Daley ruled out of main event at Commonwealth Games

Tom Daley has been forced to withdraw from the individual 10m platform event at the Commonwealth Games because of a hip injury, writes Paul Eddison on the Gold Coast.

The 23-year-old has been struggling with the issue and rested over the weekend in a bid to be fit for the individual event which will take place on the final day of diving on Saturday.

Daley still plans to compete in the synchronised 10m platform alongside Dan Goodfellow on Friday, with that event putting less strain on his body.

He said: “I am truly devastated not to be competing in the individual event. I have been training so hard for the Commonwealth Games, so this is a real disappointment for me.

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“The hardest thing for any athlete is coping with an injury, especially when it means they can’t compete in what they have been working towards. I continue training for the 10m synchronised Diving event alongside Dan.”

Daley and his training team agreed that he should not compete in the event due to ongoing medical issues, alongside a further injury suffered in the pool last week.

Due to prior illness and with his hips being the determining factor, some of the dives would have been too dangerous and impactful on his body.

Daley won the individual 10m platform in both Delhi and Glasgow, while he won the first of his two Olympic bronze medals in the that event in London in 2012.

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