In August 2010, Daley attended the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, aspiring to defend his individual 10m title. However, an harm to his triceps muscle within the 10m synchro competition pressured his withdrawal from the synchro and individual 10m competitions, and placed his participation within the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore within the following two weeks in doubt. It was later announced that Daley would dive within the 3m springboard however not in the 10m platform. Daley took half in the 3m springboard diving competitors and completed in 9th place. In January 2007, on the age of twelve, Daley was given a particular dispensation to compete on the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
Playoff
In March 2008, Daley became the youngest particular person to win a gold medal on the European Championships, held in Eindhoven. The earlier youngest winner was the Scottish swimmer Ian Black, who gained a European gold in 1958 at the age of 17. There are general 16 groups that usually compete in a period between July and August.