Adam Peaty was at the "lowest of the low" before Commonwealth Games redemption gold

Adam Peaty raced to redemption at the Commonwealth Games he had said he was “not bothered” about.

On an evening of raw emotion in the west Midlands, Britain’s greatest swimmer salvaged his morale from the depths of Sunday night's failure to even medal in the 100 metres.

It could not take away all the pain of giving up his unbeaten record in the event he calls his own. But victory in the 50m brought the breaststroke legend the one gold medal missing from his collection and pulled him back from the edge of darkness.

“After the 100m I was at the lowest of the low,” Peaty said. “I had something which was almost guaranteed taken away from me. I took it for granted.

“I didn’t know what I was doing. I didn’t have the hunger, I felt lost. I just went down with my heart and soul. It took until today to find that.”

As world record holder he was favourite to make amends over the shorter distance but given the power failure that left him shell-shocked and off the podium on the weekend, all bets were off.

He had spent that night staring at the ceiling, trying to work out how to piece back together his fractured aura.

And despite coming through two races unscathed the next day ended it back in the doghouse, slammed as ‘arrogant’ and ‘disrespectfult’ on social media for saying he was “not bothered” about the Commonwealth Games.

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