British Olympic diver Tom Daley fulfilled a dream on a visit to Southern California when he did a synchronized dive with four-time gold medalist Greg Louganis.
The cool thing about this is that both men are openly gay. Louganis came out in the 1990s after his career ended, while Daley (who has two Olympic bronze medals) competed openly in Rio. Louganis is 56, Daley 22, yet they easily bridged the generation gap through the love of their sport.
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