Three-time Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty is trading pool lanes for open water and pedals as he prepares to make his triathlon debut at the T100 event in London on 10 August.
The 30-year-old breaststroke star from Great Britain will tackle the Olympic distance race comprising a 1.5km swim, 40km bike ride, and 10km run.
Having recently announced his ambition to qualify for a fourth Olympic Games at Los Angeles 2028 in the swimming pool, Peaty’s dive into endurance racing comes amid his continued recovery from personal and physical challenges, including a recent ADHD diagnosis and a bout of COVID-19 at Paris 2024, where he won silver in the 100m breaststroke.
Adding a family twist to the event, Peaty, who won back to back men’s 100m breaststroke gold medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 in 2021, is expected to be joined in London by his fiancée Holly Ramsay and her father, celebrity chef and seasoned triathlete Gordon Ramsay, who recently completed IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg.