Adam Peaty Is Just ‘So F***king Relieved’ To Have Won Gold At The Tokyo Olympics

After winning Britain’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, swimmer Adam Peaty can be forgiven for dropping not one, but two F-bombs live on the BBC.

The swimmer was the favourite going into the 100-metre breaststroke final on Sunday and didn’t disappoint after he posted the fifth-fastest time in history to become the first British swimmer to ever defend their Olympic title.

Speaking to the BBC, seconds after after his triumph in the pool at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre, Adam turned the air blue.

“It’s the best person on the day, who’s the most adaptable – and really who fucking wants it more. 

“It just means the world to me. I knew it was going to take every bit of energy and I’m just so fucking relieved.”

He added: “Apologies for the swearing, I’m very emotional.”

Apology accepted Adam!

Adam Peaty of Team Great Britain poses with his medal after winning the Men's 100m Breaststroke Final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Japan on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Adam has not lost a 100m breaststroke of any meaning since 2014 and the 26-year-old’s time of 57.37 at the Tokyo games was just outside the Olympic record he set in Rio.

It is still the fifth fastest in history and clear of the rest of the field by well over half a second.

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Australian Gold Medal Winner’s Coach Has The Best Reaction To Her Stellar Swim

Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus took home the gold in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Olympics on Monday, while Katie Ledecky of team USA took silver and China’s Li Bingjie won the bronze.

And if there were a medal for reactions, Titmus’s coach, Dean Boxall, probably would’ve captured a gold of his own.  

Boxall went viral with his post-race exuberance: 

“He means everything to me,” Titmus said after the event, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. She said she saw him crying as she put on the medal.

“It was actually hard to contain it. I could see Dean on the other side bawling his eyes out,” she said. “You don’t see that that often so that made me want to tear up.” 

On Twitter, people just couldn’t get over Boxall’s celebration ― so naturally, he became an instant Olympic meme: 

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South Korean TV network MBC’s coverage of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday went awry when it used what it has now admitted were “inappropriate” photos and captions to refer to countries competing in the games.

The broadcaster drew the most ire on Twitter after it showed a photograph of Chernobyl — the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster ― as Ukraine’s athletes entered the National Stadium, reported Agence France-Presse.

MBC also used pictures of pizza when Italy’s representatives arrived, salmon for Norway, sushi for Japan, a scene of unrest for Haiti, and a depiction of the fictional Dracula for Romania, according to Reuters.

Critics called out the network for propagating national stereotypes with its choice of images.

The Chernobyl image prompted the most anger.

“In today’s Opening Ceremony broadcast, inappropriate photos were used when introducing countries like Ukraine and Haiti,” MBC said in a statement, per the New Zealand Herald. “Also, inappropriate photos and subtitles were used for other countries. We apologise to the viewers of Ukraine and other countries.”

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