Swim king Kyle Chalmers lets his teammate and an English opponent give him TWO TATTOOS after the World Championships: Here’s what their amateur efforts mean
- Aussie swim star Kyle Chalmers has added two new tattoos to his collection
- The 24-year-old had them inked by teammate Matt Temple and Bri Adam Peaty
- It comes as the South Australian won seven medals at the short-course champs
Outspoken Aussie swim sensation Kyle Chalmers has added some fresh ink to his already heavily tattooed body – courtesy of a teammate and British pool superstar Adam Peaty.
The 24-year-old, who won three gold, three silver and one bronze medal at last week’s world short-course championships in Melbourne, wanted to immortalise his epic tournament.
But instead of getting a professional tattooist to ensure the ink would stand the test of time, Chalmers opted for a different tack.
An already heavily tattooed Kyle Chalmers (pictured after winning gold in the world short-course championships recently) has added a pair of
British swim sensation Adam Peaty (back) can be seen tattooing his own signature on Kyle Chalmers’ calf while the pair hung out in Adelaide
Peaty, considered one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers of all time, bizarrely tattooed his own signature on Chalmers’ calf as the British star holidayed in the Aussie’s native town of Adelaide.
The amateur ink certainly didn’t stop there.
Matt Temple then inked 48.34 on Chalmers’ hip. But why?
Chalmers, Temple, Isaac Cooper and Joshua Yong combined to win Gold in the 4x100m medley relay, thanks primarily to Temple’s sizzling butterfly time in his leg: 48.34 seconds.
Kyle Chalmers added a couple of amateur tattoos to his ‘journal’, a time from his 4x100m medley relay Gold medal and the signature of legendary British swimmer Adam Peaty
(L-R) Matthew Temple, Flynn Southam, Isaac Cooper and Kyle Chalmers pose with their medals after winning gold in the 4x100m medley relay, a win that is forever immortalised on his body
It was the fastest 100m butterfly leg of the entire meet, such was the effort of the 23-year-old Victorian.
Chalmers is clearly more stronger in a team environment, with six of his seven medals from the meet from relay swims; so he decided to immortalise his teammate’s epic leg.
Pictures on social media show Temple sitting down to ink Chalmers as he is lying on a bench, with the latter captioning the moment: ‘Matt Temple putting his GOAT (greatest of all time) time on my journal’.
British swimmer Adam Peaty, a friend of Chalmers’ tattooed his signature on his mate’s calf while they were hanging out in Adelaide
The journal of which he speaks – his skin – is quickly filling up with ink.
‘My body is my Journal and my tattoos are my Journey…let’s see what the next chapter holds,’ Chalmers wrote of his burgeoning collection of ink last year.
Most famous of course is the tattoo stretching across his chest, which has a crown and a set of wings with the German phrase ‘Nur die starken überleben’, which means ‘only the strong survive.’
Chalmers doesn’t have German heritage, he simply studied the language at school and has said it was his favourite subject.
Kyle Chalmers, pictured at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, says his body is a journal, and his tattoos tell the story of his life
Among other tattoos is the Olympic motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’, which translates to faster, higher, stronger in English.
He also has the Olympic rings on his ribcage, the roman numerals for the 2016 Olympics in Rio on his wrist and a giant star featuring several motivational phrases, among other things.
Next ahead for Kyle ‘Plenty of Dramas’ Chalmers is the 2023 world championships at Japan in July, and then the South Australian will look to add to his solitary gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.