BUDAPEST, Hungary — Britain’s Adam Peaty set a world record of 26.10 seconds in the preliminaries of the men’s 50-meter breaststroke at the world championships on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Peaty, who won gold in the 100 breaststroke on Monday, shaved 0.32 of a second off the record he had previously set at the worlds in Kazan, Russia in 2015.
Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa was next fastest in the non-Olympic event, a significant 0.44 behind.
Edmonton’s Richard Funk finished at 27.59 seconds, 1.49 second behind Peaty.
It’s the second world record set at this year’s championships after Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom established a split of 51.71 in the women’s 4×100 free relay on Sunday.
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