{"id":455208,"date":"2020-11-22T11:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=455208"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:04:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:04:37","slug":"flash-adam-peaty-sets-new-world-record-of-55-41-in-100-breaststroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-adam-peaty-sets-new-world-record-of-55-41-in-100-breaststroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash! Adam Peaty Sets New World Record Of 55.41 In 100 Breaststroke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Peaty<\/strong> set his second world record in the space of eight days when he stopped the clock at 55.41 in the 100 breaststroke at the ISL Grand Final.<\/p>\n

The Olympic champion had taken down Cameron van der Burgh’s mark from 2009 last Sunday<\/a> when he clocked 55.49.<\/p>\n

Out in 25.85 and back in 29.56, Peaty today cut a further 0.08secs, despite a long finish into the wall.<\/p>\n

There was a split-second delay before the commentators Bernie Guenther<\/strong> and Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> announced “he’s done it again!” as the Briton hit the water.<\/p>\n

Energy\u2019s\u00a0Ilya Shymanovich\u00a0<\/strong>(55.49) tied Peaty\u2019s old record while\u00a0Nic Fink<\/strong>\u00a0of the Condors broke the American record in third place at 56.16.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Mine Kasapoglu \/ ISL<\/p><\/div>\n

It was the second win of the day for London Roar after his British team-mate Duncan Scott<\/strong> in the 200 free.<\/p>\n

Roar general manager Rob Woodhouse\u00a0<\/strong>spoke to the ISL of yet another record-breaking performance from Peaty – despite the longest of finishes into the wall.<\/p>\n

He laughed:<\/p>\n

“It was horrible wasn’t it? We were going ‘come on, come on’. The wall couldn’t be any further away.<\/p>\n

“His turns weren’t great either but he touched the wall and that is what he seems to do all the time.<\/p>\n

“He’s got to regroup now for the skins – that is going to be pretty important for us to see if we can secure that third spot.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so he did, setting a new British record of 25.41 en-route to victory and there was a valuable contribution from a team member back at home, exhorting Uncle Adam to victory.<\/p>\n

World Record Progression:<\/strong><\/p>\n