If Adam Peaty was looking for a sign, there it was, screaming back at him. Sliding into the pew at the Nottingham church where he now returns every Sunday, that first time a little lost and looking for answers, the sermon that day was all about the Olympic Games.
“No one knew I was coming,” he recalls of what has proved a seminal moment. “I was just at the back and I was like, ‘if this isn’t meant for me, then what is?’ I don’t think society has the answers I’m seeking, especially as a young man, and it’s nothing to do with being an athlete.”
