Adam Peaty: Olympic swimmer on LA 2028, Gordon Ramsay and his return to the pool

Peaty believes he is in a “very good frame of mind” as he makes his return in London.

He won gold in the 50m at the Edinburgh International Swim Meet a month ago but finished fourth in the 100m, beaten by 18-year-old British junior world champion Filip Nowacki.

He’s settled in his family life too, having married model Holly Ramsay, the daughter of TV chef Gordon, in December.

“It gives an incredible amount of peace, the life we’ve got together,” he says. “But also that I can do this incredible thing which I call sport.”

He adds that swimming “will humble you” and is a “hard path”, but “what makes that path a lot easier is having my wife, my son and friends around me”.

Peaty credits the support of his famous in-laws, too, with whom he completed his debut triathlon as part of Team Ramsay last August.

But thinking back to his wedding speech, he concedes Gordon probably won the prize for best toast of the day.

“It was always going to be hard to beat Gordon’s speech – Gordon is never going to find it hard to make a room laugh.”