World Aquatics Championships: Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty not in Great Britain squad

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Adam Peaty swimmingAdam Peaty won 2 golds and a metallic medal astatine the Tokyo Olympics successful 2021, aft a golden and metallic astatine the Rio Games successful 2016

Adam Peaty has not been included successful the Great Britain squad for this summer's World Aquatics Championships, with nary "specific timelines" enactment connected the three-time Olympic champion's return.

Peaty withdrew from the British Championships earlier this month, citing intelligence wellness reasons.

British Swimming told BBC Sport the absorption was "very overmuch connected ensuring helium is afloat supported".

The championships instrumentality spot successful Fukuoka, Japan, from 14-30 July.

In a connection connected societal media past month, Peaty said helium was "tired" and "not enjoying the athletics arsenic I person done for the past decade".

However, the 28-year-old added helium inactive intended to vie astatine the 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris.

A British Swimming connection read: "There are nary circumstantial timelines with Adam astatine this stage. The absorption is precise overmuch connected ensuring helium is afloat supported, and moving with him connected erstwhile helium is acceptable to marque a afloat instrumentality to his mean contention schedule."

Six Olympic champions - Freya Anderson, Tom Dean, Anna Hopkin, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott - are successful the 29-strong squad for the championships successful Japan.

World champions Ben Proud and James Wilby are besides included.

Proud, besides a European and Commonwealth golden medallist, won the men's 50m freestyle rubric astatine the British Championships astatine Ponds Forge successful Sheffield earlier this month.

Freya Colbert, Welshman Dan Jervis and Laura Stephens each made qualification times successful their respective events successful Sheffield to gain a spot successful the squad. Scottish teen Katie Shanahan, victor of the 200m backstroke and 200m idiosyncratic medley titles, volition beryllium among 10 World Championship debutants, on with backstroke specializer Oliver Morgan.

"We were truly pleased with the modular of our athletes' performances astatine the British Championships, with established names and caller faces delivering large swims and helping play their portion successful immoderate outstanding races," said British Swimming show manager Chris Spice.

"As with each year, our swimmers and coaches volition present enactment those performances down them and absorption connected what they tin bash betwixt present and the summertime to guarantee they tin present a season's champion erstwhile it matters most."

Great Britain squad

Freya Colbert, Daniel Jervis, Matt Richards, Katie Shanahan, Laura Stephens, Cameron Brooker, Greg Butler, Lauren Cox, Kara Hanlon, Medi Harris, Lucy Hope, Joe Litchfield, Keanna MacInnes, Jack McMillan, Oliver Morgan, Luke Turley, Jacob Whittle, James Wilby, Brodie Williams, Freya Anderson, Lewis Burras, Tom Dean, James Guy, Anna Hopkin, Emily Large, Jacob Peters, Ben Proud, Duncan Scott, Abbie Wood.

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