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Swimming sensation Adam Peaty‘s revival from his mental breakdown is full of motivation. The reigning Olympic champion previously criticized that he knew nothing apart from swimming for several decades. That pushed him on the brink of self-destruction as he told the Times, “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.” However, the break he decided to embrace from the 2022 World Swimming Championship worked like magic. The 28-year-old has repeatedly mentioned the help he has received from his known ones to champion in his life once again. Recently, Adam Peaty celebrated one of such known one’s beanfeast full-heartedly. 

The swimming colossus took to his Instagram story to share the joy. Apart from the riveting talents, friendships off-court gained similar attention through that. 

Adam Peaty in swimming partner James Guy’s engagement jamboree

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In his Instagram story, Adam Peaty captioned James Guy’s engagement festivity, “The best engagement party”. Peaty didn’t miss acknowledging the couple as he tagged both the lovebirds in his IG story. Later, the soon-to-be bride took to her IG to break the story of the gilded night with the usual caption of love and glittering emojis. 

Reportedly, the couple has been dating each other since mid-2017. The sightings of Courtney in James Guy’s endeavor in swimming competitions have already made an entry in the couple-goal. However, speaking about his personal experience, James Guy once said, “When I first met her she didn’t have a clue about swimming. She was like: ‘what’s butterfly?”.

But soon, the freestyle phenom claimed, “But it’s good – I’d rather have someone I can speak to who doesn’t have a clue about the swimming world, where I can go out of that.”  The escape James Guy attributed to was fairly missing in his previous tenure. However, he might have not minded its late occurrence, as his performance reflected that. 

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The long-held comeback 

James Guy’s 200m free silver in the World Short Course Swimming Championships indulged in his comeback into the individual glory that was missing previously. His 200m free forte earned him a medal last time when it was 2016. Even the former world champion couldn’t enlist his name in any individual medal tally since 2020. However, Guy’s swimming prowess never faced a question, as the MBE continuously produced medal-winning attempts in relay swimming. 

Read more: “You Have Nothing to Prove”: Olympic Champion Adam Peaty’s Emotional Mental Health Confession Attracts Wide Support From Sports World

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However, in Otopeni, Guy couldn’t hold his emotion after grabbing the silver. He conceded, “To get a medal on the podium individually is amazing. Been a long time (since) it’s happened,” to interviewer Nick Hope. Now propelling on his sweet companion, the swimmer might fancy his chances in the upcoming events. 

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