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BBC News
15-04-2025
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'Don't give up' - why Peaty was convinced to go again
Adam Peaty was not immediately convinced he would return to competitive swimming after his emotional, gut-wrenching week at the Paris Olympics last summer.A landmark change to the sport's schedule - one that significantly boosts the 30-year-old's chance of further success going forward - was not all that was needed to seal the deal."If I retired post-Paris on something I deeply wasn't happy with - what message does that send to my children?," Peaty tells BBC Sport. "I want them to not give up when it does get tough. I want them to dig down, dig deep and find another way through that problem." The problem to which Peaty refers was his quest for a third consecutive Olympic 100m breaststroke gold last July. He had to settle for silver by an agonising 0.02 seconds, having contracted Covid-19 earlier in the week. He was in tears afterwards and again soon after when holding his three-year-old son, George."I got ill on the day you are most healthy," says Peaty, who also won relay gold in Tokyo in 2021."I have got to laugh about it because it is one of those incredibly painful moments but I don't see it is one of those things I am always going to look back on and say 'what a horrible moment'. "It has taught me so much about myself, about my future and where I want to apply that experience to my potential next Olympic Games. "It is just life. It will be tough sometimes and will be easy sometimes too."Peaty's first two Olympic golds - in Rio de Janeiro and then Tokyo - came during his period of dominance. The third individual medal, not quite the colour he wanted, followed his time out of the sport after issues with alcohol and his mental then Peaty's long-time coach Mel Marshall has left for a job in Australia, leading plenty to believe he would walk away from the sport, but the Englishman committed to another Olympic cycle last week after the 50m breaststroke races were added to the schedule for the Los Angeles Games in 2028."I watched the press conference and thought 'this is going to change the sport for everyone'," Peaty says."Swimming is one of those sports where it is incredibly demanding. "You are doing 4,000 to 5,000m in the morning, doing a whole day of work or school then 4,000m at night. "Sprinting is a little bit different because you don't have to commit to the metres as much."You still have to put the time in, it is going to be difficult like anything, but it is going to give longevity to those athletes that have been doing that for a long time, are getting tired of the sport and can train a bit differently."The British swimming championships began on Tuesday but Peaty will not defend his title. He is making a careful return to the sport after a break post-Paris with LA the ultimate goal, by which time his son will be eight."He is going to fully appreciate what it is like to be at an Olympic Games," Peaty says. "That is the journey we are on. "It is no longer a selfless decision it is a family and broader decision."I race fastest when I am happiest. You have got to get results, most of the time you will not be happy but at least there is a balance there. "That is something I learned from my previous cycle into Paris."
Reuters
10-04-2025
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- Reuters
Peaty commits to LA 2028 as sprinters celebrate new events
April 10 (Reuters) - British breaststroke titan Adam Peaty confirmed he will bid for more Olympic gold in the Los Angeles pool following a decision to add six 50-metre sprint events to the 2028 Games programme. Three-times Olympic champion and world record holder Peaty missed out on a third successive 100m breaststroke gold by 0.02 seconds at the Paris Games, losing to Italian Nicolo Martinenghi after testing positive for COVID-19. But as world record holder in the 50m breaststroke, 30-year-old Peaty is ready to go again. "50m sprint events have just been added to @la28games which confirms my attempt to be at my fourth Olympic Games," Peaty said on social media. "This is the best result for our incredible sport and will allow more people to be part of it and stay in it much longer. "I've got a good feeling about these next three years." Peaty will be 33 when LA hosts the Games but the training load for the 50m will be relatively light compared to the existing 100 and 200m events. Apart from breaststroke, there will be 50m events in the men's and women's butterfly and backstroke at LA, lifting total medal events to 41 from 35 in Paris. The 50m freestyle was added to the programme at Seoul 1988. LA's expanded programme will be game-changing for a slew of older swimmers who might otherwise have signed off from the Olympics after Paris. Swede Sarah Sjostrom, who swept the 50m and 100m freestyle golds at Paris, is the 50m butterfly world record holder and has never been beaten in the event at world championships dating back to 2015. The 31-year-old, who is pregnant with her first child, is targeting a comeback to the pool to compete at LA. "All 50s are finally being added to the Olympic program! Best news ever for the swimming world," the 31-year-old posted on social media.
BBC News
09-04-2025
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Peaty aims for LA 2028 after 50m events added
Adam Peaty says he will aim to compete in a fourth Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed 50m sprint swimming events would be 30-year-old had previously not committed to competing in Los Angeles, but had said he will "100%" compete if the 50m breaststroke event was added to the is the current world record holder in the event with a time of 25.95 seconds set at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. After the announcement by the IOC, Peaty posted on Instagram, saying: "50m sprint events have just been added to @la28games which confirms my attempt to be at my fourth Olympic Games. "This is the best result for our incredible sport and will allow more people to be part of it and stay in it much longer. Thank you @world_aquatics for this amazing decision."I've got a good feeling about these next three years."The six-time Olympic medallist has not been included in a group of 57 elite British swimmers that will be supported by Aquatics GB throughout his silver medal at the Paris Olympics last summer Peaty said he would take a two-year break from the sport but would continue training. He remains involved with the British swimming programme but is on an adjusted training IOC confirmed 50m backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke would be part of the schedule.
The Independent
09-04-2025
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- The Independent
Adam Peaty makes LA 2028 decision after key change to swimming programme
Adam Peaty has confirmed his intention to bid for a fourth Olympics at Los Angeles 2028 after the 50m breaststroke was added to the programme. Peaty had left the door open to competing again after coming away with a silver medal from Paris 2024, though insisted that he needed time away from the pool to consider his options. The 30-year-old has now seemingly announced that he will be in California in three years' time after Olympic organisers confirmed the addition of sprint events in three strokes. While the 50m freestyle has been part of the programme since 1988, the butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke swimmers have been denied the chance to compete over a single length. However, that will change for the Olympics in Los Angeles with 50m medals up for grabs - which could be good news for Peaty. The British breaststroker has been dominant over the distance in his career, winning three world titles as part of his collection of eight golds overall and breaking the world record, which he still holds, on four occasions '50m Sprint Events have just been added to [the Los Angeles Olympics] which confirms my attempt to be at my fourth Olympic Games,' Peaty posted on social media, reacting to the news. 'This is the best result for our incredible sport and will allow more people to be part of it and stay in it much longer. 'Thank you World Aquatics for this amazing decision.I've got a good feeling about these next three years.' Peaty could yet chase four gold medals in Los Angeles in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and two medley relay events. The International Olympic Committee approved the competition program for the LA Games on Thursday with a record 351 medal events, 22 more than took place in Paris. Female athletes are also set to be in the majority for the first time, with the core quota of athletes for LA 50.7% women, according to the IOC. This comes in part due to changes to the football tournaments, with the gender imbalance flipped: 16 women's teams will now compete compared to 12 men's sides.
BBC News
05-03-2025
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Peaty omitted from GB's world-class programme for 2025
Six-time Olympic medallist Adam Peaty has not been included in the group of elite swimmers that will be supported by Aquatics GB throughout had been doubts about whether Peaty, 30, would retire after his silver medal at the Paris Olympics last summer, but he told the BBC last year he would take a break over the next two years while still not being selected as one of the 57 swimmers on Aquatics GB world-class programme, Peaty has not announced his remains involved with the British swimming programme but is on an adjusted training schedule after an extended break post-Paris with the next Olympics more than three years who won the first of his three Olympic gold medals at the Rio Games in 2016, posted on Instagram last month that he had "slowly" started building up his fitness and technique in has not publicly committed to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, but has said he will "100%" compete if the 50m breaststroke event is added to the Olympic medalists, including Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Tom Dean and James Guy, have been included in the top-tier Aquatics GB programme which gives access to funding, training and sport science support.
