Peaty on his return to the pool, LA 2028 and Gordon Ramsay's speech
The three-time Olympic champion, who almost quit the sport before the Paris Olympics and considered doing so after taking silver in the French capital, returns to the London Aquatics Centre on Tuesday. It is a key step on the road he hopes will lead to a fourth Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 - and possibly another Olympic gold. "The next two years are probably going to be the hardest of my career," Peaty tells BBC Breakfast.
"There probably won't be much winning, but the one win that does matter is LA. " 'Don't give up' - why Peaty was convinced to go again It is almost a year since Peaty, who got married while swimming took a back seat, confirmed he will go again. He made the decision after it was confirmed the 50m breaststroke event would be added to the schedule in 2028.
It gives Peaty a second shot at more individual golds - the chance to add the 50m title to the 100m medals he won in 2016 and 2021. He has raced here and there in recent months with mixed results, but will compete over both distances at this week's British Championships - a crucial step which he hopes will lead to the Commonwealth Games, World and European Championships and America's west coast. "It's like tasting an amazing steak and then having to go back to a McDonald's burger," he says.
"The Olympics is the one that excites me. That is the one that really gets me out of bed every day, the one I dream of. "Two years out, it is about how much racing and experience can we gather to give the best performance in LA.
" Watch Peaty in action at Aquatics GB Swimming Championships live on BBC Peaty was beaten to a third successive gold in Paris by Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi, having contracted coronavirus in the days before the final. "With the cards I was dealt I swam out of my skin," he says. "I shouldn't have got a silver medal.