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Peaty sets new world record
Britainâs Adam Peaty set a new menâs 100 meters breaststroke world record with a time of 57
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ritain's Adam Peaty set a new men's 100 meters breaststroke world record with a time of 57.92 seconds at the London Aquatic Centre on Friday.
The 20-year-old's winning time at the British Championships beat the previous record of 58.46 sec set by South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh at the same venue during the 2012 Olympic Games.
'I kind of surprised myself,' Peaty, who already held the 50 m world record time and won European and Commonwealth titles during 2014, told BBC Radio Five Live.
'I was going to wait until Kazan [World Championships] to produce that time and I can't really believe it.
'I just dived in hoping for a 58 really and I have to say a big thank you to my family for supporting me,' added Peaty from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, central England.
'I can't believe it, coming in earlier I thought I could get a really good time, maybe a 58.5,' Peaty said.
'Before that race I just thought I've done all the training for a 57, and it all paid off in the end.'
