Tom Daley named to fifth British Olympic diving team with new synchro partner [Video]

British diver Tom Daley will compete in a fifth Olympics this summer after returning from a two-year competition break last December.

Daley, a 29-year-old with four Olympic medals, was named to Great Britain’s synchronized diving team on Tuesday. He will seek to repeat as gold medalist in synchro platform but with a different partner — Noah Williams.

Spots in individual Olympic events will be determined at the British Championships from May 23-26.

Matty Lee, who teamed with Daley for gold in Tokyo in 2021, underwent back surgery in March, ruling him out of the Paris Games.

In Tokyo, Daley and Lee were the only non-Chinese divers to take gold across the eight events.

At the world championships this past February, Daley and Williams took silver, a distant 48.19 points behind the winning Chinese team.

Daley announced his return to competition last July, inspired by a tearful moment with then-5-year-old son Robbie at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.

At the time, he was based in California while spending some time …