{"id":289433,"date":"2023-04-25T03:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T03:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289433"},"modified":"2023-04-25T05:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:59:02","slug":"olympic-champions-sad-self-destructive-spiral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=289433","title":{"rendered":"Olympic champion's sad 'self-destructive spiral'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Triple Olympic<\/a> gold medallist Adam Peaty<\/a> has detailed the "self-destructive spiral" he says \ufeffhas derailed his career.<\/p>\n

The English star, who won the 100m breaststroke in both Rio and Tokyo<\/a>, also took home relay gold in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

But the 28-year-old pulled out of the British Championships earlier this month due to mental health issues, and wasn't named in the Great Britain squad for July's world championships.<\/p>\n

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"I've been on a self-destructive spiral, which I don't mind saying because I'm human," he told the Times.<\/p>\n

"I got to a point in my career where I didn't feel like myself. I didn't feel happy swimming and I didn't feel happy racing, my biggest love in the sport.<\/p>\n

"I've had my hand hovering over a self-destruct button because if I don't get the result that I want, I self-destruct."<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

Peaty still hopes to compete at the Paris Olympics in 2024, where he could join Michael Phelps as the only male swimmers to have won the same individual event at three consecutive games.<\/p>\n

He has previously detailed his bouts of depression and alcohol abuse, made worse in the last year by injury and a relationship breakdown.<\/p>\n

"It's been an incredibly lonely journey," he said. <\/p>\n

"The devil on my shoulder [says], 'You're missing out on life, you're not good enough, you need a drink, you can't have what you want, you can't be happy'.<\/p>\n

"Some days you feel good and you don't have to talk back; some days you feel horrendous, so you have to talk back and get through it."<\/p>\n

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