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Adam Peaty (100-meter breaststroke)
Adam Peaty’s feat belies his tender age of 21. The young Englishman set the pool on fire on Sunday at Rio as he smashed the 100m breaststroke world record to take the gold. His timing of 57.13 seconds saw him obliterate the 57.55 seconds set by him the previous night in heats. Peaty’s nearest rival, the 2012 champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, finished second at only 58.69.
Peaty thus ended Great Britain’s 28-year wait for an Olympic swimming gold medal.
He is now the proud possessor of the 100m breaststroke gold medals at the 2015 World Championships, the 2014 and 2016 European Championships and the 2014 Commonwealth Games along with the Olympic gold.
And to think that he had an acute fear of water as a child, makes his effort all the more admirable!
