Adam Peaty raced to redemption at the Commonwealth Games he had said he was “not bothered” about.
On an evening of raw emotion in the west Midlands, Britain’s greatest swimmer salvaged his morale from the depths of Sunday night's failure to even medal in the 100 metres.
It could not take away all the pain of giving up his unbeaten record in the event he calls his own. But victory in the 50m brought the breaststroke legend the one gold medal missing from his collection and pulled him back from the edge of darkness.
