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Adam Ramsay-Petty became the latest to tackle the latter on Saturday – in the 100m breaststroke final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, after 21:00 BST.
The world’s greatest breaststroker has seen his own journey – which he hopes will end with a third gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in the space of two years.
18-year-old Philip Nowaki maneuvers his slipstream.
Apprentice meets master.
Not only has Nowacki started to pick age-group records at Ramsey-PT, the 31-year-old is part of the AP Race stable — a program set up to develop the next generation.
Ramsay-Peaty wants to mentor and mentor her young pretender. Last year, Nowacki repaid him by breaking his 100m breaststroke junior British record.
Ramsay-Pittee, who is chasing the 33rd major gold of a glittering career, was in no mood to hand over the baton in Friday’s semi-final.
Suffering a broken finger in June is an uncertainty but, alongside lanes four and five, Ramsay-Petty built an early lead and held off the youngster by a length in the second. Noaki was close but not close enough.
“I’ve seen waves in front of him, but at the same time I train for that,” Ramsay-Pittee said.
“I know I’m a sprinter. I know I can go out fast.”
Nowacki, who learned to swim under the tutelage of Nathan Zegu in the Channel Islands and competes for the jersey here, is arguably the best in the 200m event – a distance that Ramsay-Pittee does not run.
In this short competition, the young must stay strong for longer.
And as they spoke alongside each other, Ramsay-Petty, all chest and tattooed muscles, towered over his young rival – so you’d be forgiven for thinking the pair competed in different sports.
Nowaki Ramsey-PT may appear wary, but there’s a cheeky confidence inside.
“Of course I do,” he laughed when asked if he believed he could win.
“No, I want to, I’m going to give it my best shot” was his quick addition.
Nowacki was not without the armband when Ramsay-Peaty won gold in the same pool at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
It was his rise to the world stage and two years later the Englishman won his first Olympic title in Rio de Janeiro. Nowaki was only eight years old.
“Adam is a true role model in the sport,” Nowacki said.
“I grew up watching him race in Rio, Tokyo and Paris.
“It’s special to me to race him and not just be a random competitor.”
The pair should compete as Team GB team-mates in LA but are racing for their own individual ambitions on Saturday.
Even if you win, one Passionate silver Ramsay-Pittee has not stood atop a major podium since the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022, at the Paris Olympics two years ago.
He won the 50 m crown at that meet but lost his 100 m title to James Willoughby. A “Self-Destructive Spiral” Problems with his mental health, which made him consider his future in the sport, soon followed.
If Nowacki wins a medal it will be the first jersey in 36 years of Commonwealth Games. They won only one gold medal.
Australia’s Sam Williamson, who won the first semi-final, will also have something to say.
“It’s going to be a good scrap, especially the last 25 meters down, and I love a good scrap,” Ramsay-Pittee said.
He never went quietly.
