Peaty clocked 58.86s in the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke, a long way off his lifetime best, but he can become the second male swimmer after Michael Phelps to win three successive golds in the same event with victory tonight. He’ll need to get past Qin, 25, who has reportedly been injured but posting a semi-final time just 0.
07s shy of Peaty’s to ensure the pair will share the central lanes for the final. “Times don’t mean anything here, times do not mean a single thing here,” said Peaty. “It is about who gets their hands on the wall to get those top three finishes, and that is sport in its most beautiful form.
“We don’t care about the times, we don’t care about all that. Of course we dissect it but it is about the racing and that is what I love, that is what is through every single vein in my body. In the final I am just looking for a little bit of joy through that.
” Ahead of the Games, Peaty shared a FaceTime call with George in which his son asked: 'daddy are you the fastest boy?' "It feels very different to Tokyo,” said Peaty. “I was a younger man back then and had a little bit more to prove, a bit more angry back then. "The headspace is very good.
I was saying to (coach) Mel (Marshall) that it's about business, business and business again, so that's purely it.” Adam Peaty will defend his Olympic title once again..
. He clocks 58.86 to secure his place in tomorrow's 100m breaststroke final.
#Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/VR39FArShn Peaty is one.