0:00:04 > 0:00:06I think I was nine when I drew this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10It's me doing a handstand in the Olympics in London 2012.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14It'll definitely be absolutely out of this world if I could do it.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Tom Daley is waiting for his dream to come true.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30It's July 2011, and with one year to go to the London Olympics,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34he's doing the inaugural dive into the aquatic pool.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Tom is one of the faces of London 2012
0:00:41 > 0:00:45and he has the hopes of a nation on his shoulders.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51But he's lost his world title to an apparently
0:00:51 > 0:00:54invincible Chinese opponent.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03CROWD: ..three, two, one!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Will he be able to fulfil his dream and bring home the gold
0:01:10 > 0:01:15after one of the most difficult years of his young life?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Tom has always lived in Plymouth, with his family.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Dad, Rob. Brothers Ben and William.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38- Oh, no!- Mum!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40- No, don't call mum. - Come on, jump on.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42And his Mum, Debbie.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46This is the person that's got a bad back.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Rob has always been Tom's biggest supporter.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51He's taken him to all his training sessions
0:01:51 > 0:01:54and waved the flag at every competition.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Look, doesn't that really annoy you? The back of his neck.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Look at it all roll up. That really annoys me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10What the hell are you doing?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- How did he get up there? - Ladder. Obviously.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19But as Tom heads into his toughest year yet,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22preparing for the London Olympics...
0:02:24 > 0:02:28..Rob is facing his own huge personal battle.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33I started what I thought was hallucinating.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I had a strange sensation come over me,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37like I was filling up with hot water.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41So I had an MRI scan and a subsequent CAT scan
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and he said to me, "Oh, you've got a brain tumour."
0:02:44 > 0:02:46"Oh, have I?" And I'm thinking to myself, well,
0:02:46 > 0:02:52I wasn't expecting that. I said, "How big is it compared to the size of a 2p piece?"
0:02:52 > 0:02:54"Size of a fist," he said.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00And you think to yourself, well, 2012 Olympics.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Am I going to be going to that?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Rob needs regular scans to determine his treatment.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- INTERCOM:- Hello, can I help? - Robert Daly for an MRI scan, please.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- Pull the door, take a seat in the waiting room, please.- Thank you.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19In January 2011, Rob receives terrible news.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23A second tumour has been detected in his brain.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I go in the room where the scanner is
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and they ask me what sort of music I'd like to listen to
0:03:27 > 0:03:29while I'm having the scan.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35- Beach Boys. He'd like Beach Boys, wouldn't he, Mum?- Yeah.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- TECHINCIAN:- About five minutes.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I think about it on my own and you think to yourself, well,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44am I going to see grandchildren?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46You know, they're all things I get all the time
0:03:46 > 0:03:50because I'd be foolish not to think that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I've got to be real about it, haven't I?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55How Tom's dealing with it, what Tom's got to live with, you know.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59I spend a lot of time with him on my own, but because I'm always laughing
0:03:59 > 0:04:02and joking with him, he thinks I'm fine.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Three, two, one, go.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12It's actually got to look like a tie, though, Rob.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14That does look like a tie, Tom. Stop it now.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16'I don't want to talk to Tom about it
0:04:16 > 0:04:20'because I find that I'm upsetting myself just to sit there and...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24'..just see his face drop and what not.'
0:04:24 > 0:04:27It's all twisted! It's still twisted.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Twisted around his neck. It's not done properly.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Rob is determined to be there for Tom as much as he can
0:04:34 > 0:04:36in the lead up to the Olympics.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44As Tom's next major competition is in three weeks' time
0:04:44 > 0:04:46at the World Series in Sheffield,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48he's training twice a day in Plymouth.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Two and a half hours before and after school.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58The Chinese divers are probably doing, say,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02two or three training sessions a day
0:05:02 > 0:05:04and because they don't go to school,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06they don't do anything other than diving
0:05:06 > 0:05:09so I'd say they're probably doing about seven hours a day.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12And they're probably doing that six days a week,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14so they're doing A LOT of training.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19In order to beat the Chinese, Tom needs to learn a new dive.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The front four-and-a-half .
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It's the most difficult dive in the world.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Fun time.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30You're looking at 1.8 seconds for the whole dive.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31The entry's got to be very low down.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35It's not like the easier dives where they've got a bit of float time.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36You've got no float time
0:05:36 > 0:05:39in this dive. It's all about getting out and getting in.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Front four-and-a-half is definitely a love-hate dive.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49One, two, three, go.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Get it wrong, it will drop a diver to the bottom of the medal table.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Get it right, and the diver is unbeatable.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03It's a real crucial dive.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07It's worth the risk and I know I have to risk everything in 2012.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16I'm really happy with that, Tom.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Sweet.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Along with training, Tom has major sponsorship commitments,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27and he's been given a car before he's even learnt to drive.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32What we're doing today is we're handing over Tom Daley's
0:06:32 > 0:06:35first new Mini and he is part of our London 2012 performance team
0:06:35 > 0:06:39for BMW and for Mini, and as part of that, he gets a car.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Did you have a car like this when you were 17?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47No, I had a banger that didn't start on the first day I got it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It broke down on the first day.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Mind you, it did cost about 300 quid, so that's probably why.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00It's actually wrapped up. Oh, that's funny.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Here we go.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07That's got red insides as well!
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Oh... Right, here we go.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14I tell you what I'll do, I'll try and ring my mum.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16PHONE RINGS
0:07:16 > 0:07:18That's cool.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Ready? Listen. Listen.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23BEEPS CAR HORN
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Did you hear that?- 'Is that the horn?'- Yeah.- 'I did, yeah.'
0:07:27 > 0:07:28'Very nice.'
0:07:28 > 0:07:34Tom, in ten years time, will have achieved as a diver.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I hope that means he has an Olympic gold medal.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Tom and diving is very important to Tom.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48In terms of him as a brand in the commercial side of things
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and the media side of things, I think he has a unique opportunity
0:07:52 > 0:07:54and we have to create a strategy around that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56He's in a great position commercially of what can happen
0:07:56 > 0:07:58from here going forward of Tom the brand,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Tom the breadwinner, he can achieve a hell of a lot.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Roll camera, please. One more, please.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10With Tom being poster boy for London 2012,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14he's attracting a number of sponsorship deals and commercial opportunities.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19Becoming a brand adds additional pressure to his school
0:08:19 > 0:08:21and training commitments.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24..you can launch into a free canoeing lesson.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27First TV advert, so it's...
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I'm quite excited but quite nervous at the same time to see whether I can get all my lines in
0:08:30 > 0:08:32at the right time, and stuff.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Take 30.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- ALL:- Get set, go free!
0:08:39 > 0:08:44We've done 37 takes of the advert now, but apparently that's quite good for a sequence shot.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Good job, everyone! Good job.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Do you have to be careful that you don't spoil him as a person?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58The good news on that side of things is...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01his family environment is fantastic.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Rob and the ideals he created are really strong.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09That that doesn't change, of course. What happens next, who knows,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12if you see what I mean, but there is a strength in Tom.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Rob is having regular scans to see how the chemotherapy
0:09:20 > 0:09:23is affecting his tumours.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25The results show that they're continuing to grow.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29This is the, um, the scan.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- So it just lights up. - Is that the tumour?- Yep.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35That's the tumour.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44Cancer's a horrible thing for anyone.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Anyone that's been through it with a family member or themselves,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49they'll know what I mean,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53but Dad's had cancer for five years now.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58And he got over the first lot and then he had another tumour.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Got over that one and then got another tumour.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05So he's been unlucky three times
0:10:05 > 0:10:08to get three different types of cancer.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13They don't know whether it's spread from the same one or it's gone from different ones, but it's...
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Yeah... He's definitely been unlucky. He doesn't deserve it at all.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20It's touch and go
0:10:20 > 0:10:24if he can attend Tom's next major championship in Sheffield.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27We've just got to keep our fingers crossed, really,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30because you never know what can happen and you've just got to hope for a miracle.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Sheffield is the start of Tom's campaign
0:10:48 > 0:10:51to retain his individual world title at ten metres.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54He's also showcasing the new dive,
0:10:54 > 0:10:59the front four-and-a-half with his synchro partner Pete Waterfield.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05It's the ten metres synchro today. And then the individual tomorrow.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07So he's up with Pete Waterfield
0:11:07 > 0:11:09off the back of their bronze medal at the last one.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14So, they're hoping to get on that rostrum again, if possible.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18And of course, it's the big four-and-a-half somersault which everyone's doing
0:11:18 > 0:11:22and Tom was very uncomfortable with it and is now much more comfortable with it.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25He might actually be enjoying it a little bit now.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34The Daley family have driven up from Plymouth to support Tom.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Until the last minute, they weren't sure if Rob would make it,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42following another round of chemotherapy.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47- It's wonderful.- It is. It must be. - Well, I'm just glad to be here,
0:11:47 > 0:11:48and...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55He's survived my driving!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Are we all right? Yeah.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00SHE LAUGHS
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Does it feel like the old days? - Er... Yeah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23CHEERING
0:12:23 > 0:12:28In 2005, Tom became the youngest diver in Britain to qualify
0:12:28 > 0:12:32for the Commonwealth Games. He was just 11 years old.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Rob had been by his side for every training session.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40So proud of you.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Well done, mate.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47He supports me all the way and if I didn't have his support system,
0:12:47 > 0:12:49I wouldn't be here now cos...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I wouldn't want to carry on without his support.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12How's it been bringing Rob here? How's that been for you?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I didn't think we'd get him here. I really didn't.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Two weeks ago, when he was
0:13:19 > 0:13:22going through his chemo, he was very, very drowsy.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25He couldn't eat his food without dropping off to sleep.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The last three or four days, he's wide awake now.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Maybe that's because the chemo's gone out of his system.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38But he was dropping off a little bit earlier on.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Great for him, though. - Yeah. Of course it is.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02In fact, I keep saying, "You're here.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07"I didn't think you'd get here." But, you know, it's not good, is it?
0:14:07 > 0:14:10We won't go there.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14ANNOUNCER: Representing Great Britain, we have Thomas Daley...
0:14:14 > 0:14:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Representing China, we have Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquang.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:25 > 0:14:30I'd like to think they'll come third or fourth. That would be good.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34They'll definitely come... They'll definitely come fourth or above.
0:14:34 > 0:14:39- And not first? - No, they won't beat the Chinese.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Cos all they eat is rice.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Diving is judged on five points -
0:15:02 > 0:15:06starting position, approach, take off,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09flight and entry into the water.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The perfect entry is virtually splash free.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19ANNOUNCER: Representing China, Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquang.
0:15:27 > 0:15:299, 9.5...
0:15:29 > 0:15:32What do you feel when you see the Chinese divers up there?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Just breathtaking, really.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Do you know, I look to see
0:15:37 > 0:15:41what they're doing different than our divers.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47To me, it's I've got a big stone to throw in the water,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50you've got a small one, who's going to make the last splash?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53It seems an obvious thing, doesn't it? They are small people.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58TOM: Anything can happen in diving.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06You could get a good start but then slip out, let go of one of your legs.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08There's so many things that can go wrong.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Sometimes, you can tell from the start whether it's going to be good or not.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29A good dive, you hit the water and you get sucked through it.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Tom and Pete Waterfield
0:16:39 > 0:16:43need to pull off the front four and a half to beat the Chinese.
0:16:53 > 0:17:00ANNOUNCER: And, finally, representing China, Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquang.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06APPLAUSE
0:17:06 > 0:17:098, 8, 8.5. Thank you, divers!
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Tom and Pete clinch the gold medal for the ten metre synchro
0:17:19 > 0:17:23after the Chinese perform badly in their final dive.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Quite a shock. I didn't think that would happen but...
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I'm glad I'm here.
0:17:41 > 0:17:48For him to have done that and beaten the Chinese on his home ground,
0:17:48 > 0:17:52fantastic. Unbelievable. Never ever thought he would do that.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- You won't cry, though? - I don't know...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00He's proud of you. Course he can cry.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- He's a right softy, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the national anthem...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Standing up, yeah?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22If I can bloody get out of here.
0:18:25 > 0:18:33- SHOUTING: - # Gracious Queen Long live our noble Queen
0:18:33 > 0:18:39# God save our Queen. #
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Well, I'm hoping he's going to get into the final.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- And who's his main rival?- Again, it's going to be the Chinese guys.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I know...
0:19:05 > 0:19:08..a Chinese PT instructor called Won Jim Shu.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The ten metre individual event
0:19:13 > 0:19:15is the most prestigious in the competition.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It attracts legions of Tom's most dedicated fans
0:19:18 > 0:19:20from around the country.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- What do you like about Tom? - We literally think
0:19:24 > 0:19:27he's so amazing and what he does, especially
0:19:27 > 0:19:29because he's only a year older than us.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I mean, look at us. We're not diving for England in the Olympics.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Hello, Mr Daley, or Rob. I don't know. Get well soon.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40All of us who support Tom support you as well.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Your happiness is amazing, you're constantly buzzing.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Best wishes and luck from Chloe.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I can see you're going to be a hit with all the girls now.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- And their mums.- Watch out, Debbie(!)
0:20:01 > 0:20:04In the individual event, Tom's greatest rival
0:20:04 > 0:20:06is the Chinese diver, Qui Bo.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Qui Bo is the favourite for the gold.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Brilliant, that was. He's currently fourth now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34One dive to go.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:20:43 > 0:20:46ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,
0:20:46 > 0:20:50he's the world number one and he's the winner today, from China, Qui Bo.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Um, I think Tom's come fourth in this competition.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Tom has beaten by Qui Bo and the Americans.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03His one poor entry in the back triple somersault cost him a medal.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Being such a big name, Tom can't go away and hide
0:21:08 > 0:21:10after a disappointing performance.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14His day isn't over when he leaves the pool.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16He has 250,000 followers on Twitter
0:21:16 > 0:21:21and they grab every opportunity to meet him.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Listen, it's one autograph or photo per person, that's it.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31OK, do you want to move over a bit? Right, autograph or photo?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Photo.- OK, you'll have to do it from the front.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I'll lean over.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39He's got half an hour and then he's got to go.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Tomorrow, I'm going to be going to Mexico
0:21:47 > 0:21:50for the next leg of the World Series, so we do it all over again next week.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55- When are you home next? - I'm home next on May 10th,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and then I've got a Spanish oral exam on the 12th,
0:21:58 > 0:21:59so it's completely chaotic.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Do you feel like he's gone into a different world now?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Not really, because he still lives at home.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16He ain't started to drive yet, so we haven't lost him completely yet.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23But are you so glad that he could see Tom win last night?
0:22:23 > 0:22:29- Cos that's all you'd wish for, isn't it, that he could be there to see that.- Yeah, yeah...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38You've done it now, haven't you.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48Are you planning to go on any trips yourself to support Tom?
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Not while Robert's in this condition. We won't leave him, no.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Robert is our priority, not Tom.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- Michaela, Mikhaila, what is it? - Michaela.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22I got called home from Mexico
0:23:22 > 0:23:25where I was in a training camp.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I had a phone call from my mum and she just said,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31"Tom, you'll have to come home, Dad's quite ill."
0:23:31 > 0:23:34So, I didn't really know what to expect from that.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37So we came home as quick as we could, myself and Andy, my coach,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41and he came in, and we saw him there, just...
0:23:41 > 0:23:45laying there, asleep. When he wakes up, his eyes kind of roll.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47When he speaks, he's slurred.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Nothing, kind of, you couldn't get anything out of him
0:23:50 > 0:23:51and it was...it was terrifying me
0:23:51 > 0:23:56cos I could just remember seeing him and thinking all this time
0:23:56 > 0:23:59that my dad's been there, he's been away at every competition with me.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02He goes away everywhere and then to think that of the possibility
0:24:02 > 0:24:05that I wouldn't have a dad, and I wouldn't be able to have
0:24:05 > 0:24:09someone that would go away with me, someone that would go to
0:24:09 > 0:24:13all the different competitions, be there to watch me at training,
0:24:13 > 0:24:19and I can remember thinking, "What if he doesn't get to see me in 2012?"
0:24:19 > 0:24:22And I'm thinking that's all he talks about, he talks about,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25"Have we got our tickets yet? Do we know if we've got our tickets?"
0:24:25 > 0:24:27And you just think...
0:24:27 > 0:24:31everything that we've done, we've done it together,
0:24:31 > 0:24:37and to think that he might not be in 2012 to see it, it's hard.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Did my maths exam today.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Yeah, it was better than the one in January.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- How do you know? - It just felt better anyway.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02When will you find out?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04In the summer, I get my results.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Mm.- Mm.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11'I try and sit with him as much as I can.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16'It's important to try and spend time with him'
0:25:16 > 0:25:19because it's the time where he feels the most lonely, he feels the most...
0:25:19 > 0:25:23where he can't do anything, and I think it's really important that we spend
0:25:23 > 0:25:27as much time as possible just even if I'm there holding his hand or something like that,
0:25:27 > 0:25:28we just need to be with him.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Do you feel dazed and shocked still and tired,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21or have you not felt any of that?
0:26:21 > 0:26:28I don't really know how I feel. I kind of... It's weird. I'm...
0:26:28 > 0:26:32I don't feel tired, or sometimes I do, just like any other day,
0:26:32 > 0:26:35but I don't feel like...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I don't know how I should feel.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Loads of people...some people sit in the corner and are crying.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46I'm kind of feeling bad for carrying on, but I think that's what Dad would have wanted.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Dad would have wanted me to carry on as normal
0:26:48 > 0:26:51and even when he was downstairs for that whole month in bed,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55he was always talking about...he always said to me, "Why aren't you at training?"
0:27:11 > 0:27:14We had some lovely cards from people.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18We had messages from people like Seb Coe.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22His thoughts are with us and that he that he was sorry to hear about the loss.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27We've had cards from people we didn't know,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30people who have just followed Tom in his career.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Have you read every one?- Yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The amount of people that turned up to the funeral as well.
0:27:35 > 0:27:43- Attendance cards. They said each one holds about...- 100?- 100.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- So, nearly 400 people came?- Yeah.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50So, there's loads of people there.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55The one good thing about it was that Dad managed to actually write out
0:27:55 > 0:27:59William's birthday card because he died three days before his birthday.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02When he first...when he got quite poorly,
0:28:02 > 0:28:06when I could see that he wasn't going to be able to do things
0:28:06 > 0:28:10for much longer, I did get him to write their cards out.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- He put a little comment in each of them, didn't he?- Mm.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17All my brothers' birthdays are in...in May.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20It's 12th, 21st and 30th, and mine's in the middle.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24And Dad managed to write out Ben's birthday card.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Um...
0:28:27 > 0:28:30It says, "Thanks for all your help, Ben. Love, Dad."
0:28:32 > 0:28:36And this one was my one, where it said, "Good luck at driving."
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Kiss, kiss, and then he's put "Dad." Then you've got William's,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43whose is the last birthday,
0:28:43 > 0:28:47well, he didn't quite make it until William's birthday,
0:28:47 > 0:28:52but he's put "Willsey". He put like a long exclamated...
0:28:52 > 0:28:55- That's his nickname for him. - Willsey, yep.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- Don't know, keep it all together? - Yeah, put it all together.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Should be there.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06When people come up to you in the streets and they're like,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08they say, "Oh, hi, Tom.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13"I'm really sorry about your dad," I don't mind it and I don't mind...
0:29:13 > 0:29:16But then it just puts an awkward spin on the situation.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I'm like, "Yeah, thank you." But what do you say?
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Do you say thank you? Do you say it's OK? I don't know how to reply to it.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah. It's OK."
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Like, but then you don't want to say it's OK because it's not necessarily OK.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32You just don't know what to say.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38And I don't like it if my friends or family, if they don't want,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40they kind of sometimes avoid talking about certain things
0:29:40 > 0:29:42or they avoid saying certain things
0:29:42 > 0:29:46because they think they might upset me, but I don't want people to be awkward like that
0:29:46 > 0:29:49because I would speak openly about my dad all day, kind of thing,
0:29:49 > 0:29:52and I wouldn't get upset because I know that
0:29:52 > 0:29:55whenever anyone thinks about Rob Daley, they would just smile.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57And...
0:29:57 > 0:30:01one thing that's horrible was when it was my birthday,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04and it was my first driving lesson.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Then Dad got really upset and angry that he couldn't come out
0:30:06 > 0:30:11and watch me do my first driving lesson. That was hard.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Left a bit more. Whoa...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's fine, I couldn't get over more otherwise I'd have hit that car.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Ah no, I'm going to be doing clutch control up here, if there's traffic.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Clutch control, yeah.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Check me out.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29We always tend to have arguments about indication at roundabouts.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Go, it's give way to the right, you knob!
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Tom!
0:30:34 > 0:30:37I'm really close to my mum. I was close to her before,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41but I guess, when something like this happens, it makes you even closer.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45We're doing more things together that we wouldn't normally do.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48She's driving with me, where normally it would be Dad doing that stuff.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52She's been so good with everything.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05The calendar for international competitions for Tom is unrelenting.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08He only missed one training session after his dad died.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Where's he going on Friday?
0:31:13 > 0:31:17To Shanghai, and off we go with the World Championships.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18What do you want out of that?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20A steady performance.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23We've been working on this new list, obviously.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26I'm hoping we can go to the World Championships, do a confident list.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29He'll come away from that ready to begin the build-up
0:31:29 > 0:31:32in to next year, which is 2012. It's come round pretty quick.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40Did Tom appear, in any way,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43did his performance change after Rob died?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Not really, no. Obviously, it's changed our training process.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49We haven't done exactly what I would have done,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53had there been no problem within the family scenario.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56But because that's changed,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00it means we haven't what I'd call a perfect build-up into this event.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03His dad would have been mortified if he'd felt that
0:32:03 > 0:32:07everybody had stopped because of the situation he was in.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10So, he came back, and we've supported that,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12as has the rest of diving.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14So, I'm really pleased with that.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18As always, Tom has compartmentalised his diving side from school life.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21School is really busy as well. He's doing A-levels early.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24He's trying to get that all finished by January.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29So where to now?
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Now, we are going to school. Just got changed as quick as I could.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Shoved everything in my bag, got all the bags I could possibly carry.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Got my diving stuff in here,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43my diving bag, my school bag, got everything in it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Hectic day, Tuesdays, but, yeah.
0:32:46 > 0:32:52Now I'm going in for a Spanish lesson to start my second year of A-levels.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54THEY SPEAK SPANISH
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Straight back from school, Tom is packing for Shanghai.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24And then shut the lid.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Debbie, what's it like, packing with Tom to go away for a month?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Um... He's quite erratic,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33because he'll go from one thing to the next
0:33:33 > 0:33:36without finishing the original thing he's getting ready for.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's hard to keep him focused.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41So... Surprisingly!
0:33:41 > 0:33:45So, you've just got say, "Tom, we're doing your training kit first,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48"doing your downtime clothes after."
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Is that everything in there? I don't believe it.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- School books.- Oh.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55When do you do your homework?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58All the time! Whenever I can, really.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It's, like, full-on, non-stop.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02It's literally just...
0:34:02 > 0:34:03Pages and pages.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Pages and pages.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Are you defending your title?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Yeah, this is my defending title.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11To be honest, I think it's about going out there,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14trying to do my individual dives as well as possible.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16But always the competitive spirit comes in,
0:34:16 > 0:34:20and I'll end up wanting to do more. But, yeah, we'll see what happens.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Tom is practising last-minute for his driving test,
0:34:25 > 0:34:30but it's qualification for the Olympics that's preoccupying him.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35A top eight finish in China will secure him a place at London 2012.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Qiu Bo is doing the front four-and-a-half really well.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43He's doing ridiculously hard dives at the moment
0:34:43 > 0:34:45and he's doing them very consistently too.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49That's the main thing, to try to put pressure on the Chinese people.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53They don't really like pressure, so if you put the pressure on them,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56that's when, hopefully, they might buckle a little bit,
0:34:56 > 0:34:58when you have to try and take advantage of them.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03The most difficult thing about the front four-and-a-half is the fact
0:35:03 > 0:35:05there's so much dive that you have to fit in.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08You have to run down the board, you have to jump up steep,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10you have squeeze into your tuck really tight,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13you have to do all the spins and rotations.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17The G-force is constantly trying to pull you out of your shapes.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19It all comes down to doing it once.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21That's the thing that scares me,
0:35:21 > 0:35:23the fact I can train for however many hours you want.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25But it's only one of each dive that counts.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Tom's greatest challenge in Shanghai,
0:35:51 > 0:35:54is beating his arch rival Qiu Bo.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01At 18 Qiu Bo is only a few months older than Tom.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05He's already scored a record-breaking number of perfect-ten scores,
0:36:05 > 0:36:09and is reputed to be the most dangerous contender
0:36:09 > 0:36:11for Tom's world title.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13The mop volume you do on your dives, the better they are.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15When you've done a new dive,
0:36:15 > 0:36:17and you've only done them, say, 100 times,
0:36:17 > 0:36:20they're not going to be as good as someone like Qiu Bo
0:36:20 > 0:36:23who's done them, say, 1,000 times, as he's been doing them for four years.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28The Chinese have assembled the most formidable team ever.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Over 100 divers have been put through Chinese sports camps.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45CHEERING
0:36:49 > 0:36:52He seems to be, at the moment, coping very well.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Obviously, deep down, he must be feeling it,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58losing your father, anybody who loses a father,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01it's a difficult thing, especially at a young age like he is.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03I think he will miss Rob in the crowd.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13AUDIENCE GASPS
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Oh, that's good.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Not his best.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30I can't see him, unfortunately, medalling this time. But you never know.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Ooh, a bit of splash. Oh, bit of splash.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Two months after his father died,
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Tom loses his World Championship title to Qiu Bo.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Tom came fifth overall in the individual ten metre.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54But his position in the top eight
0:37:54 > 0:37:58qualifies him for the London Olympics.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- REPORTER:- What did you learn from the Chinese,
0:38:01 > 0:38:03as they certainly responded at home in Shanghai?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Yeah, the Chinese have been good, diving fantastically here.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07They've won every event.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11The Chinese divers won all ten gold medals.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16Qiu Bo registered 25 perfect tens,
0:38:16 > 0:38:20scoring a world record of 609 points.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Yeah, he's had a horrible year, a horrible few weeks,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29for him to come out and still perform is...
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I mean, I lost a parent,
0:38:32 > 0:38:37and I couldn't do it after only a few weeks,
0:38:37 > 0:38:40to come back and carry on as normal, no way.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43So yeah, he has done really well.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- Proud to be British, aren't we, today?- Yeah.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48THEY LAUGH
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Amongst all the millions of Chinese.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Here we go. Ni hao, everyone.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10The next day, Tom's commitments to the media and his fans continue.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14He has over 850,000 fans on Chinese Twitter.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17His agent, Jamie, believes exposure in China
0:39:17 > 0:39:20is more significant for Tom than in Europe.
0:39:20 > 0:39:25- Why is it, in photos, Chinese people always go...- Yes, for victory.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Oh, victory, oh!
0:39:28 > 0:39:33China is going to be a very important market for Tom over the next decade.
0:39:33 > 0:39:39Why? Because diving, its home is in China.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42As we saw yesterday at the Worlds, they won all the gold medals.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46This is where, as a sport, it has the biggest impact on the planet.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49It's very important that we do the right media
0:39:49 > 0:39:53and commercial work here, to help him over the next decade.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Hi to all the QQ web users.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03OK, so who do you think is the most beautiful Chinese female athlete?
0:40:03 > 0:40:07THEY LAUGH
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Er... Guo Jingjing.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Guo Jingjing. But too old for me!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14THEY LAUGH
0:40:14 > 0:40:19Lots of media call you the next David Beckham in the UK,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22or maybe the Harry Potter from the platform.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26I think, within China, it is a really unique opportunity.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29The timing of Tom, his age, and China and sport,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31is truly unique.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36A very excited group of fans have won a competition just to meet Tom.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Ni hao.- Hello, Tom.- Hello.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Did you watch yesterday?
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Yeah. You did pretty cool. - Yeah? Thank you.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- You're great.- Yes. OK.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47I expect more than that.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Hopefully, next year.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50You can do better in London.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Yeah, I hope so.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54They're new dives.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56CAMERAS CLICK
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Cheers. Good.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Look here.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Cheese.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07There you go. OK.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- Bye!- Thank you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Zai jian.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- Bye-bye.- Zai jian.- Bye.
0:41:17 > 0:41:18Bless them!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21THEY ALL SHOUT
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I love Tom.
0:41:23 > 0:41:28Support him. Support him forever, forever.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I will go to London.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Despite losing his World Championship title,
0:41:45 > 0:41:49the commercial possibilities for Tom are endless.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Madame Tussauds have commissioned a waxwork
0:41:52 > 0:41:55for an exhibition on Olympians,
0:41:55 > 0:41:59and a biography is being published to mark Tom's 18th birthday.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08We thought as well it would be interesting to try a different colour scheme.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I like the fact it is quite a close-up shot on the front
0:42:11 > 0:42:13so you can actually see who it is.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15And then, on the back, at least,
0:42:15 > 0:42:21there's one people would normally associate me with, ie, no clothes!
0:42:21 > 0:42:22THEY LAUGH
0:42:22 > 0:42:25There's going to be a lot of noise around Tom Daley.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27That's natural, because,
0:42:27 > 0:42:31there are so many dimensions, if you like, to Tom on an interest level.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36He is the pin-up for the teenage girls, there's no question of that.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Mums and dads have respect him for what he's achieved, because he's an A* student.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43He's got pretty much A* in everything he's done.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45He is the best he can be, he's a great role model.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Grandparents love him.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50It's one of those, he's cross- generation, from that point of view.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52But there are mutterings in the press
0:42:52 > 0:42:55that maybe Tom is doing too much media work
0:42:55 > 0:42:58and it's affecting his diving.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01Even the head of British diving, the Russian coach Alexei Evangulov,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04has publicly voiced his concerns.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08I respect Alexei, he's one of the best diving coaches in the world.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11He's got outstanding experience.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13In his perfect world,
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Tom Daley would not be doing media or commercial work,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20he would be - forgive me, Alexei, for saying this -
0:43:20 > 0:43:26but in probably northern China or northern Russia,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29just diving 24/7.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31And that's fine to say that, but there is a difference.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33That isn't who Tom Daley is.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37It's early September, and Tom's going back to school
0:43:37 > 0:43:41to start the final year of his A-levels.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Trousers. There we go, right.
0:43:44 > 0:43:51I'll hang this up over here so that it's all ready in the morning.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55This is my dad area.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59- That's some of my dad's ashes are in there.- Really?- Yeah.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Just a little heart.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05When I first got given it, I was bit like...
0:44:06 > 0:44:09..oh, my God, like, it's really weird.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13It's weird to think that your dad's in there, kind of thing.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17But it's always good to have, he's always there, then, isn't he?
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Right, I think I'm ready for school, by the looks of it.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- Are you excited about going back to school?- Yeah. I guess so.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27I'm kind of looking forward to going back to school.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28There's so many things going on.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Loads of competitions we've got to go to.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34We've got a three-week training camp at the end of the year in Australia.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Then we've got the National Championships in January.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Then three weeks at the World Cup.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Then we've got four weeks of all the World Series.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44Then we've got lots of training camps in between that.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46Two weeks in Plymouth for a training camp.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Then the European Championships in May.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Then we've got the National Championships.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Then we've got a two-week training camp.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Warm weather training camp.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Then home for two weeks, and then a two-week pre-Olympic camp.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00And then we're into the Olympics. So, it's a long year.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09Tom and Pete Waterfield hope to represent Great Britain
0:45:09 > 0:45:12in the ten metre synchro in the London Olympics.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15With Pete based in Southampton, and Tom in Plymouth,
0:45:15 > 0:45:17they've had few opportunities to train together.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Go for that entry.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22Legs up, and through.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Really happy.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30The best one of each of the dives that they did
0:45:30 > 0:45:32was really world-class.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Yeah. Nice.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- I haven't been getting any like that.- No?
0:45:37 > 0:45:39It must be you.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Bringing the best out of me.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44Yeah, it was good, considering we haven't trained together for ages.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Yeah, it's looking really good, actually.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48It looks really good.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Can't wait to get them up on the ten metre.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57184 days,
0:45:57 > 0:46:02three hours, 36 minutes and 19, 18, 17 seconds,
0:46:02 > 0:46:04until the Olympics.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Now, that's scary.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Well, most nights I think about diving in 2012.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12It's that kind of thing where you get yourself all hyped up,
0:46:12 > 0:46:13and your heart's going all the time.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16But I try not to think about it too much,
0:46:16 > 0:46:19because you let yourself get carried away.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21You just have to focus on the now rather than the future.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27And from now on,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29the pressure will keep mounting.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32The Diving World Cup is Tom and Pete's next chance
0:46:32 > 0:46:34to pit themselves against the Chinese
0:46:34 > 0:46:36with the home crowd behind them.
0:46:36 > 0:46:41And as the qualifying competition for the ten metre synchro event at the London Olympics,
0:46:41 > 0:46:45the pressure is on all divers to secure a place.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Who have you come to see tonight? - Tom.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Guess who!?
0:46:54 > 0:46:59- I love him so much. - You love him so much, do you? Why?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Because he's beautiful.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07Excuse me, who have you come to see tonight?
0:47:07 > 0:47:10We've come to see Tom Daley obviously.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Tom Daley, yay!
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Who have you come to see tonight?
0:47:17 > 0:47:20- My son.- Who's that? - Peter Waterfield.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- Are you Pete's dad?- Yeah. Don't I look like him?!
0:47:24 > 0:47:25I wanted to make him a millionaire
0:47:25 > 0:47:27and I just gave him my looks.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29It's a bit sad, really.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33- But, rock on for tonight, I'm sure they're going to do well.- Good luck.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38So, what are you predicting for tonight?
0:47:41 > 0:47:42Bronze.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Gold medal would be quite nice, but...
0:47:49 > 0:47:50CHEERING AND WHISTLING
0:47:59 > 0:48:03The Chinese win the gold in the ten metre synchro.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07Tom and Pete score the lowest marks of all the competitors
0:48:07 > 0:48:09for the front four-and-a-half.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13How are you feeling?
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Well, it was a fantastic competition.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19And one dive, that's all it takes.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21At this level, it's always just one dive.
0:48:21 > 0:48:27Unfortunately, Tom Daley and his partner Pete didn't get a medal.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30Do you know where they came?
0:48:30 > 0:48:33They came seventh, I think.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36And what about the Chinese, when you look at them,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38do you dread them going up on the board?
0:48:38 > 0:48:42Well, no, because, at the end of the day, they are the best.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45You've got to say the best is the best.
0:48:45 > 0:48:50To us, a silver medal is the world's gold, if you know what I mean.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53How does that make you feel about the Olympics?
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Nerve-racking.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Because there's so many of them,
0:48:58 > 0:49:00they just bring them out like a conveyor belt.
0:49:00 > 0:49:05That is, unfortunately, what we're up against.
0:49:05 > 0:49:13But one dive, as I say, one dive England, one dive China,
0:49:13 > 0:49:14one dive America.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18However drops that dive, someone's in with a good shot.
0:49:18 > 0:49:19I know they can do it.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28With the Olympics looming on the horizon,
0:49:28 > 0:49:32Tom is carrying a huge weight on his young shoulders.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37You kind of just feel quite lonely on the end of the diving board.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39Because, you're there, it's you,
0:49:39 > 0:49:42there's no-one else that can help you now.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47You know everyone's looking at you, everyone's judging you.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49You feel quite vulnerable.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53MUFFLED TANNOY ANNOUNCEMENT
0:49:56 > 0:49:58MUFFLED CHEERING
0:50:08 > 0:50:12And how has the last year been for you?
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- It's been a terrible year in many ways.- Yeah.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Well, this past year has been hard.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21And then it's been good at the same time.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Because obviously it was really hard losing my dad,
0:50:24 > 0:50:26he was a massive part of my diving career.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28He was a massive part of my life.
0:50:28 > 0:50:33But then, qualifying for the Olympics was just amazing.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36And that's the kind of thing that I know he would be proud of me,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39and going into this competition, I know he'll be here,
0:50:39 > 0:50:40he'll be there watching.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I'm Tom's dad.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Tom, come and give me a cuddle. Please, come on, please.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Dad, you'll make me cry.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09APPLAUSE
0:51:22 > 0:51:24My dad always taught me
0:51:24 > 0:51:28to not care what anyone else thinks of what you're doing,
0:51:28 > 0:51:32because I know that I'm training as hard as I possibly can,
0:51:32 > 0:51:36nd my dad, if he was here, he would definitely have been encouraging me,
0:51:36 > 0:51:41saying, the fact you're training hard, you're putting all the hours in,
0:51:41 > 0:51:42you're doing really well.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46Whatever happens, you've just got to be happy with your own performance
0:51:46 > 0:51:49and try your best, and not worry what everyone else thinks.
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