Adam Peaty smashes 50m breaststroke world record for second time in a day

The British Olympic Champion had set his stall out with a remarkable swim in the morning heat, breaking his own world record with a swim of 26.10 seconds.

But Peaty went one better in Tuesday afternoon’s semi-final in Budapest, blowing the field away with a barnstorming swim of 25.95s.

Peaty had been genuinely surprised by breaking the world record he set in Kazan in 2015 during Tuesday morning's heats, saying:

And despite pushing harder in the semi-final, Peaty again looked taken aback by his time. In one day Peaty has lowered the fastest time ever seen by over half a second. He is quicker than the next-best man of all time by an astonishing 0.59 seconds.

The 22-year-old is gunning for a golden double at the World Championships, having already won the 100m title with a Championship-Record time on Monday.