Olympic champion has rediscovered motivation, application and the fun factor as he aims to get back in the swim at the European Championships in Glasgow
When Adam Peaty’s winning streak was terminated in the Gold Coast in April after four extraordinary years it felt like a tidal wave rather than a ripple.
He had redefined breaststroke at high velocity. Fifteen titles including Olympic gold and silver, plus a stranglehold on the quickest times in history, attested to his supremacy. Hence defeat at the Commonwealth Games – albeit by four-hundredths of a second over 50m by South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh – felt seismic.
Written by Mark Woods in Glasgow
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/02/adam-peaty-interview-olympic-champion-european-championships-glasgow under the title “Adam Peaty: ‘I was going in the water thinking I don’t want to be here’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
