victory, Daley praised the increasing LGBTQ representation at the Olympics after saying he grew up feeling "alone and different".When the 14-year-old Briton made his Olympic debut in 2008, fewer than 20 of his fellow competitors openly identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.Tom Daley and Matthew Lee in action during the men's synchronised 10m platform final.
"That you can achieve anything and that there is a whole lot of your chosen family out here, ready to support you." Daley, who picked up bronze medals at the London and Rio Games, married Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director Dustin Lance Black in 2017 and welcomed a child in 2018, which he called "the massive turning point" of his career as an athlete.
"At the end of the day, first and foremost I am a father and a husband, and the fact that I've won this Olympic gold medal on top of that, alongside Matty, has honestly been a dream come true," Daley said.
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