Adam Peaty wins first Olympic gold medal for Team GB at Tokyo 2020 by defending 100m breaststroke to make it seven years unbeaten – and then drops f-bomb in interview after!

As a child, he was scared of water, but now Adam Peaty is redefining what is possible in the pool.

He is unbeaten in seven years and slapped the water in delight as he defended his 100m breaststroke title, which was also Britain's first gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

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He was unable to break his own world record of 56.88 seconds, but the time he did clock - 57.37secs - is still the fifth fastest time in the event's history.

In fact he was so pleased with his latest Olympic gold medal, he swore when interviewed on TV.

"It's been a heavy investment," he said, as he looked back on a year of his firsts away from his day job.

"A lot has changed this last year, more than the last five. Becoming a father, buying my first house and some days when I woke up and was like 'this is hard, this is really hard'.

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"There's been so many challenges, so many challenges and f****** some breakdowns as well. It's like 'what am I doing every single day? Why am I training three times a day, giving it everything for this swim?'.

"I've hidden a lot of emotion from my own family, I've hidden a lot of stress and a lot of those moments where I was like 'this is very, very hard'.

"It's like going for a promotion and trying to prove yourself every five years in 56-57 seconds, it's like to trying to prove what you're worth.

"I don't think people back home would understand the amount of investment which has been put into this swim. For a lot of people they could lose it just in that last moment. For me that amount of investment has paid off.

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"There's a lot of emotion, I'm probably not going to sleep for a while now, I'm so buzzed because that was the first British swimmer to ever defend a title. You can do what you want all year round; in your own arena, in your own backyard, it doesn't mean anything, it means everything here.

"The 99.9 per cent of time that we spend in the dark is for the 0.01 per cent we spend in light.

"That's something me and [coach] Mel [Marshall] have always believed in. That's why I don't think anyone deserves it more than me and that's not an arrogant thing."

Arno Kamminga, the only swimmer other than Peaty to breach the 58-second barrier, finished 0.63s behind.

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Nicolo Martinenghi collected bronze with a time of 58.33s but Britain's
James Wilby missed out on a podium position, settling for fifth as he clocked 58.96s.

Asked whether he was disappointed he did not lower the benchmark, Peaty said: "No, I don't give a s*** about the time! No one thinks about times.

"Yes, it would have been amazing to finish on a world record but it's not about that and Mel said this morning 'it isn't about the time, it's about the race' and no one races better than me."

Peaty could win a second medal in the 4x100m medley relay later this week.

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