James Lawton: Tom Daley has won a bigger battle than he'll ever face in the pool

Quizzed on the apparent futility of trying to beat hothoused Chinese athletes who spend every waking hour leaping gracefully from high platforms, Tom Daley cited the "on-the-day" nature of diving as evidence that not even his chief rival is invincible.European champion Tom Daley insists the row with GB performance director Alexei Evangulov over the diver's media commitments is firmly "in the past". In February, Evangulov suggested Daley's career could emulate that of Russian tennis player AnnaTom Daley is maybe the oldest 18-year-old in this hair-trigger festival of competitive youth but that's not to say he's the oldest teenager. This particular distinction might just belong to his formidable rival, the 19-year-old Qui Bo, who hasn't lostBritish divers Tonia Couch (right) and Sarah Barrow take photographs of Chris Mears (left), Tom Daley (centre) and Jack Laugher (right) at the Aquatics Centre on the eve of the Olympics. Winning routine: Daley takes aTom Daley is maybe the oldest 18-year-old in this hair-trigger festival of competitive youth but that's not to say he's the oldest teenager. This particular distinction might just belong to his formidable rival, the 19-year-old Qui Bo, who hasn't lost
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