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Aug 2020
47m 53s

Tom Daley

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Tom Daley, the champion British diver, discusses the impact of childhood stardom, bullying and the devastating loss of his father: ‘my biggest cheerleader’. Tom reveals his deeply romantic side, his passion for parenthood and, astonishingly, his lifelong fear of diving off the top board.

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