British three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty has called for a ‘fair game’ as doping concerns lingered on the opening morning of Olympic swimming in Paris
While the morning began without incident, politics and controversy were never far from the surface. “It’s always in the back of your mind as an athlete,” said Peaty, the three-time Olympic gold medallist, after qualifying second-fastest in the men’s 100m breaststroke heats. “You definitely want a fair game, you want to win fair and be around people who do the same and live by the same values.
The war in Ukraine also loomed large in the breaststroke, with Evgenii Somov, the only Russian to compete in the pool with neutral status, qualifying for the semi-finals in 13th. He will be joined in the next round by the Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich, also granted neutral status, after the short-course world record holder qualified behind Peaty in third.
After the spectator-less meet in Tokyo three years ago, athletes were relishing the opportunity to race in front of a near-capacity crowd at La Défense Arena, a 30,000-seat converted indoor rugby stadium.
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