Adam Ramsay-Peaty had to settle for a bronze medal in the men’s 100 metre breaststroke final at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after being upstaged by Jersey teenager Filip Nowacki.

The world record holder’s hopes of regaining his title were shattered as he trailed in almost half a second behind winner Sam Williamson of Australia, with Nowacki taking silver.

It was far from the kind of return the three-time Olympic champion expected, having easing through his heats on Friday as he looked to make up for his shock fourth place finish four years ago.

Cheered on by his fiance Holly Ramsay in the stands at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Ramsay-Peaty was in third place at the halfway stage and could not make up the deficit, his time of 59.65 seconds well behind Williamson’s 59.17.

Ramsay-Peaty is taking part in his fourth Commonwealth Games having clinched his first medals as a 19-year-old in Glasgow in 2014.

Since then he has become a fixture of the gossip columns after marrying Ramsay – daughter of celebrity chef Gordon – in December last year, and experiencing a rift with the majority of his family.

Ramsay-Peaty’s win in the 100m in 2014 began two years of almost total dominance in the event. That streak came to an end in dramatic fashion in Birmingham four years ago when he finished off the podium.

Peaty endured a difficult 2023 when he took time away from the sport to address mental health concerns. He returned in 2024 with silver and bronze medals at the Paris Olympics and the World Championships in Doha respectively.

Ramsay-Peaty had cruised through his semi-final in 59.19 seconds, ahead of Williamson and Jersey’s rising star Nowacki, the current world junior champion.

The 31-year-old will get another chance to win a fifth career Commonwealth Games gold medal when he embarks on the heats of the 50m breaststroke event on Sunday.

England’s William Ellard and Georgia Sheffield both set new Games records as they won the respective men’s and women’s S14 200m freestyle finals. Sheffield pipped her team-mate Poppy Maskill, who took silver.

England’s Ollie Morgan won a silver medal in the men’s 50m backstroke final, finishing behind South Africa’s Pieter Coetze. England’s mixed 4x100m freestyle relay squad took silver behind Australia, with Wales in third.