Tom Daley to make intimate TV show on his life including his training for Rio Olympics and coming out as gay
The show will also follow Tom as he announces his relationship with Dustin Lance Black
OLYMPIC hopeful Tom Daley is set to reveal all in an intimate documentary about his life.
The new TV show will focus on the top diver as he prepares for the Rio Olympics as well as his personal life and coming out as gay.
The documentary, Tom Daley: Going For Gold will air on ITV and will follow his sporting, public and personal life as he works alongside new coach, Jane Figueiredo and aims for Gold at the Rio Olympics.
It also follows him as he announces his relationship with Dustin Lance Black, who is a Hollywood screen writer.
Tom came out back in 2013 when he released a video to YouTube revealing he was in a relationship with a man.
The couple got engaged last year and are currently on holiday in Spain before Tom jets to Brazil.
Tom, 22, became a national sporting hero when he won two gold medals for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
He then went on to win a bronze medal for Team GB in the individual competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Tom already has some experience in front of the camera as he co-presented two series of the celeb reality diving show, Splash!
Neil Edwards, a senior executive producer at production company Twofour, said: “It’s a privilege to have such intimate access to one of Britain’s best loved and most talented Olympians.
“Tom’s four-year journey from London 2012 to Rio 2016 is the latest gripping chapter in a story we’ve all been following since he burst into the public consciousness as a young boy.”
Amanda Stavri, entertainment commissioner at ITV, said: “Tom is one of Britain’s best-loved athletes and I can’t wait for viewers to see his journey to once again compete in the ultimate level of sporting competition.
“We’ll follow his highs and the lows as well as discovering new insights into both Tom’s sporting and personal life.”
The documentary will air later this summer.
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