Tom Daley has announced his retirement from diving after winning his fifth Olympic medal in Paris.

The 30-year-old claimed a silver in the synchronised 10-metre platform with Noah Williams to complete his set of medals, following a gold in Tokyo and three other bronzes.

Daley had left open the possibility of competing at a sixth Games in Los Angeles – where he lives – in 2028.

But Britain’s most successful diver has now confirmed he is hanging up his trunks, 16 years after making his Olympic debut as a 14-year-old in Beijing.

‘It was emotional at the end, up there on the platform, knowing it was going to be my last competitive dive,’ Daley told Vogue. ‘But I have to make the decision at some point, and it feels like the right time to call it a day.

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