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Tom Daley is a rare breed of athlete who has become equally known for what he does in the stadium stands as what he does in his chosen sport.
Back in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, the synchronised diving champion went viral for knitting in the stands, a habit he started during the 2020 pandemic when his husband, the Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, suggested he take up a new hobby during lockdown.
"I ordered some needles and some yarn, went on to YouTube, and taught myself how to knit," he told Out in 2023. "Once I started that, I went to the Olympics and people saw that I knit. One thing led to another."
In the years since Tokyo, Daley started his own knitting company, Made With Love, before he went back into training for this year's Paris Olympics where yes, he was back knitting again. Naturally.
Great Britain's Tom Daley knitting again in 2024. Image: Getty.