After their defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final, then-manager Gareth Southgate and several of his players were seen taking off their runners-up medals almost immediately.
Sam Ward has experienced enough adversity for a losing deficit in the dying minutes of an Olympics group game to hold no fears.
Golf's world No. 1 player will compete for medals alongside some of the best players next week, including fellow Americans Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele and Wyndham Clark.
Peaty, who has endured a tumultuous personal ordeal in recent years, was so close to securing a third straight Olympic breaststroke gold, with Nicolo Martinenghi beating him by just 0.02sec.
Leicester City are weighing up a big-money offer for Celtic's Japanese midfielder Reo Hatate.
USA's women's basketball team will begin their Olympics campaign on Monday against Japan. The Americans will hope to get off to a winning start in France.