Daley slams tweet saying he let down dead father

British diver Tom Daley has hit out at a Twitter troll who accused him of letting down his late father.

Daley and his partner Pete Waterfield missed out on a medal when they finished fourth in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving event at the Olympics.

Shortly afterwards, Daley retweeted a message from Rileyy69 which said: “You let your dad down i hope you know that.”

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