By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
World Record holder Adam Peaty of Great Britain has his eye on four medals at the 2028 LA Olympics. Peaty also said he has his eye on beating the US on “home turf” in the medley relay.
“We want to beat America on home turf in that medley. We’ve got the incredible Oliver Morgan on backstroke, some very strong times – and that’s always been our weak link at previous Olympics. It’s very exciting,” Peaty told the BBC Radio 5 Live.
Peaty is the World Record holder in the long course meters men’s 50 and 100 breaststroke events. He won silver in the 100 breaststroke last summer at the Paris Olympics in a 59.05, which was off his best time of a 56.88. Shortly after racing in that 100 breast final, Peaty tested positive for COVID-19. He has not competed since last summer’s Paris Olympics but has his sights set on LA gold.
“I’m very excited the 50m has been added but I will do the 100m as well, so that will give me four opportunities to [win a] medal,” Peaty said.
Those four opportunities come from the men’s 50 breaststroke, men’s 100 breaststroke, men’s 4×100 medley relay, and the mixed 4×100 medley relay.
This past April, the 50s of strokes were added to the 2028 LA Olympic schedule. With that announcement, Peaty posted on Instagram “50m Sprint Events have just been added to @la28games which confirms my attempt to be at my Fourth Olympic Games. This is the best result for our incredible sport and will allow more people to be part of it and stay in it much longer. Thank you @world_aquatics for this amazing decision.
I’ve got a good feeling about these next three years ”
He also stated “Huge huge huge news, I’ll be there,” on his Instagram story at the time.
Peaty won the 100 breaststroke at the 2016 Rio Olympics and defended his title at the 2020 Tokyo Games, making him the first British swimmer to defend Olympic gold. In Tokyo, he also helped the team’s 4×100 mixed medley relay to gold in a World Record setting 3:37.58. The men’s 4×100 medley relay swam to silver, finishing behind the US.
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