Guest Bilo Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Daley blasts Twitter troll who claimed diver 'let his dad down' with fourth place Tom Daley angrily hit out on Monday after being targeted by a Twitter troll who made reference to his late father. Daley and his partner Pete Waterfield finished fourth in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving event at the London Olympics earlier in the day. Shortly afterwards, Daley retweeted a message he received which said: 'You let your dad down i hope you know that.' Annoyed: Tom Daley hit out at the Twitter troll Daley responded by tweeting: 'After giving it my all...you get idiot’s sending me this...' Daley’s father Rob died in 2011 from brain cancer. Speaking before the Olympics, Daley revealed his father 'gave me all the inspiration that I've needed'. The 18-year-old told the BBC: 'Winning a medal would make all the struggles that I've had worthwhile. It's been my dream since a very young age to compete at an Olympics. 'I'm doing it for myself and my dad. It was both our dreams from a very young age. 'I always wanted to do it and Dad was so supportive of everything. 'It would make it extra special to do it for him.' When news of the insensitive tweet spread, the user attempted to apologise. He tweeted: 'I'm sorry mate i just wanted you to win cause its the olympics I'm just annoyed we didn't win I'm sorry tom accept my apology.' Then he later added: 'please i don't want to be hated I'm just sorry you didn't win i was rooting for you pal to do britain all proud just so upset.' Edged out: Daley and partner Peter Waterfield finished in fourth Another apology he received came from team-mate Pete Waterfield, after they missed out on a medal. The British duo had been on course for the first home gold medal of these Olympics when they led their all-conquering Chinese rivals at the halfway stage. But a fluffed fourth dive, when Waterfield was most culpable after over-rotating his back three-and-a-half somersaults, saw them crash out of the top three. Despite a solid finish they were unable to make up the lost ground and finished fourth, with China’s teenage duo Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan taking gold ahead of Mexico and the United States. Afterwards, four-time Olympian Waterfield admitted he had apologised to Daley but revealed the 18-year-old, who had also failed to produce his best on one of the easier dives in their routine, refused to lay any blame. 'After that fourth dive I actually said sorry to Tom,' said Waterfield, who won an Olympic silver in the platform synchro alongside Leon Taylor at Athens 2004. 'I said: "Sorry mate". That’s when he said: "Don’t worry we’ve got our next one and we’ve got a big one". 'Unfortunately it just wasn’t big enough to get back.' Sorry: Waterfield (right) apologised to Daley after a bad dive Daley famously fell out with Blake Aldridge during the platform synchro at the last Olympics in Beijing when he claimed his former partner answered a phone call from his mother between dives. Ironically, Daley’s mum was interviewed on the big screen before their final dive on Monday, before he this time absolved his team-mate of any blame after they fell 8.82 points short of the United States in the bronze medal position. 'We’re a team. At the end of the day that’s it, full stop,' Daley said. 'We’re a team and we win together and we lose together. We’re proud of being here at the Olympic Games in front of a home crowd. 'It’s been a tough year for me training-wise and it’s been tough for Pete with injury and things like that. You win as a team and you lose as a team.' The duo had initially whipped the home support, which included Prime Minister David Cameron, into a frenzy of noise as they claimed the lead after the best opening three dives of their career. After a near-perfect compulsory set Daley attracted a perfect 10, with Waterfield not far behind, for their back three-and-a-half somersaults to leave them 2.4 points clear at the top at halfway. Inevitably the response of the Chinese, still unbeaten in international competition during their young careers, was to post 10s on their next dive and when both Daley and Waterfield then missed their entries they had suddenly slipped to fourth. Too much: The pair made it too hard for themselves on the last dive It drew an audible groan inside the Aquatics Centre and while they produced a solid if unspectacular forward four-and-a-half somersaults - their hardest dive - next they had left themselves with too much work to do. 'It’s the worst place to finish at the Olympics. I would have rather finished last, because then at least you know you’ve missed every dive,' Waterfield said. 'On the fourth dive I had a great start, I was spinning really well and I just kicked my feet a little bit too high, which means I was over-rotated. And once you’ve kicked and over-rotated, you can’t then stop it.' Daley admitted they could not afford to make the error in such a fiercely-competitive field. 'Our first two dives were the best of the competition and then the third dive was one of our best as well, so after three dives we were on the highest score we’ve ever got,' he said. 'But then on the fourth dive we missed and in this level of competition and in this field you can’t afford to miss any dives. 'We did pretty well to stay in fourth and the home crowd did really lift us after that dive that we missed - but at the end of the day if we got nine points more on our reverse three-and-a-half, which normally we would be able to do, then we would have been on that podium.' Disappointment: The duo leave the pool afterwards The result means that Daley will have to wait to fulfil his dream of capturing an Olympic medal - the last major honour to elude him during his already decorated young career. The Plymouth diver is set to, under instruction from performance director Alexei Evangulov, escape the pressures of the Olympic Village tonight to embark on a six-day training programme at a base in Southend. Daley will then return for his anticipated individual platform showdown with world champion Qiu Bo on the penultimate day of the Olympics. Daley memorably beat Bo to win the world platform title as a 15-year-old in 2009 and, while the Chinese has proved unbeatable since, Daley has hit career-best form leading up to the Games to provide hope he can cause an upset. 'It’s upsetting that I haven’t been able to realise my dream with Pete of getting an Olympic medal, but we’re going to go back to Southend in our holding camp and train there, then come back for the individual event,' he said. 'It just wasn’t our day today, which is a shame. Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz228kDvmCV
FrankieADZ Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 just shows to me the lack of respect that some of our youths have now days. the lad in question doing it seems to be a few sarnies short of a picnic. either way he sprouts of more crap on twitter than I do. pretty sure he'll be dining on HMR pleasure soon enough.
leicesterisme Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8k02yYvvI Jesus christ.
Guest Bilo Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Beaten to it, was gonna post that amazing video. Fvcking TJ HUGHES!
Captain... Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Why the fvck do cvnts like this think just because they have sufficient mastery of a computer and have been able to enter their e-mail address twice without making any spelling mistakes to set-up a twitter account means they can say what they like to who they like, come on internet police find this fvcker and hack his facebook account and change his status to "I'm gay" that'll learn him.
Guest shearfox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 At least the guy realised he did wrong, still to post something so insensitive is very disappointing. He did brilliantly today and hopefully he will get that medal in the individual.
EnderbyFox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 What an absolute cretin Surely that video is a joke?
Corky Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Twitter has been bad for the country, brought out all the vile keyboard warriors and stored them in one place.
Guest Bilo Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Twitter has been bad for the country, brought out all the vile keyboard warriors and stored them in one place. True that, it's almost always gutless little twats who suddenly think their views are important because they're being 'followed' by a hundred or more amoeba brained morons. It's OK to use as a means of keeping in touch with ACTUAL friends, but the idiocy that's on there is unbelievable.
FrankieADZ Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Sorry but not even Jesus Christ will help that dope.
Out Foxed Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 At least the guy realised he did wrong, still to post something so insensitive is very disappointing. He did brilliantly today and hopefully he will get that medal in the individual. he didn't "realise" anything. he copped a load of abuse from other users and shit his pants. the little div deserves all he gets.
Guest shearfox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 he didn't "realise" anything. he copped a load of abuse from other users and shit his pants. the little div deserves all he gets. I agree without doubt he acted like a complete dick and what he said was rather horrific.
FrankieADZ Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 At least the guy realised he did wrong, still to post something so insensitive is very disappointing. He did brilliantly today and hopefully he will get that medal in the individual. nah the loser is still sprouting off like he's the best of the best of the best...running his mouth off like hes got a pair of bollocks the size of brass monkey's.
Happy Fox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8k02yYvvI Jesus christ. The guy has delusions of grandeur, I think he needs to see a psychiatrist.
jonthefox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8k02yYvvI Jesus christ. Thank you for that. Its the best laugh iv'e had all day.
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8k02yYvvI Jesus christ. 'I will ****ing break your neck, I will ****ing *whistles* break your neck' lol
Corky Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8k02yYvvI Jesus christ. Y u talk to ur bruv on Twitter?
The People's Hero Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 It's not from Primark. It's from T J Hughes. Worlds of difference.
accessory Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 Amazed Twitter are still allowing him to spout his filth. But plod will have got onto his case by now. He'll have cause to regret his evening of "fun".
Simmo86 Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 How has the little runt got 40k followers? Surely not people following him because of what he said
Guest shearfox Posted 30 July 2012 Posted 30 July 2012 How has the little runt got 40k followers? Surely not people following him because of what he said That is exactly why he has so many followers... Disappointing really...
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