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Peaty and Guy discuss Rio success

Monday, August 15 2016 by SNTV
  • Adam Peaty and James Guy talked about Great Britain's swimming performance at Rio 2016 on Sunday (14th August) and said they believed Michael Phelps will be back for Tokyo 2020.

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Peaty, Olympic gold medallist, on his performance in Rio 2016:

    "Yeah, it's been, well, my first games, it's been one of the probably best competitions I've ever had, I was very relaxed with my strokes, very composed and yeah, all the trainings paid off really."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Peaty,on winning the gold medal in the 100m breastroke:

    "Very, very surreal. You know, it didn't really feel true until I got back to the apartment and I was like 'right, that's actually happened'. I did break the world record and I got the gold, and it's not really until it sinks in when you realize how much of an effect that has on back home."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Peaty, on Michael Phelps being at Tokyo 2020:

    "I'm pretty sure he'll (Michael Phelps) try and make a comeback for Tokyo (2020), so you just never know. But for his last official race, there's nothing really to describe it. Obviously the greatest of all time Olympian, so to have him in that race (4 x100m medley) was just something else. You know, that inspired me to go even faster."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) James Guy, winner of two silver medals, on the this being the most successful British swimming team in history:

    "I think we've never actually had like a proper, amazing, GB (Great Britain) swimming team. We have that now, we can kind of stepped up, this is the best Olympics we've had in 108 years, so we kind of have that elite team now, where before the team and we had a few decent guys. Now, we've got a load of good guys who are winning medals, pushing for the world records, pushing for the golds and the silvers and the bronzes."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) James Guy, on featuring at Tokyo 2020:

    "I mean, Tokyo 2020, I'll be 24, be a fully grown man, like I'm 20 now, and the guys in my events are like, they're huge man, they're pretty big, they're like 25, 27, so, to go there to Tokyo a fully grown man, I'll be ready to go and hopefully kind of chasing for that win."

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