A limited-edition pair of Tom Daley’s crocheted briefs have sold for more than £10,000 (approximately $13,000) in a charity auction.
Earlier this month, after Daley returned from the Paris Olympics with a silver medal, and announced his retirement from diving, he got back on the board for an ad campaign raising awareness of alcohol-related drowning incidents.
The five-time Olympic medallist appeared in a video to accompany the campaign, which was developed with Malibu and the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS). The clip shows Daley strolling down Brighton beach, an alcoholic drink in hand, before stripping off on the diving board to reveal a pair of red crocheted briefs with the words “Don’t Drink and Dive” slapped across his rear.
On Sunday (25 August), the briefs went up for sale on eBay, receiving 112 bids and fetching a grand total of £10,000, with all proceeds going to the RLSS.
