Adam Peaty Delivers 50 Breast World Record in Prelims

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Men’s 50 Breast

Adam Peaty scorched the competition in prelims of the men’s 50 breast, finishing more than three hundredths ahead of the previous World Record of 26.42 with a 26.10.

The previous World Record was owned by Peaty and posted at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia and doubled as the Championship Record.

Today’s new record marks the third time that Peaty has set the World Record in the 50 meter breast:

2014 – 26.62 (European Championships)
2015 – 26.42 (FINA World Championships in Kazan)
2017 – 26.10 (FINA World Championships in Budapest)

He now leads the top 16 qualifiers going into tonight’s semi-finals heats.

South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh picked up the second place swim with a record-breaking swim of his own. His time of 26.54 bests the South African National Record in the 50 breast. The previous record, owned by van der Burgh, was a 26.62 from the 2015 FINA World Championships.

Brazil’s Joao Gomes Junior grabbed the third place seed with a time of 26.67, followed closely by the USA’s Kevin Cordes and his time of 26.83.

Kirill Prigoda of Russia took fifth in prelims with a 26.91, just ahead of Brazil’s Felipe Lima’s 26.93.

Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich and Italy’s Fabio Scozzoli were seventh and eighth in prelims with times of 27.01 and 27.04 respectively.

Also qualifying for tonight’s semi-finals were Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (27.08), Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki (27.21), Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis (27.24), China’s Yan Zibei (27.25), Serbia’s Caba Siladi (27.27), Sweden’s Johannes Skagius (27.27), and the USA’s Cody Miller (27.31).

A swim-off is possible for the sixteenth spot as Russia’s Vsevolod Zanko, the Netherlands’ Arno Kamminga, and Slovenia’s Peter Stevens delivered matching times of 27.39.

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Peaty discussed where he found the speed to swim three tenths faster than any man had before:

Van der Burgh explained his decision to pull out of the 100 breast, his goals for the 50, how it felt to drop his lifetime best and his thoughts on Peaty’s unprecedented speed:

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Jaden Harris

6 years ago

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Ivan Picado

6 years ago

He’s a monster..: