HIS TATTOOS
After winning gold and setting a world record in rio last year, Peaty spent 20 hours in a tattoo studio, covering his upper arm with the image of a lion, along with roman numerals denoting the year 2016. ‘I’ve wanted to get a tattoo for a while, but I couldn’t because it would mean staying out of the pool since you can’t get them wet for a while,’ he said. ‘It reminds me what it took to get gold, and the new world record.’ ‘the lion for me represents not fearing who I am up against, not fearing a herd of buffaloes and going out there on my own.’ On the inside of his bicep, he has a second tattoo, of the Olympic rings.