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Soon social media was flooded with images of the 27-year-old knitting with needles and purple wool in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The picture of Daley wearing his Team GB kit along with a mask while knitting merrily has gone viral. The official account of the Olympics shared the pictures, and wrote, “Oh, this? Just Olympic champ@TomDaley1994 knitting in the stands while watching the diving.”
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Daley himself took to Instagram to reveal the reason behind the knitting, he showed off his creation through a video by saying that he sewed a pouch to protect his gold medal from scratches.