Peaty looking to Hoy for advice

Five-time world champion Adam Peaty wants to swim at three more Olympic Games.

Peaty, who won Great Britain’s first gold of the 2016 Rio Games in the 100m breaststroke, will seek advice from sixtime Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy about serial winning to ensure he is at the top until the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

Hoy, with whom Peaty shares an agent, has inspired many to take up cycling and the 22-yearold from Uttoxeter hopes to do the same with swimming.

Peaty told Press Association Sport: “By the time I’m 30, 32, when I want to retire, hopefully that legacy is going to be there.

“There’s going to be some young whippersnapper following in my path and hopefully they’re going to be British.

“It’s just been announced – LA 2028. I’ve got to be there.”

Peaty will be approaching his 34th birthday by the time LA hosts the Olympics, but he believes advances in training will help him stay at the top through Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and on to LA.

Anthony Ervin of the United States was 35 when he won 50m freestyle gold in Rio, when 23-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps retired aged 31.

Hoy was 36 at London 2012 when he won his fifth and British record sixth Olympic gold.

Fellow swimmer Rebecca Adlington has long been a mentor for Peaty, who was last night going out for dinner with Hoy to lean on his experience.

Adam Peaty.