Strictly back to business as Peaty goes for golden hat-trick
Daily Mirror UK|June 29, 2024
IN those rascal black goggles, he is the golden boy of Peaty Blinders, Team GB's longest-running hit series in the pool.
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Strictly back to business as Peaty goes for golden hat-trick

And when he goes for a third 100 metres breaststroke title at consecutive Games in Paris, Adam Peaty will be favourite to be the first Brit bringing home the bullion next month.

Since landing his first gold medal in Rio eight years ago, he has become a national treasure, tripping the light fantastic on Strictly Come Dancing between what he calls Olympic "crusades".

If there's any justice, he will be Team GB's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony in Paris - if he can afford to stay up late the night before his breaststroke heats in the aquatic centre next door to the Stade de France.

Not bad for a boy who was so scared of water as a four-yearold that he refused to sit down in the bath.

But if Peaty, 29, is one of our greatest Olympians, what was that intermission on Strictly (with dance partner Katya Jones, right) about?

"It was a very unique experience, a very unique bubble," he said. "Did I enjoy it? Yes. Did I not enjoy it at times? Yes, because it's hard work, and it's incredibly difficult to learn something new in four days before performing live in front of millions.

この記事は Daily Mirror UK の June 29, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

この記事は Daily Mirror UK の June 29, 2024 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。