Team USA diver who was adopted from a Cambodian orphanage at 18 months old credits his Olympic success to his dad - who as a gay man wasn't legally ALLOWED to adopt a child in his home state of Florida

When US Olympic Diving Team member Jordan Windle competes in the men's 10-metre platform diving competition this weekend, he'll be doing it for his dad.

At 18 months old years old, Jordan was sick, malnourished, and fighting for his life in a Cambodian orphanage — until his father, Jerry Windle, flew halfway around the world to adopt him as a single parent.

Now 22, Jordan has reached the pinnacle of his sport and is readying to compete on the world stage, but  he'll really only be thinking of one person watching at home in California: 'I tell everyone, when they ask me why I dive, I dive purely for my dad and how much he loves watching me.'




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