Daley is about to turn out to be the primary British diver to compete in 5 Video games, having come out of retirement to compete in Tokyo three years in the past.

An Olympian on the age of simply 14 at Beijing 2008, Daley gained gold alongside Matty Lee in Tokyo so as to add to a few bronze medals he has achieved in particular person and synchronised 10m occasions.

In Paris, he’ll search to defend his title alongside team-mate Noah Williams.

“This Olympics is one thing I might take into account to be a bonus Olympics,” stated Daley, whose son, Robbie, satisfied him to return.

“This Olympics has been about having fun with it, embracing each second and taking every part in as a lot as I can. To be flagbearer too is simply the icing on the cake.”

Glover, who has three youngsters, bids for her third Olympic title after popping out of retirement for a second time – ending her profession following each the Rio and Tokyo Video games.

The three-time world champion, who will compete in Paris as a part of the ladies’s 4, turned the primary mom to row for Nice Britain at an Olympics when she completed fourth alongside Polly Swann within the ladies’s pairs in Tokyo.

“I by no means thought I might be an Olympian. Being a part of historical past as a flagbearer, I have never actually received my head spherical it but,” Glover stated.

“Everybody I’ve instructed to this point has cried, and I cried after I was instructed, which matches to indicate how a lot of an honour it’s and the way a lot it means.”