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Great Britain’s Olympic diving athlete Tom Daley revealed that his father’s brain tumor returned, just four years after an operation to remove it had taken place.
The 15-year old world diving champion revealed this week that the routine scan on his father took place recently and the results showed signs of the cancer returning.

Despite this revelation, his father Robert said that the diagnosis of the cancer won’t prevent him from seeing his son compete in the 2012 Olympic Games which London will be hosting.

The 39-year old father has been very supportive of his son’s diving ambitions, having not missed any training session or competition.

Daley said that his father opted not to worry much about the cancer as it would only affect his performance as well. He added that his father is a good and fun parent and served as an important influence on him.

Daley became the youngest Olympic athlete in Britain when he competed at the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China.

American water ski professional Regina Jacquess has another award to add in her long list of achievements after she was declared the winner of the 2009 Jack Kelly Fair Play Award. The said award was named after Jack Kelly, a late US Olympic Committee President and had been an Olympic medalist.

The aforementioned award is bestowed to individuals (official, coach or athlete) that showed fair play and sportsmanship.

In a statement, Jacquess said that she’s honored to have been declared as the winner. She added that she’d always try to live by the committee’s description of fair play. She stressed that she will continue upholding the spirit of competition, the same thing that Jack Kelly imposed when he was still an athlete then a USOC official.

Jaquess has amassed awards in water skiing for the past decade. She has won titles in Pan American Games and World Championships.