ADAM RAMSAY-PEATY was completely baffled by his poor swim after crashing out of the 50m breaststroke heats at the European Championships in Paris.
Ramsay-Peaty holds the world record of 25.95 in the event and won four straight European titles between 2014 and 2021.
Adam Ramsay-Peaty was baffled by his woeful performance at the European Championships Credit: AFP
The star was ousted in the opening round of the heats in Paris Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
However, the three-time Olympic champion had too much ground to make up after a terrible start and he trailed home 20th in 27.34secs.
He said: “These performances are not good enough at all. Even now I’m like it’s so bad that I’m confused.
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“I don’t really know what to start on with a debrief but it’s not good enough for the semis of the Euros, do you know what I mean? It’s very frustrating but I’m hoping we can figure it out.”
It’s been a testing time for Ramsay-Peaty who broke down in tears after winning 100m breaststroke bronze at the Commonwealth Games before going on to win a further bronze and relay silver in Glasgow.
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The 31-year-old finished fifth in the 100m and fourth in the mixed medley relay in Paris to end his unbeaten European run after winning 16 golds in 16 races, starting back in 2014.
He’s been working on his dive with coach Lisa Bates since mid-June but he was shocked by his decline.
“I don’t really know at this point,” he said. “It’s probably how I’m hitting the water. We only started to deconstruct it two weeks before Rome (competition in late June) and obviously a lot of things have gone worse since then.
“I think I’ve just got to really change up what I’m doing, to be honest, in a sense of speaking to Lisa and looking at where we’re losing a lot of time because it is the dive and the pull-downs.
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“So swimming feels okay, it’s just not enough. And then that’s obviously one of my slowest in-season times. Yeah, it’s very frustrating, very frustrating. But this week is— and Commies – I think just one of those lessons, right?
“And you want it to be over because you want to get back to work, but at the same time you want to enjoy it as much as you can.”
