The former City of Derby swimmer, who trains in Loughborough, powers to a first Commonwealth 50m breaststroke title
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The 27-year-old jumped up and down behind his block, before eventually the shouts of "come on Peaty" subsided and silence fell.Before the final, he had said "you back a lion into a corner, they're going to bite". He looked every bit the king of the pool as his celebrations sprang to life and he climbed on the lane rope to roar at the crowd.
The crowd's response to his victory may go some way to helping him fall back in love with the sport and he repaid their applause by throwing his cap and goggles into the stands."I lost my spark towards the beginning of the week and I have it back now. A lot of people have got to understand that I reached the bottom of the bottom yesterday and to bring myself up with the crowd in my own mind and that is the result.
"I am so glad I got that loss earlier in the week because these wins feel so much more alive and so much better," he concluded.Peaty's was not the first English gold on the penultimate night of swimming in Birmingham - as earlier on, Brodie Williams passed compatriotGreenbank had his head in his hands as Williams celebrated, but the pair then embraced as the home crowd cheered.
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