Most people would feel they had enough on their plate training for between two to seven hours a day to maintain the peak physical condition required to be a world-class diver — Britain’s most decorated, who became a double world champion, aged 15.
But not Tom Daley. What has the 27-year-old sportsman decided to do in his downtime? Take part in a Red Nose Day challenge for Comic Relief. Nothing major: just a four-day, 269-mile feat of human endurance that will see him rowing, swimming, cycling and running from London to his home town of Plymouth. “It’s quite a lot,” he concedes, with understatement. Stand up, Tom Daley, and claim your medal for Britain’s Most High Achieving Human. You can add it to the Olympic gold and three bronzes you already have.
