Adam Peaty has called for a “fair game” as anti-doping concern lingered on the opening morning of swimming in Paris. After months of controversy, heated allegations and vitriolic counter-claims, sparked by anti-doping revelations involving 23 Chinese swimmers, on Saturday it was at last time for some actual action in the pool.
While the morning began without incident, politics and controversy were never far from the surface. “It’s always in the back of your mind as an athlete,” said Peaty, the three-time Olympic gold medallist, after qualifying second-fastest in the men’s 100m breaststroke heats. “You definitely want a fair game, you want to win fair and be around people who do the same and live by the same values.”
