SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) –Â Britain’s swimmer Adam Peaty has set a new world record for the short course 100 metres breaststroke. He achieved this at the professional International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest on Sunday, finishing in a time of 55.49 seconds.
The 25-year-old leaned on his superior swimming ability down the final 25 metres to best short course specialist the Belarusian Ilya Shymanovich and touched the wall in a world-record time.
The time makes it a British, European and ISL record, as Peaty adds the short course mark to his long course world record.
“I struggle in short course, and there’s no-one who works harder on their last length than me,” the London Roar swimmer boasted.
“Moments like this are what we’ve been working for ten years. The Olympic breaststroke champion is now the only man to hold three world records over individual distance in the textile era.
“When you’ve got a great team here and back home, analysing the data, it makes it all worth it,” he added.
“It’s my victory but it’s as much theirs as mine.”
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
