'A new lease of life' - Adam Peaty hoping to put disrupted year behind him at Commonwealth Games

Adam Peaty has revealed that being unable to defend his world titles has given him a «hunger» and «new lease of life» as the swimmer prepares to return the pool at the Commonwealth Games. A broken foot forced Peaty to miss the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, ending his run of three consecutive double breaststroke golds over 50 and 100 metres. Ad/> The 27-year-old also had his early-season training disrupted by flu in a tough first half of 2022, but has returned to full fitness ahead of the Commonwealths in Birmingham.

Tokyo 2020'A really incredible athlete' — Payne reveals the secret to Adam Peaty’s success26/07/2021 AT 18:12 Peaty secured one gold and two silvers on the Gold Coast four years ago, and is due to enter four events at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. The swimmer believes he is well placed to put a tough year behind him. “It has been an unfortunate season," Peaty explained ahead of the Games, which begin on 28 July.

“I got ill at the start of the year with flu, then I went straight into training camp and broke my foot. Since then, I’ve adapted, I’ve learned and I’ve overcome, and I couldn’t have put more into my preparations. “I haven’t had the smoothest ride.

I saw my World Championship titles being taken away without any control over that, and that’s given me a new lease of life, a hunger that I was missing.” Peaty spent six weeks out of the pool recuperating from his injury, his longest lay-off of a glittering career, and also took a break from swimming after Tokyo 2020 to focus on his mental health. The three-time Olympic champion could only watch on as he lost his individual world titles to Nic Fink (50m) and Nicolo Martinenghi (100m) respectively in Hungary. Peaty suffered the first major defeat of