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whatever the results in paris, it's likely tom daley will be making a splash.... oh, yes, that's brilliant! yes, yes, that's it! ..the littler, the bigger the medal chances. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. a keen horse rider, who was left paralysed after a car accident, has now qualified for the british indoor carriage driving championships. faye o'hara will become the only person in a wheelchair to compete in the event tomorrow. natalie pirks has been to meet her. i felt my life was over, and i've wanted to die a few times. and since he's come along, he's just give me everything back. this is a story of perseverance, passion, and a very special bond. you just want food, don't you? from the age of five, horses were faye 0'hara's life. but a car accident at 15 years old changed everything. we hit head on with another car. i severed my spinal cord and i was critical for about six weeks. i was in a coma for three and they were calling my family up all the time to say, "this is it. we're turning machines off." eight months i was in hospital, altogether. now paralysed from t
whatever the results in paris, it's likely tom daley will be making a splash.... oh, yes, that's brilliant! yes, yes, that's it! ..the littler, the bigger the medal chances. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. a keen horse rider, who was left paralysed after a car accident, has now qualified for the british indoor carriage driving championships. faye o'hara will become the only person in a wheelchair to compete in the event tomorrow. natalie pirks has been to meet her. i felt my life was over, and i've...
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yesterday, we heard how olympic champion diver tom daley is not ruling out continuing in the sport beyond the paris 2024 games and today he's shown just why he is feeling so optimistic right now. the 29—year—old took two years out after tokyo 2020 and was expected to retire, but is now back and has added to an impressive honours list with silver alongside new partner, noah williams, at the world aquatics super final in china. they scored 440.37 from their six dives to finish behind the reigning world champions yang and lian from the host nation. their next event will be the british championship at the end of may. golf now and world number one nelly korda has made an encouraging start the chevron championship in texas, with the american tied in second after the opening round. she is seeking a fifth—successive victory on the lpga tour, which would match annika sorenstam, who did it in 2004/5, and the great nancy lopez, who achieved the feat back in 1978. korda shot a round of 68, four—under par. world number 94 lauren coughlin leads the way, though, with an opening round of six—un
yesterday, we heard how olympic champion diver tom daley is not ruling out continuing in the sport beyond the paris 2024 games and today he's shown just why he is feeling so optimistic right now. the 29—year—old took two years out after tokyo 2020 and was expected to retire, but is now back and has added to an impressive honours list with silver alongside new partner, noah williams, at the world aquatics super final in china. they scored 440.37 from their six dives to finish behind the...
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daley once again part of the squad. he's returned to the sport in time for a fifth olympics and a chance to defend his gold in tokyo. nesta mcgregor went to see him in his new gear. to list tom daly�*s achievements, they would probably stack as high as they would probably stack as high as the ten metre board he is famed for jumping from. commonwealth, european, world and at tokyo 2020, olympic champion. after starting diving at age seven, he is now 29 and going into his fifth games. incredible when you consider he'd been away from the sport for two years. now content with life as a husband, father and avid knitter, he says he is heading to paris to professionally relaxed as he's ever been. , ., ., ., been. used to torture through the whole experience _ been. used to torture through the whole experience because - been. used to torture through the whole experience because you i been. used to torture through the i whole experience because you want to do well so badly that you put everything on the line and i think that's
daley once again part of the squad. he's returned to the sport in time for a fifth olympics and a chance to defend his gold in tokyo. nesta mcgregor went to see him in his new gear. to list tom daly�*s achievements, they would probably stack as high as they would probably stack as high as the ten metre board he is famed for jumping from. commonwealth, european, world and at tokyo 2020, olympic champion. after starting diving at age seven, he is now 29 and going into his fifth games....
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tom daley came out as gay. mark foster , the swimmer, gay. mark foster, the swimmer, also came out as gay, it feels like in those sports it did take a very long time. they were worried about brands dropping them, maybe, but we just don't live in that age anymore. i don't think nike, adidas is any of the sports brands would be. >> i think it would be a benefit would be exactly. from a marketing perspective . marketing perspective. >> well, you look at david beckham and his allegiance or sometimes not allegiance when he goes out to qatar, but whatever it is, you know, he had some support for what we're talking about and it wasn't detrimental to his brand at all. no, i think you you think we're in an enlightened age, but in football it's still the dark ages . it's still the dark ages. >> extraordinary. well, this is happening in germany, harry, isn't it? and it may, who knows? start a domino effect of other professional leagues around the world, having making these players come out in the same way. harry harris award winning. >> i wouldn't count
tom daley came out as gay. mark foster , the swimmer, gay. mark foster, the swimmer, also came out as gay, it feels like in those sports it did take a very long time. they were worried about brands dropping them, maybe, but we just don't live in that age anymore. i don't think nike, adidas is any of the sports brands would be. >> i think it would be a benefit would be exactly. from a marketing perspective . marketing perspective. >> well, you look at david beckham and his allegiance...
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>> although if you think about tom daley, i think it's terrific. olympic terrific. and he won olympic gold, he's pretty well, he's been pretty well paid for a long time, hasn't he? yes. for his sport. not competing on the sport. he's not competing on the same husband same terms as. jules's husband and actually the athletes. >> anyway, track and field, do very, very well compared to a lot of other sports because it's the glamour sport. >> health >> yeah. right now the health secretary, atkins, says secretary, victoria atkins, says the must reveal the fate of the nhs must reveal the fate of the nhs must reveal the fate of the 9000 transgender youngsters who were treated by that controversial tavistock clinic. >> , of course, follows the >> this, of course, follows the cass review that found that gender clinics had refused to disclose transgender disclose whether transgender people as people who transitioned as children changed their children later changed their minds or went on to suffer serious health problems serious mental health problems and what should happen tho
>> although if you think about tom daley, i think it's terrific. olympic terrific. and he won olympic gold, he's pretty well, he's been pretty well paid for a long time, hasn't he? yes. for his sport. not competing on the sport. he's not competing on the same husband same terms as. jules's husband and actually the athletes. >> anyway, track and field, do very, very well compared to a lot of other sports because it's the glamour sport. >> health >> yeah. right now the...