Adam Peaty Takes Down Games Record in 100 Breast Semis; Cruises to 58.59

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England’s Adam Peaty finished a second and a half off his own world record in the 100 breast, but he still qualified first for the Commonwealth final by more than a second. Peaty cruised to a time of 58.59 to take the top spot back for the final.

Peaty’s countryman James Wilby qualified second in 59.69, and South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh took third in 59.74. Van der Burgh, Peaty’s predecessor as Olympic gold medalist in the event, went out with Peaty in their semi-final before falling back to third. He swam a time of 59.74.

Australia’s Matt Wilson also broke 1:00, finishing in 59.89, and also making the final were Australia’s Jake Packard (1:00.01), Scotland’s Ross Murdoch (1:00.07), Scotland’s Craig Benson (1:00.42) and England’s Andrew Willis (1:01.29).

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations