Daley in line for Olympics spot after taking silver at World Championships

Revealed 08/02/2024 at 22:21 GMT

Tom Daley put himself in pole space to precise a spot at the 2024 Olympic Video games after claiming silver at the World Aquatics Championships.

Daley and his associate Noah Williams took 2nd space behind Lian Junjie and Yang Hao in the 10m synchronised match.

Finishing in the highest four in the match guaranteed the nation a spot in the match at Paris 2024.

The spot isn’t any longer certain to be Daley’s, because it’s down to the association to resolve the divers, nonetheless his return to the sport at the very top stage leaves him effectively placed to precise a space at a fifth Olympics.

Daley stepped some distance from diving after winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, nonetheless currently returned to the sport and used to be overjoyed with the outcome in Doha.

“After I got into the opponents, and being with Noah, I kind of relaxed and used to be delight in, ‘ah, right here’s what it feels delight in’,” Daley said. “We knew that we needed to seize a seek at to qualify for a spot for the Olympics, which we succeeded in – nonetheless I think we went into it more fighting for the medals rather than thinking about the spots.”

After posting a internet of 422.37, which used to be prosperous the tempo of the Chinese pair’s entire of 470.76, Daley said it used to be now a case of building up his health and form.

“At the glossy time used to be what all of it came down to, whether I used to be going in dispute to be match adequate to dive with Noah in the first space, after which be in a field to in fact attain in the highest qualifying spots,” Daley said.

“That’s mission carried out to date, and now or no longer it’s about staying match and healthy to safe to the begin line, so now the right work begins.”

Inventive swimmers Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman secured a spot in the free duet at the Olympics after taking bronze in Doha.

“It’s this kind of reduction now to state we now hang qualified,” Shortman said. “It’s incredible, honestly. If of us knew how mighty it takes to safe to an Olympic Video games, it in fact need to now not ever be underestimated.

“Folks ask you the total time, ‘so when are you going to the Olympics?’ and in addition it’s main to state, ‘the job’s no longer carried out yet’.

“It’s this kind of reduction in dispute to state we now hang finally made it.”

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