Adam Peaty admits he has been in a ‘self-destructive spiral’ but hopes he is coming out the other side as he chases more Olympic success
: “It’s been an incredibly lonely journey. The devil on my shoulder [says], ‘You’re missing out on life, you’re not good enough, you need a drink, you can’t have what you want, you can’t be happy’.
Peaty successfully defended his 100 metres breaststroke title at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 having earlier that year set a record for the fastest 20 times in history over the distance.
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