Britain’s Adam Peaty begins Olympic quest with world recordAdam Peaty launched his quest to end 28 years of Olympic hurt for Britain’s male swimmers by romping to a world record time in the 100 metres breaststroke on Saturday. “I wasn’t even pumped up,” Peaty added of waiting in the ready room for the first Olympic race of his career. “Obviously the Olympic final is a different animal, something really spectacular and different to any other race,” he said. “It’s a great swim from him, obviously, a new world record — anytime you do you do that is really special,” said the South African. “The final is a different ballgame — you see guys smashing times in the semis and crumbling in finals.”

Source: Manila Bulletin August 06, 2016 20:26 UTC