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Peaty sets new world record
Peaty sets new world record, Great Britain`s Adam Peaty set a new world record of 26.62sec in the 50m breaststroke at the European Championships before revealing he hated swimming when he was a child.
Berlin: Great Britain`s Adam Peaty set a new world record of 26.62sec in the 50m breaststroke at the European Championships before revealing he hated swimming when he was a child.
The 19-year-old took 0.05sec off Cameron van der Burgh`s world record from the 2009 World Championships when the performance-enhancing supersuits era was at its peak.
It is a far cry from the little boy who was so scared of water he would not go in the bath or the shower.
As for swimming, he admitted: "I hated the pool."
He overcame his fears and the last weeks have been a fairytale --although a well-deserved one -- for the Englishman who claimed twogold and one silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
His coach Mel Marshall -- winner of world, European and Commonwealthmedals -- gave him four days off after his exertions in Scotland.
His world record came in the second semi-final prompting a look ofdisbelief from the teenager who sat on the lane rope blinking as he absorbed the information on the scoreboard. Peaty`s record overshadowed the rest of the night which had provided some quality racing.
Florent Manaudou became the first European this year to dip under the 48-second mark as he won the 100m freestyle, his third title of the meet. Manaudou led home a French one-two with Marseille team-mate Fabien Gilot with Italian Luca Leonardi in third.
The Frenchman was fastest into the final and he led from start to finish to touch in 47.98, only the third man under the 48-second mark in 2014, with Gilot finishing in 48.36, 0.02sec ahead of Leonardi.
