Daley, 30, will not compete in the individual events in Paris and will instead focus on the 10m synchronised event. He and partner Noah Williams won silver at the World Championships earlier this year and go into the event among the favourites. It will be Daley’s first Olympics in front of a crowd since Rio 2016, given the events in Tokyo took place in empty stadiums because of Covid-19 restrictions.

“Who knows what’s going to happen in these Games but I know I’ve got my Olympic gold medal.

“For me, this time around, my Olympic gold medals will be standing on the diving board, looking to my side and seeing my husband, my kids, my mum, my friends, family, aunts, uncles.

“There’s a lot of people coming to watch. To see them and be able to dive in front of that again will be extremely special.

“I’m so excited to see my little kids’ faces when I am stood on that diving board. That’s why I’ve come back this year – it’s for them.

“Every time I go to bed I have these moments of dreams where I imagine myself standing for my last dive and just like looking to the side and just thinking, ‘oh my gosh, this is it’.

“This was why I came back this year.”