Tag: Adam Peaty
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Kazan 2015 already with more World Records than BCN 2013
At the end of the third day of competition, the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan (RUS) already register more new World Records (seven) than in the eight sessions of this discipline in Barcelona 2013. In the Catalonian capital, the number of new best global marks had not exceeded six, but thanks to the courtesy…
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Adam Peaty: Double world record holder can get better
The 20-year-old became the first man to swim the 100m breaststroke inside 58 seconds when he set a time of 57.92 seconds at the British Swimming Championships in April, That came eight months after breaking the 50m breaststroke record. “There are lots of areas I can improve to get every millimetre out of myself,” Peaty…
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Adam Peaty’s 100m Breaststroke World Record – Race and Reaction
Watch Adam Peaty smash the world record in the 100m breaststroke at the British Championships in London. The City of Derby swimmer also gave us his reaction after his outstanding race.
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Adam Peaty 57.92 and New 100 Breaststroke World Record
Adam Peaty’s world record in the 100 breaststroke today at the British nationals capped off a session in which he was the only person to beat the very tough automatic qualifying times for the world championship team set by British Swimming. Peaty blazed through the final with a 57.92, beating the world record of 58.46…
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Adam Peaty begins road to world championships after stellar 2014
When the European and Commonwealth 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty strides to the blocks at the British Championships on Tuesday at London Aquatics Centre he will do so with very different ambitions than those he held a year ago. Peaty’s sole aim then was simply to qualify for the team to swim at the Commonwealth…
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How to train & break the 50m breaststroke world record
A notable part of the session sees Adam do stand-ups – 4x100m breaststroke at maximum speed with no swimdown in between, the lactate building each time. After the second he is bright red, his eyes closed and he is blowing. By the time he has done his third 100m pain is etched on his face,…
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Adam Peaty shows us his arena
World Record Holder (50m Breaststroke), Adam Peaty shows us his arena. Thanks for the swim tip by the way Adam!
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World record holder Adam Peaty ‘kind of bullied’ into concentrating on breaststroke
“When I joined City of Derby, I had no idea just what to expect. I hadn’t really got a preference over which stroke I liked best. “I kind of got bullied into concentrating on my breaststroke by (coach) Mel Marshall!†Marshall, who won the Matrix Fitness Performance Coach of the Year award at the Derbyshire…
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Adam Peaty’s ‘price of fame’: Adoring fans and a stranger’s hug
In the pool, Briton Adam Peaty is the world’s fastest breaststroke swimmer over 50m. But, outside of it, the 19-year-old Derby-born teenager is still trying to catch up with his newfound fame. In town for the inaugural Prudential Singapore Swim Stars last Friday, he said: “I went to the post office (back in England) the…