• British swimmer breaks own record in 100m breaststroke
• 23-year-old knocked 0.13sec off mark set at Rio Olympics
British swimmer Adam Peaty set a world record for the 100 metres breaststroke on Saturday, clocking 57.00 seconds to win the European Championships title in Glasgow.
The Olympic champion shaved 0.13 seconds off his previous best mark, which he swam at the Rio Olympics two years ago. Peaty has the 14 fastest times in the discipline, and he is the only swimmer to better the 58-second mark.
Written by Associated Press
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/04/european-championships-adam-peaty-world-record-gold under the title “Adam Peaty smashes world record to win European Championships gold”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
