The Triple Olympic Golden Medalist Adam Peat officially confirmed his plans for the Olympic Games competition in Los Angeles 2028. This is followed by the International Olympic Committee for six new swimming events, including 50 breasts, a discipline in which Peatty holds a world record.
Ratification of IOC on Wednesday, April 7, is a significant development in Olympic swimming and adds 50 meters, butterfly and breasts for both sexes. Until now, freestyle was the only move attacked after the shortest distance of the sprint. The update increases the total number of gold medals swimming from 35 in Paris 2024 to 41 in Los Angeles.
Peat, 30, maintained his Olympic future open after a close defeat in Paris 2024, where he missed the third consecutive 100m breasts of only 0.02 seconds. However, the opportunity to compete for Olympic gold in 50m breast, a race dominated at world level, was enough to record the ride again.
“50m sprint events have just been added to @la28games, which confirms my attempt to be at my fourth Olympic Games,” Peathy wrote on Instagram. “This is the best result for our incredible sport and allows more people to be part of it and stay in it for much longer.”
World Aquatics welcomes a new era for sport
The president of the world’s aquatic Husain Al Musallam appreciated the decision of IOC as an indicative point for the development of sport.
“Today’s decision is proof of the continuing development of swimming at the Olympic Games,” he said. “The inclusion of these six new events increases the balance of the program and adds more opportunities to athletes to show their skills on the world’s largest scene.”
With additions, Aquatics discipline, which includes swimming, art swimming, diving, water polo and open water swimming, La 2028 55 medals, more than any other Olympic sport.
The Australian swimmer Cameron Mcevoy, the ruling Olympic Champion in Freestyle 50m, welcomed the news by nodding to specialized training, which now focuses: “50m specialized training methods now after soaking for many years.”
Women to exceed men for the first time in Olympic history
In another milestone for 2028, IOC confirmed that more women (5 333) than men (5 167) will compete, for the first time in Olympic history it happened. Widespread female football, boxing and water polo competitions, along with new mixed sex events in golf, gymnastics, table tennis and a mixed relay of 4×100 MV, contributed to the shift.
Peat
Peat, which set a 50m world record in the breast at the 2017 World Cup in Budapest, is already a six -time Olympic medalist and remains one of the most decorated British athletes.
Now, with the Olympic event he has long fought, he finally has part of the games, has a restored mission.
“I feel good about these three years,” he said.
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Aashish vashistha
Published on:
April 10, 2025
