Nowacki also has the advantage of having triple Olympic gold-medallist and eight-time world champion Ramsay-Peaty in his corner.

The Jersey swimmer has been part of his AP Race group and said it was special to be training and racing alongside his idol.

“I’ve always looked up to him ever since I was eight, nine, 10 years old when he won his first Olympics in Rio and then again in Tokyo,” Nowacki said.

“He had a great performance in Paris as well, so I’ve looked up to him for a very, very long time.

“The first time I actually raced him was in Paris at the Olympic trials and I was in a final with him and also Max Morgan.

“We were just the two random kids no-one’s ever heard of, 14, 15 years old, and I remember Adam came up to me and Max and gave us both a fist bump and we looked at each other and we were like ‘what had just happened’ and were just completely speechless.

“But now to be racing up against him and and giving him a proper race is very special.”