Just being the best is not enough for Peaty

BUDAPEST, Hungary: Simply being the best is not good enough, says Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty; the Briton wants to increase the gap on his rivals as he defends his titles at the world swimming championships.

“People say to me I´ve won the grand slam of swimming, got all the world records and stuff like that,” Peaty told The Times on Saturday.

“But for me that doesn´t make me comfortable —- I am not comfortable being the best; I want to be the best by a large margin. I still haven´t got that margin yet.”

Peaty, the world and Olympic champion and the world record-holder in the 100 and 50 metres breaststroke, said attack would be his best form of defence in Hungary.

“I feel like ´defend´ is a bit laissez-faire, it´s like a little bit chilled, whereas I just want to go out and attack and fight off any challengers,” said the 22-year-old Peaty, who also won relay gold in the 4x100m medley at the last worlds in Russia two years ago.