Three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty was left needing therapy after he was punched in the face throughout a combat with a fellow Team GB swimmer.
Peaty sustained the accidents after he bought into an altercation with Luke Greenbank and made a joke involving fellow Olympic gold medallist swimmer Anna Hopkin, whom Greenbank is relationship. The bust-up allegedly began after the 27-year-old Peaty hit Greenbank on the bottom earlier than making a “cocky” comment, on the Team GB swimming camp in Loughborough, according to the Sun.
A witness who spoke to the paper stated: “It was absolute carnage. Peaty was being cocky and made a joke at Greenbank’s expense, earlier than touching his bottom. But his actions touched an actual nerve for Greenbank and it bought very heated.
“Peaty was left with a bloody face and needing therapy.”
Peaty (far left) received gold in the Mixed 4x100m medley on the Tokyo Olympics alongside Hopkin (centre proper)
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British Swimming issued an announcement which learn: “An incident occurred at a recent training session that was quickly and effectively resolved by the athletes involved and the staff present at the session.”
Peaty’s representatives have additionally issued the same assertion to The Independent which stated: “There was a minor altercation between Adam and his teammate Luke on Friday following a training session. It was resolved there and then between them.”
The Briton has received 5 Olympic medals, alongside eight gold medals on the World Championships however has struggled with accidents and psychological well being points in current years.
In an interview with The Independent after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he steered he had an “unhealthy obsession with sport and with progression” and would want a while out. He then missed the next World Championships by way of damage earlier than returning for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.
However, since then the breaststroke swimmer has but to return to competitors at a significant match. Peaty skipped the European Championships in 2022 earlier than withdrawing from the 2023 British and World Championships, citing a necessity for an prolonged break from swimming. He has repeatedly reiterated his ambitions to return to motion for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
