What an incredible moment it was for Great Britain’s synchronized 10-meter divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee, who won gold in Tokyo.
What was just as incredible was what Daley said to reporters after the victory. Daley, who came out in 2013, and who is at his fourth Olympics, spoke about what it meant to be gay and an Olympic champion for the first time.
“When I was younger, I always felt like the one that was alone and different and didn’t fit in, there was something about me that was never going to be as good as what society wanted me to be,” he said. “I hope that any young LGBT person out there can see no matter how alone you feel right now, you are not alone. You can achieve anything. There is a whole lot of your chosen family out here ready to support you and I think it’s one of those things that I feel incredibly proud to say I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion.”
“I feel incredibly proud to say I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion.”
Gold medal winner Tom Daley says he hopes his performance will inspire young LGBT people to realise “you can achieve anything”.
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— LBC (@LBC) July 26, 2021
Here’s the dive that won gold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQxT0uQ-wq8
And here’s his husband Dustin Lance Black reacting to the dive. What a moment!!!
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— 💫 (@letitbelily) July 26, 2021
Incredible.
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