﻿{"id":493982,"date":"2021-12-19T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T17:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=493982"},"modified":"2021-12-19T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T00:08:31","slug":"adam-peaty-on-loving-the-challenge-water-baby-george-and-ending-a-chapter-in-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-on-loving-the-challenge-water-baby-george-and-ending-a-chapter-in-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Peaty On Loving the Challenge, Water Baby George And Ending A Chapter In His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Adam Peaty On Loving the Challenge, Water Baby George And Ending A Chapter In His Life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> says 2021 signals the end of a period in his own history that has brought Olympic titles in the pool and fatherhood which has transformed his life beyond the water.<\/p>\n<p>Peaty became the first Briton to retain an Olympic swimming title when he won the 100m breaststroke in Tokyo, five years after gold in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>That followed more history at the European Championships in Budapest in May when he became the first athlete to win four titles at four straight editions \u2013 the quadruple quadruple.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-time world champion also won gold with the mixed medley relay and silver as part of the men\u2019s medley quartet.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old, who is coached by <strong>Mel Marshall<\/strong> at <strong>Loughborough National Training Centre<\/strong>, then announced his intention to take some time out of the water in light of the fact he intends to continue competing until Los Angeles 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he competed in BBC TV\u2019s \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019 with professional dance partner <strong>Katya Jones<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-eliminated-from-strictly-come-dancing-olympic-star-flourished-in-new-domain\/\">with the pair the sixth to be eliminated.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the <strong>Sports Personality of the Year<\/strong> award ceremony &#8211; in which he is on a six-strong shortlist, Peaty joked he would take his dancing shoes to next month\u2019s training camp in Florida \u201cand do a bit of salsa if I can on a Saturday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But he also said finishing the show signalled the conclusion of one stage of his life as he told double Olympic medallist <strong>Jazz Carlin<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Jameson<\/strong> &#8211; who won 100 fly bronze at Seoul 1988 &#8211; on Eurovision.tv\u2019s coverage of the <strong>World Short-Course Championships<\/strong> in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have been vulnerable, I\u2019ve learned so much but I think that is the beauty of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t do something that really challenges you and really makes you feel emotion, I don\u2019t think you are alive!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, for me I was just going through that and yes, I had a minor cry \u2013 a very big cry actually \u2013 after I\u2019d done it because that is closing a chapter for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClosing that book on this part of my life from Olympics, the last five years going through Covid, having a baby, moving house \u2013 it just couldn\u2019t be more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can close that chapter now and really be happy. I am proud of myself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Peaty faces the World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships between May and August 2022 and he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have got to be proud of ourselves to really continue and let\u2019s go to these triple championships and have a bit of a dance, have a bit of a laugh and hopefully win some races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just enjoyed it: I lived it, I loved it and it is scary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain it comes down to the challenge, I love the challenge and I\u2019m so grateful for it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Staying Fresh And Setting New Goals<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_473410\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473410\" data-attachment-id=\"473410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/european-championships-day-2-finals-peaty-takes-fourth-title-in-57-66-tie-for-womens-100-fly\/adam-peaty-2021-europeans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Adam Peaty 2021 Europeans\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Adam Peaty 2021 Europeans&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia\/Insidefoto&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-473410\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans.jpg\" alt=\"ADam Peaty 2021 Europeans\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans.jpg 600w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ADam-Peaty-2021-Europeans-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-473410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia\/Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peaty will head out to the States for a three-week training camp with his Loughborough teammates next month.<\/p>\n<p>Always with one eye on his competition, Peaty looked ahead, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am always focusing \u2013 where I need to be, when I need to put my energy. In terms of training, I am already back in the water, I\u2019m feeling good but really it starts in January and just building the fitness, building my base back up and enjoying it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On resetting goals, he added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I really believe if you are going hard, you\u2019re going 10 sessions a week and five gym sessions as well, it\u2019s a full-time job and unfortunately we don\u2019t have much time for rest in the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I said to myself this year: I\u2019m not going to race, I\u2019m not going to do that \u2013 I\u2019m going to let myself become hungry because I know that will serve me now like a dividend over the next seven years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019d continued and exhausted myself \u2013 it\u2019s no joke that burnout is real and especially in swimming because it\u2019s the same black line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love racing, I love going out there but it\u2019s all about keeping refreshed, keep enjoying it and it\u2019s an absolute privilege to be able to race as well \u2013 especially in these times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love competition so the faster the world gets hopefully the faster I get but I never want to take that away from anyone and huge congratulations who does so well out there (in Abu Dhabi).\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Aspirations For Water Baby George<\/h3>\n<p>Peaty became a father with partner <strong>Eiri Munro<\/strong> in September 2020 and Marshall recently posted film of him pushing son George down the Loughborough pool on a raft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CWn8rTsICyq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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