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Adam Peaty is sitting upstairs in the Library of Birmingham, as good a place as any to have a quiet moment to reflect.
It has been, as he puts it, an ‘emotional week’ – from the agony of losing his first meaningful 100metres breaststroke race in eight years, to the ecstasy of completing his major medal set with victory in the 50m, and a whole lot of talk in between.
Peaty, 27, is now heading for a much-needed month out of the water and out of the spotlight. But before he does, he is back in Birmingham to look back on his Games. And for all his highs and lows, he says there is one main moment he will take home with him. Not his gold medal but memories of that time he finished fourth.
Adam Peaty endured an emotional rollercoaster at the Commonwealth Games this week
‘I still get angry thinking about it,’ says Peaty about his shock loss on Sunday. ‘I will be thinking about it for the next two years, easily. Because what other jet fuel do I have?
‘The strategy now is to use that loss to drive
