Adam Peaty isn’t done yet. At 33, the triple Olympic champion is preparing to take on the sport’s younger challengers with a plan built on precision, experience and a refusal to step aside quietly. After coming within 0.02 seconds of a third consecutive 100m breaststroke title in Paris, Peaty is now targeting Los Angeles 2028, where he could become the oldest British swimmer ever to win Olympic gold.
Rather than walking away after Paris, Peaty has redefined his approach. His focus is no longer just on hard training sessions but on working smarter, understanding recovery, and drawing on two decades of elite experience. “I want to show that just because people think you’ve peaked, it doesn’t mean you can’t win,” he told BBC East Midlands Today, speaking with the kind of quiet conviction that has underpinned his career.
Key to this new chapter is his move to Repton School in Derbyshire, where he now trains with coach Jamie Main. After long-time mentor Mel Marshall left for a role in Australia, Peaty decided to change his environment and sharpen his focus, balancing his schedule around both his sport and his life as a father. It’s a shift that signals more than a comeback, it’s a conscious reset.
This year, he has stepped away from competition while many of his rivals head to the World Aquatics Championships. Instead, Peaty has been mixing training with a family holiday and even preparing for a triathlon in London next month. His next serious test will come at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London in 2026, with Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games and the European Championships in Paris also in sight.
Peaty admits that age brings new considerations: recovery is slower, and there’s less room for pushing through pain without consequence. However, this, he says, is where experience counts. “You just need one good swim,” he insists. For now, that’s enough to keep him driven.
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