I think the real reason for my improvement is because I had such a long period in the off-season just working as hard as I could on all my new dives; making sure I did lots of repetition to get them consistent.

80. On 27 July 2011 Daley took the first dive in London's newly built Olympic Park Aquatics Centre marking the one year countdown until the games begin. Later in 2007 he won the senior platform title at the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships the national championship for English divers.

Thomas Robert "Tom" Daley (born 21 May 1994) is a British diver and television personality who specialises in the 10 metre platform event and was the 2009 FINA World Champion in the individual event at the age of 15. He won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the 10 metre synchro diving (with Max Brick) and the 10 m Individual Platform competition and won the bronze medal for Great Britain in the individual competition at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.