PARIS: Adam Peaty had been burned out and broken, no longer in love with swimming and on the verge of quitting, but the Olympic breaststroke great now has a renewed hunger for success.Just over a year ago the Briton baulked at battering mind and body into submission for something he felt was not worth the price.
The triple Olympic gold medallist’s self-destructive intensity had led him to drink before he fought his way back through faith and with the help of those closest to him.
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