Adam Peaty reveals he could swim the 200m breaststroke in this summer’s Commonwealth Games

Adam Peaty could be in the hunt for 5 medals at this summer’s house Commonwealth Games after revealing he is contemplating swimming in the 200metres breaststroke.

The triple Olympic gold medallist is the world document holder and world champion in each the 50m and 100m breaststroke.

But Peaty says he can also be going to provide the extra unfamiliar 200m a go at trials in Sheffield in April. If profitable, that may take his tally of occasions at Birmingham 2022 to 5, together with the males’s and blended medley relays.

Adam Peaty could be in the hunt for 5 medals at this summer’s house Commonwealth Games

The triple Olympic gold medallist is the world document holder in the 50m and 100m breaststroke

‘I’m going to in all probability swim the 200m at trials, simply to see the way it goes,’ admitted Peaty after being named amongst the first swimmers in Team England’s squad.

‘That will likely be like an expedition race. I’ve no thought what time I’ll do. I’ve not finished the 200m at trials since 2016 after I went out in 59 seconds and got here again in a coffin!’

‘The Australians are a lot better at that lengthy distance breaststroke and it will be a packed discipline, however I’ll see how that goes.

‘You’ve bought to maintain it contemporary. What has labored effectively for me in the previous was to do the 200m only for endurance coaching.

But he can also be going to provide the extra unfamiliar 200m a go at trials in Sheffield in April

‘I should be uncomfortable in a situation the place I’m not profitable. That is one thing I’ve realized over the previous few months off.’

Peaty’s final main defeat got here at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018, when he took silver in the 50m – which isn’t an Olympic occasion.

That shock loss to South African Cameron van der Burgh spurred the Brit on to interrupt the 100m world document a number of months later, earlier than he went on to win two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics final summer season.

Peaty is now eager to place proper that Gold Coast upset in Birmingham, which is near the place he lives and trains in Loughborough, in addition to his birthplace of Uttoxeter.

Peaty’s final main defeat got here at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, shedding to Cameron van der Burgh (left)

‘That’s the solely title that I’ve not bought,’ mentioned Peaty. ‘I bear in mind in the Gold Coast, I mentioned if I stick with it like this, I’m not going to win the Olympics.

‘My physique and my thoughts weren’t in the proper form again then. But I did repair that by breaking the world document a number of months later.

‘I’m glad we could repair that and I’m very excited for Commies. It’s solely 40 minutes from my home. I could not get extra of a house Games.’

Peaty is at the moment coaching in Florida having taken 5 months off after the Olympics final yr, which he used to compete in Strictly Come Dancing.

Peaty took 5 months off after the Olympics final yr to compete in Strictly Come Dancing

‘It was clearly a danger to take a lot day without work however I’m so glad I did,’ the 27-year-old added.

‘It is so vital to take that point away, simply to assume, to drink beer and wine, and simply be regular.

‘I’m not as unfit as I believed I’d really feel. I believed January was going to be messy making an attempt to get my health again, nevertheless it solely took every week to get actually good occasions once more.

‘I really feel like I’ve bought a second wind now.’