Adam Peaty breaks 100m breaststroke short course world record, says 'That one was for my family'

ByEurosport

Updated 15/11/2020 at 14:57 GMT

The previous record of 55.61 seconds was set by South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh who was the last man to beat Adam Peaty at a major international long course meet in Berlin 11 years ago. The 25-year-old Brit continues to go from strength-to-strength ahead of next year's Olympics in Tokyo.

Adam Peaty

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Britain's Adam Peaty set a world record for the short course 100 metres breaststroke at the professional International Swimming League in Budapest on Sunday, finishing in a time of 55.49 seconds.

Peaty used his superior ability down the final 25 metres to overhaul short course specialist Ilya Shymanovich and touch the wall in world record time.

It was a British, European and ISL record, as he adds the short course mark to his long course world record.

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"I struggle in short course, and there’s no-one who works harder on their last length than me," the London Roar swimmer told the BBC.

"Moments like this are what we’ve been working for for ten years.

It’s all about a learning process. That isn’t my best swim - I know it’s the world record, but I know I can go faster. But that race was for my family.

The Olympic breaststroke champion is now the only man to hold three world records over individual distances 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."