Adam Peaty is denied in his bid for gold but, on a night of pure Olympic emotion, departs content after the dark places he has been.
There is no mixture of emotions like it.The 29-year-old Briton already had enough gold – three from the Olympics, eight from the World Championships, four Commonwealth and 16 European – to have retired a happy man.
There were problems with alcohol and his mental health – a break from the sport too. There was also the breakdown of his relationship with the mother of his three-year-old son.Media caption,"People don't understand the sacrifice - the choices you have to make just for winning Olympic gold," he told the BBC in April.
"I can't have that relentless pursuit every single day without a sacrifice of some sort, and that sacrifice can come in different ways - time, energy, relationships,” he said. “You could see he was genuinely happy,” the double freestyle champion from 2008 said. “You could see they were happy tears.But, in truth, few of us really do.When young George has had a sniffle Peaty has distanced himself, such is his commitment to the sport.
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