There are few athletes who embody the spirit of Team England quite like Adam Ramsay-Peaty.
With the unmistakable sign of the lion etched on his left arm, the most dominant breaststroker in swimming history is both physically and metaphorically part of the pride.
And this summer, he dives back into the very pool that started it all.
Flashback to 12 years ago and a 19-year-old baby-faced Ramsay-Peaty soared to 100m breaststroke gold in what was the first major international title of his career.
Before the tell-tale tattoos and history riding on his shoulders, the breaststroker touched the wall in a time of 58.94s to beat defending champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and write the first chapter in the novel that would soon become his swimming career.
Now aged 31, a husband, a father and one of the most decorated athletes in British swimming history, Ramsay-Peaty steps back out in Glasgow for what will be his fourth Commonwealth Games for Team England.
And even after all the years of success, there is still only one colour on his mind in Scotland.
"I don't do this for silver," he said. "It is too hard and silver it not worth it in my opinion.
"If you are going to break a world record, you're going to get a gold medal and you want to dominate, then silver is not even in the question."
In the years since his first foray in Glasgow, Ramsay-Peaty has gone on to win three Olympic gold medals, eight world titles and a staggering 16 European crowns.
Still the reigning world recorder holder in both the 50m breaststroke at 25.95s (set in 2017) and the 100m breaststroke at 56.88s (set in 2019), his best times still lay untouchable to the rest of the world, and currently himself.
Despite still being one of the top names in the event, Ramsay-Peaty is yet to return to the peaks he once submitted after time away from the sport following Tokyo 2020 for his mental and physical health.
Coming back for Paris 2024 to win 100m silver, just 0.02 seconds behind Italy's Nicolò Martinenghi and suffering from illness was an unspoken final swan song.
But with the call of the LA 2028 Olympics adding in the 50m breaststroke for the first time in its history, Ramsay-Peaty is back in search of gold as a new and experience athlete.
"I had a very brief conversation with myself and I knew that I had one window and if I missed it then it would get away from me," he said.
"When you are trying to achieve greatness and do something that no one else has been trying to do, you have to take that step back.
"I am grateful that I did because when I came back there was a new me. That is the best thing about sport, you are never stagnant and I am always learning which is great."
Having won 100m gold at both Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018, the English athlete was denied a hat-trick in home waters at Birmingham 2022, touching fourth.
He roared back for his maiden 50m title at the Games, but now hopes to reclaim the one that got away four years ago.
"I have very fond memories from my Commonwealth Games. I have learnt a lot of lessons and had a lot of victories," he added.
"It is always an incredible meet, whether it is a building block for the younger ones where they can have that pressure and represent their country, or at my level where I am trying to back up as many gold medals as I can.
"Funnily enough, the Commonwealth Games are the only event where I can that I have not won the 100m and 50m back-to-back.
"I can't focus too much on the outcomes but if I just get my processes right and do what I need to do then that will happen."
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