Britain's Adam Peaty became the first male swimmer to capture three 100m breaststroke world titles by completing his golden treble in dominant fashion yesterday. The 24-year-old, unbeaten in five years over the distance in major competitions, clocked 57.14sec, a day after...
Peaty, who set a new world best of 56.88 at the semi-finals on Sunday, puffed out his cheeks and gave a wry smile after looking up at the giant screen to see he did not manage to lower his mark.
Caeleb Dressel, one of the few swimmers with more body ink than Peaty, blazed to the 50m butterfly crown in a championship record of 22.35sec with Russian Oleg Kostin second and Brazil's Nicholas Santos third . Sjostrom was looking to become the first female swimmer to win five gold medals in a single individual event, and the Olympic champion turned first - and five-hundredths inside her own world record.
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