Tom Daley Surprised Diving Partner Matty Lee with an Olympic Ring Before Their Gold Medal Win

People ^ | 7/27/2021 | Nicholas Rice

[sodpoodle]

While chatting with Olympics.com shortly after the pair won gold in the men's 10m synchronized diving competition at the Tokyo Games, Lee, 23, opened up about the "special" gift that Daley, 27, surprised him with before they ever hit the water. "He surprised me with this Olympic ring, which is something really cool and special because it's the exact same mold of his ring that he got years and years ago after his first Olympics," Lee told the outlet. "So regardless of how we did, he still had a little surprise he brought from England. It's so, so special that he got me that." In a video posted to his YouTube page on Tuesday, Daley documented the pair's excitement after their Olympic feat, as he and Lee also showed off their matching rings. "We have matching ones," Daley said in the clip, and playfully called Lee his "work husband." Daley also showed off the moment he bestowed the gift to his diving partner while they were spending time together in the Olympic village. Speaking with reporters after their synchronized diving event, Daley said "It's kind of unbelievable" as he reflected on Olympic Games of years past. He previously won bronze medals in 2012 and 2016, at at this Games, having recently recovered from knee surgery, he was finally a champion. "I thought I was going to win an Olympic gold medal in Rio [in 2016] and that turned out the complete opposite by a long shot," Daley said, "and it was my husband who said to me that my story wasn't finished and that my son or child, we didn't know at the time, needed to be there to watch me win an Olympic gold medal."

[sodpoodle]

Well isn;t that special?

[Candor7]

Le Berf! Le Puke!

Slow news day in Tokyo for the Brits.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Puke.

[Lee'sGhost]

synchronized swimming meets synchronized dumbassory

[sodpoodle]

So, Daley already has a “husband”!!!!!!!!!

Full name Thomas Robert Daley[1]
Nationality British
Born 21 May 1994 (age 27)
Plymouth, England, UK
Occupation
Divertelevision personality
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)[2]
Spouse(s) Dustin Lance Black (m. 2017)

[moovova]

I saw your name “sodpoodle” and thought your were posting one of your typical jokes.

I was right! LOL!

[sodpoodle]

YOU are funny;)

[cdcdawg]

It’s a real mystery why television ratings are down for the Olympics. Sarcasm.

[Fury]

Re: 8 - Agreed. the human interest and social activism stories in many ways overshadow the Olympics. I don’t think that’s a winning formula for the Olympics.

[Apparatchik]

Fagelas?

[EvilCapitalist]

Don’t forget synchronized sodomy.

[alstewartfan]

You should have given everyone a Kleenex warning before posting this.

[Vaquero]

Olympic Poofter Event. Isn’t that special.

[RummyChick]

I dont get into swimming sports but this womans routine to Feeling Good is hot

https://www.tiktok.com/@kristimakush95

[Rummyfan]

Mega-chunk-spewing barf alert!

[Deplorable American1776]

And I care because...?

I don't...

[drSteve78]

special?

*****what do you expect from dancing fish?

[rlmorel]

"...Daley said, "and it was my husband who said to me that my story wasn't finished and that my son or child, we didn't know at the time, needed to be there to watch me win an Olympic gold medal..."

Wow.

Just wow.

There is so much wrong in that one, long, run-on sentence. So much to unpack.

Did I just say that?

[rlmorel]

The underwater walking upside down was...impressive!

That is my sole exposure to Tik-Tok.

[rlmorel]

LOL!