It just proves you don’t have to have the best facilities around you.
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He said: “I wasn’t scared of anyone, it was complete tunnel vision”.
He told Sky News: “I didn’t do it for myself, I did it for my country”.
“I’m glad he got what he wanted”.
As well as Peaty’s golden swim, Jazz Carlin took silver in the women’s 400m freestyle in a great night for British swimming.
The NBC analyst criticized for calling the coach of Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu “the guy responsible” for her turnaround says it is impossible to tell Hosszu’s story without crediting him.
The Welsh swimmer was always going to be aiming for second at best as peerless American Katie Ledecky won gold in a world record of three minutes 56.46 seconds.
Team GB are off and running with their first medals of the Rio Olympics..
The second-seeded pair lost 7-6 7-6 to the Brazilian duo of Andre Sa and Thomaz Bellucci. Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová of the Czech Republic dominated the Williams sisters from the start, winning 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets.
The grandmother of the Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty said she went “ballistic” after his gold medal win, and revealed that he used to scream in the bath from a fear of water.
Giving a thumbs up as he received his medal, the patriotic champion smiled ear-to-ear and – in contrast to many victorious Olympians – sang the national anthem before waving to his family in the crowds.
Ms Williams, dubbed “classic” by her Olympic champion grandson, said she was looking forward to giving him a hug when he returns home.
In a tweet to Peaty and his coach, Melanie Marshall, she added: “Well you have done it @adam_peaty you have made it, your hard work paid off. Congratulations to you and @massivemel”.
Wait what did I just watch? I was aware I was in front but not by that much.
Peaty and Carlin’s heroics saw Team GB punch through the medal barrier for the first time in Rio, with the podium previously eluding Britain’s athletes.
The US leads the table with 12 medals followed by China with eight and Australia with six.
That was won by Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands but her fine display was overshadowed by the crash suffered by team-mate Annemiek van Vleuten on the descent.
Mrs Peaty said she was “ecstatic”, while a hoarse Mr Peaty appeared lost for words.
Britain were roundly criticised for winning just three medals at London 2012, none of them gold.
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There was some dramatic late-night action on the tennis court too as Novak Djokovic was dumped out of the singles by Juan Martin Del Potro.
