Sunday 29th July 2012
I have never met a more laid back pair of Athletes the day before their biggest competition in 4 years.
My role today was to take the maintenance men
around our GB rooms that needed missing door handles replaced or locks putting
on the bedroom doors.
One of the rooms belonged to Tom Daley who
was sharing with the rest of his diving team mates.
Whilst I needed to wait around for the job to
be complete, I started to talk to Tom and Pete Waterfield who are partners in
the Synchronised 10M Platform.
They will be competing tomorrow so I tried
not to disturb them as I assumed they would want as much rest as possible, this
was not the case, they were so relaxed and totally at ease about competing
tomorrow that I stood watching the replay of the GB Ladies diving team with
them while they analysed the teams.
Pete is on his 4th Olympics and he
explained that he will be competing for the next 2 years, but this will be his
last Olympics, He told me he hits the water around 40 miles an hour and
eventually it does take its toll on the body.
I asked Tom how he can be so relaxed before a
big competition and he simply said that it helps him focus better. He is genuinely
a fantastic young man, who even Pete paid him such a compliment, saying he is such a
nice lad who is so down to earth, and has time for everyone.
Tom knows he gets a lot of attention but he told me that he loves to
speak to and get pictures taken with the
fans, he knows they turn up to watch and
support him, therefore he feels he needs to give something back to them…
Now that is one young man with his feet
firmly on the ground!!
I will be cheering them both on tomorrow,
Good luck boys…
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