Tom Daley on mission to qualify for Rio Olympics synchronized 10m platform

British diving star Tom Daley will participate in the upcoming FINA World Diving Cup alongside his new partner Dan Goodfellow with the aim of winning an Olympic place in men's synchronised 10m platform event for Britain.

Daley enchanted the world at 14 by becoming the youngest British athlete to compete at the Olympics in 48 years at the Beijing 2008 Games. One year later, at 15, he became the youngest Briton to win a world title. At London 2012, aged 18, he won the individual bronze medal on the 10m platform. Now Daley has his eye on not only the first, but also on the second Olympic gold of his career at the Rio Olympics.

The individual 10m platform is the event in which Daley has had most success. He has also already won a place for Britain in the individual event at the Rio Olympics, after finishing third at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.

Now he is focused on the synchronized event, in which half of the eight Rio Olympics spots have already been bagged by China, Mexico and Russia, along with host Brazil.

"It's going to be incredibly tough, but we'll give it our best shot," Daley said in a video published on his YouTube channel. The pair arrived in Rio last Thursday (11 February) to get prepared for the event.

The World Diving Cup, which is also the Rio Olympics test event, will be staged at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center from Friday to Wednesday (19-24 February). In total, 272 athletes from 49 countries and regions will compete for 88 spots in the Rio Olympic diving competition. Endi