Diving for Olympic glory after career-threatening injury

When Team GB’s Kyle Kothari reflects back on the journey to his first ever Olympic Games, he feels proud.
The 26-year-old is preparing to go for glory in the men’s 10m platform dive, the same event in which Tom Daley won bronze in Tokyo.
But, in many ways, being in Paris at all makes him feel like he’s already won.
After medals in lower-profile events, Kyle faced the possibility of career-ending operations, first in 2019 for a ruptured left achilles, and then the same injury on the other foot in 2021 – six months before the last Games in Tokyo.
“At that point, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to come back,” he tells BBC Asian Network.