ADAM PEATY SPEAKS OUT AFTER 'WORST WEEK OF HIS LIFE' DURING PARIS OLYMPICS

Adam Peaty helped Team GB qualify for the men's 4x100m medley relay final after recovering from the "worst week of his life".

Peaty has already won a silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke at the Paris Olympics but tested positive for Covid a day later and missed the mixed 4x100m medley relay heats as a result.

However, the 29-year-old returned to action alongside Oliver Morgan, Joe Litchfield and Matt Richards as they qualified for Sunday's men's relay final. And speaking after the race, Peaty admitted: "It's probably the worst week of my life in terms of how my body is, and that's no exaggeration.

"Everything's come at once. Since Covid, it's just every day waking up with a different thing. The medical team's been brilliant. I think it's just a victory getting on that start block there. Hopefully, that'll give my body a nice little push for tomorrow.

"I'm glad I've got a heat swim [done]. It's my first hard stuff since I had the final on Sunday last week. It's been a rough week, but hopefully we'll find a way through the next 36 hours."

Team GB are hoping to win their second men's relay gold after Richards, Tom Dean, James Guy and Duncan Scott emerged victorious in the 4x200m freestyle relay. "There's so many great athletes in that team, and whenever we come together it's always really special," Scott said.

"I'm so proud of what we were able to do out there. Up on the blocks I look at those guys in front of me, and you've got an Olympic champion in the 200m free, a world champion in the 200m free, and a world champion in the 200m free, so all I have to do is float home at the end."

The quartet successfully retained the title they won at the Tokyo Olympics and admitted victory in Paris was more meaningful as their loved ones were able to celebrate with them. "My mum and dad moved down to Somerset, my girlfriend moved jobs for me, so with all the sacrifices they've made it was very, very special to have them there in the stands," Guy explained.

Dean added: "It does feel different for so many reasons, my family and friends were there in the crowd and that's all I've been thinking about since Tokyo, is doing this again in front of them. The last three years haven't been in a straight line for anyone, me, Jimmy, Matt or Duncan.

"We've all had our challenges, and we've all made a lot of changes, but we've all stepped up here in the Olympics and that's what really unites us. We know how important the Olympic Games is, for us as individuals, for us as a sport, and for us as a nation, and we know that when it comes to the Olympics we will all step up."

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