Distract Tom Daley perhaps with knitted heart (6)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

DIVER (perhaps Tom Daley, who’s won many titles in 10-metre platform diving) + middle letter (heart) of [kni] T [ted]. The surface suggests Daley’s hobby of knitting, which he was seen doing while watching other participants in the last Olympics.