I've changed so much since then and I've also got so much more responsibility now. It's no longer a question of: Do I want to do it? It's whether my family wants me to do it.
If the 50 metre is part of that I will 100% dedicate myself to getting there. If the 50 metre isn't part of that then it's a big question mark.
Peaty was unbeaten in that event for eight years and his shock defeat at the 2022 Commonwealth Games culminated in a distressing mental breakdown which made him think he might never swim again.
This summer, at the Paris Olympics, he won silver in the 100m breaststroke. He swam with Covid, which was confirmed the next morning, and lost his third consecutive gold medal by just two-hundredths of a second.
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