📸: Olympic champion Adam Peaty’s lion tattoo roars him on to victory in the 100-meter breaststroke at Tokyo2020.
Extreme heat is the latest challenge for Tokyo Olympics athletes and may cause rescheduling of outdoor events.TOKYO -- A global pandemic. A new baby. Months without racing in meets. Training in a bubble during the short days and long nights of a damp English winter.After 16 months of darkness and doubt, he cashed in as the surest bet at the Olympic pool with a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke on Monday to earn Britain's first gold of the Tokyo Games.
He became the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title in the pool, likening it to working hard for five years to earn a promotion. Five years ago in Rio, Peaty lowered his own world record in the heats and again in the final, winning Britain's first gold medal of those Games. No longer was life all about himself and his singular pursuits in the pool. Baby George showed no respect for a swimmer's need for sleep, waking at all hours for diaper changes and feedings.
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