Peaty, who arrived in Rio as the reigning World and European champion, shattered his own world record of 57.55 seconds set yesterday in the preliminary events. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 7 (efe_epa).- British Adam Peaty was crowned the new Olympic champion after garnering the gold medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke in 57.13 seconds, setting a new world record. He was 1.56 seconds faster than London 2012 Olympics gold medalist South African Cameron Van der Burge who had to settle for silver in a time of 58.69 and 1.74 seconds quicker than American Cody Miller who secured third spot on the podium in 58.87 seconds.

Source: Fox News August 08, 2016 03:11 UTC