In February, diver Kyle Kothari hoped to be putting the finishing touches to his preparation for Tokyo 2020. Instead, he found himself preparing for a stint at JPMorgan, scaling the gleaming towers of its Canary Wharf headquarters rather than a 10-metre diving board.

After a series of injury setbacks, including nerve damage in his shoulder, a six-month layoff from a ruptured Achilles tendon and pain-killing injections in his back, the 23-year-old last year returned to full fitness, and was hustling for an Olympic place at the 2020 national trials. But they were then called off because of a Covid-19 lockdown.