Peaty retains 100m breaststroke title at World Championships

Budapest July 25 (IANS) Briton Adam Peaty mounted a successful defense of his title in the 100 meter breaststroke title at the FINA World Championships here.

The Rio 2016 Olympics gold medalist achieved a new FINA championships record time of 57.47 seconds on Monday ahead of US swimmer Kevin Cordes 58.79; and Russia s Kirill Prigoda who completed the podium with a time of 59.05 reports Efe news agency.

The 22-year-old Peaty become the third swimmer to retain the FINA title following Hungary s Norbert Rozsa -- in 1991 and 1994 -- and American Brendan Hansen who won in 2005 and 2007.

Peaty s compatriot Benjamin Proud clinched the men s 50 meter butterfly title with a time of 22.75 seconds ahead of Brazilian swimmer Nicholas Santos 22.79; and Ukraine s Andriy Hovorov 22.84.

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