Swim star’s eyes are on clean sweep

Adam Peaty has his eyes set on a clean sweep in the pool after bringing home another gold on another medalstrewn evening for Great Britain at Tollcross.

Peaty was part of the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay team that stormed to gold in the final race yesterday at the European Championships.

The quartet of Peaty, Georgia Davies, Freya Anderson and James Guy set a new European record with a stunning performance that left the rest of the pool trailing in their wake, eventually coming home in a time of 3 minutes 40.18 seconds.

It was the fourth medal of the evening for Team GB, with Alys Thomas (200m butterly), Max Litchfield (200 individual medley) and James Wilby (200m breaststroke) claiming two bronze medals and a silver respectively – though there was disappointment for defending champion Ross Murdoch, who was edged off the podium in the breaststroke.

Peaty returns to the pool today in the men’s 50m and will compete later in the week in the men’s 4 x 100m medley, and he has his eyes set on defending the titles he won in London two years ago.

“That’s always been on my mind,” he admitted.

“It would be nice to defend all my titles, but I’m taking it stroke by stroke, event by event.

“I’ve got to step up on Wednesday and Thursday night; I don’t want to hit too much of a high, I want to stay nice and neutral.”

Peaty produced an outstanding leg after taking over from Davies to put GB within distance of the lead, before Guy and Anderson made sure of a clear win over Russia and Italy, who completed the top three, but he admitted he was holding back with an eye on the 50m heats.

“I’m in the 50 tomorrow which is why I’ve been managing my energy today, “he said. “I don’t want too much of a high because I know I will hit rock bottom tomorrow morning.”

Picture: Getty. Max Litchfield with his bronze medal.