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Adam Peaty suffered embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in 'biggest race of his life'


Swimming star Adam Peaty has won three gold medals and three silver medals across three Olympic Games - but he says one of his most embarrassing moments came earlier in his career

The 29 year old swimmer, who has won three gold and three silver medals across three Olympic Games, shared the cringe-worthy moment from the start of his career while on the Sporting Misadventures podcast with Sir Chris Hoy. Adam then revealed the unfortunate incident: "And I'd stretched a little bit too far on the block, and bearing in mind the crowd were behind me, my trunks ripped right down the a***, like literally split right down the middle. He told The Guardian he was preparing for a night out to "get drunk in a field or something stupid like that" when he saw his friend Chris Benson, just eight months his senior, had qualified for the semi-finals in Adam's favourite event, the 100m breaststroke.

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