Swimming news - Adam Peaty beats 100m breaststroke record at Edinburgh

Updated 14/03/2020 at 22:53 GMT

Adam Peaty swam the quickest 100m breaststroke time in the world this year at the Edinburgh International meet on Saturday to beat his own meet record.

Adam Peaty

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The Olympic champion recorded a time of 58.13 to finish 1.35 clear of James Wilby who came in second.

Peaty's time took 0.30 seconds off the previous 2020 fastest time, set by Holland's Arno Kamminga this month, and 0.60 off his own Edinburgh best.

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The 22-year-old won in 22.21 seconds to surpass the mark that had been held by Jack Thorpe since 2018.

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