Profile | Paris Olympics: who is Adam Peaty, the gold medallist accusing China swimmers of cheating?
- Great Britain swimmer is coming to the end of an impressive career, and has never been afraid to speak his mind
Allegations of doping in swimming are hardly new, and Pan Zhanle’s achievements in the 100m were bound to raise eyebrows. That they have been questioned was to be expected given the atmosphere surrounding the sport.
The latest to take a swipe is Great Britain’s Adam Peaty, competing in what is almost certainly his last Summer Games.
A triple Olympic gold medallist, he fell just two hundredths of a second shy of grabbing a fourth in Paris and then watched his team miss out on a medal in the 4x100 medley relay, in which a Pan-inspired China took gold.
Perhaps still smarting from that defeat, Peaty suggested the performance was less than clean, adding to the doping accusations that have been thrown at Chinese swimmers.
But who is the combative 29-year-old from Uttoxeter, in the Midlands of England, who hinted Paris may have been the scene of his last race? Here’s everything you need to know about the latest to accuse China’s swimmers of cheating.
