British Canoeing answer Adam Peaty’s SOS in fitness bid for Commonwealth Games

British Canoeing have answered Adam Peaty’s SOS as he races to be fit for the Commonwealth Games.

The three-time Olympic champion is battling to recover from a fractured foot ahead of next month’s Games in Birmingham.

He suffered the freak injury when he over-reached off a platform during a side lunge at a training camp in Tenerife last month.

It has already ruled him out of this month’s World Championships in Budapest, and the defence of the 100m and 50m breaststroke crowns he has won at the last three championships, but Peaty has diversified his training.

“We’ve had him in a canoe. British Canoeing have been amazing in hosting him. We heard him squeal when he left the platform on Monday which was really funny,” said coach Mel Marshall.

“He was on the flat water, they had him on the (canoe) urg for a couple of weeks to teach him the technique and he’s been out on the water this week.

“It’s been the first time we’ve done that, it’s been amazing, they’ve been awesome.

“We’re going through the rehab plan, we’re on week four now. The plan from start to finish is six weeks and then there’s a transition period for two-to-three weeks after that.”

Peaty is looking to defend his 100m Commonwealth breaststroke title from four years ago having also won 50m breaststroke silver and 4x100m medley silver in the Gold Coast.

But Marshall, who is Team England’s swimming head coach, conceded the 27-year-old was a doubt for next month.

“In terms of the Commonwealth Games, it’s pretty tight. We’ll need to make the call close to the Games to see whether or not he is in a good space for that,” she told the PA news agency.

“We are just following the rehab plan and celebrating the little wins. He’s training really hard in lots of different