I wasn’t even up for it! Adam Peaty sets new world record over 50m after winning 100m

And afterwards he exlaimed: “I wasn’t even up for it!” Peaty set the world record of 26.42 seconds en route to winning 50m breaststroke gold in Kazan, Russia two years ago. The 22-year-old Uttoxeter swimmer was optimistic of going quicker in the non-Olympic event after a halfway split of 26.50secs in the 100m, which he […]

Record breaker Adam Peaty and Ben Proud grab GOLD for Britain at World Championships

But his haul was matched in equally sensational fashion on the second night of racing at the Duna Arena as Ben Proud thundered his way to a first global title in the 50m butterfly gold. Peaty, 22, did not so much as reel in his rivals as leave them trailing in his wake as the […]