Buoyant Adam Peaty secures Paris Olympics spot after ‘three years of hell’
Olympic champion will defend his 100m title in Paris after recording his fastest time since winning gold in Tokyo three years ago
March 2024
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Adam Peaty: ‘It takes huge wisdom to feel grateful for what we have’
February 2024
‘Not an easy race’: Adam Peaty finishes third in world championship final
Adam Peaty ‘at peace’ with prospect of not returning to his best for Paris 2024
September 2023
Adam Peaty left with facial injuries after clash with GB teammate Greenbank
Three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty sustained a facial injury in a scuffle with fellow Team GB athlete Luke Greenbank
May 2023
Adam Peaty targets rare ‘three-peat’ as his priorities change for Paris Olympics
The 100m breaststroke world record holder said he swims ‘for more reasons … I do it for family and pride’ after taking break due to mental health issues
April 2023
Adam Peaty on his mental health: ‘I’ve been on a self-destructive spiral’
Adam Peaty left out of Britain’s world aquatics championships team
March 2023
Adam Peaty to miss British swimming championships due to mental health
The triple Olympic gold medallist, Adam Peaty, has withdrawn from the British swimming championships due to mental health reasons
August 2022
‘I’m a fighter’: Peaty gives ‘heart and soul’ to win 50m breaststroke gold
‘I’m backed into a corner’: Peaty warns rivals he will fight back after shock loss
July 2022
Adam Peaty in historic loss in 100m breaststroke at Commonwealth Games
Adam Peaty tasted defeat for the first time in eight years and finished fourth and he admitted: ‘I had nothing left in the tank with 25m to go’
Scott powers home to beat Dean to 200m freestyle gold for Scotland
The battle of Britain’s two greatest ever 200m freestyle swimmers went to Scotland and Duncan Scott as he powered home to beat the 2020 Olympic champion Tom Dean of England
Commonwealth Games 2022: 10 things to watch out for in Birmingham
Elite Jamaican sprinters, a swimming sensation returns and a chance to make cricket history as the Games begins this week
January 2022
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Adam Peaty: ‘My trunks once ripped on the starting blocks when I was a teenager’
December 2021
Emma Raducanu wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 – as it happened
The hotly-tipped US Open champion Emma Raducanu won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award at the end of a socially distanced ceremony in Salford
Emma Raducanu wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021
Emma Raducanu has been voted as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, with Tom Daley second and Adam Peaty third
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Adam Peaty: ‘You have to be better than everyone else, there’s no sugar-coating it’
The 26-year-old swimmer and father-of-one swept all before him at the Tokyo Olympics… but his exit from Strictly, he admits, was humbling
