Tag: Adam Peaty
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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…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 11
Medal hunt: three top the overall with 8 gold apiece Two more gold medals in the dash events kept the Brits atop of the swimming medal table and rocketed them to the first place in the overall. The competitions in the pools are really exciting but rarely was the hunt for the medals so balanced…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10
Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6
Seven Championships Records bettered in swimming’s opening day The swimming competition has got under way at the European Championships in Berlin. The first day saw seven Championship Records falling and Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) clinching the first swimming gold medal in the men’s 400m free, then Katinka Hosszu (HUN) defended her title in the 400m IM.…