‘I can retire now’ – Adam Peaty in humorous mood after winning 50m breaststroke gold at Commonwealth Games

Adam Peaty joked that he can now retire after he took the gold medal in the 50m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games for the first time. The three-time Olympic gold medallist powered his way to victory in a blistering time of 26.76 followed by Australia’s Sam Williamson and Scotland’s Ross Murdoch.

Ad/> Having just returned from a broken foot, Peaty had been enduring a frustrating time in the Birmingham 2022 Games and he was accused of being ‘disrespectful’ following a TV interview after he could only finish fourth in the 100m breaststroke event on Sunday. Swimming'A new lease of life' — Peaty hoping to put disrupted year behind him at Commonwealth Games20/07/2022 AT 14:50 He reached the final in the 50m breaststroke with a second-placed finish in a time of 27.03 seconds, two one-hundredths behind William at 27.01 on Monday.

After finishing second in 2018 and 2014, the 50m breaststroke Commonwealth Games gold was the only gold missing from his collection, and he couldn’t hide his emotion when he finally topped the podium. "I had two options this morning I either fight or don't fight.

Everyone who knows me, knows I fight,” he told BBC Sport. «That means so much to me, because what I have been through the last five years, I lost my spark towards the beginning of the week and I have it back now.

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