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Hollywood superstar Jason Statham reveals his Olympic heartache

HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 22:  Actress Jessica Alba and actor Jason Statham arrives at the Premiere of Summit Entertainment's "Mechanic: Resurrection" at ArcL
Image: Jason Statham with co-star Jessica Alba at the premiere of Mechanic: Resurrection

Action movie superstar - and former England diver - Jason Statham has revealed his heartache at never competing at the Olympics.

Statham, 49, represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, but missed out on a medal in all three competitions he entered.

Statham, star of blockbusting films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Furious 7 and The Transporter, admitted his failure to dive at an Olympic Games remains "a sore point".

Team GB won a gold, a silver and a bronze in diving in Rio and Statham praised the increase in funding for the sport since his diving days.

Gold medalists Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain pose during the medal ceremony for the Men's Diving at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Image: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears won diving gold in Rio

Speaking at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Mechanic: Resurrection, he said: "It's a bit of a sore point I never got to the Olympics.

"I just heard they got seven million or something for the diving per year. They deserve it. The divers we've got now are just terrific.

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"I started too late. It probably wasn't my thing. I should have done a different sport."

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