Peaty, Canadian teen win breaststroke titles at world swims
Adam Peaty became the first man to win a third 100-meter breaststroke title at the world swimming championships. A Canadian teenager grabbed a share of the spotlight by upsetting Swedish star Sarah Sjostrom in the women's 100 breast.
Peaty claimed the title in 57.14 seconds on Monday, a night after he became the first man to break 57 seconds in the semifinals. The British swimmer was under his own world-record pace at the turn before coming home a full body-length in front.
Margaret MacNeil, a 19-year-old competing in her biggest international meet so far, surprised Sjostrom in the women's race.
Canada's Margaret MacNeil reacts after winning the women's 100m butterfly final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)
Sjostrom took out a strong pace, dipping under her world-record pace on the first lap, while MacNeil was in fifth place.
But MacNeil had the fastest closing lap — 29.06 — of the eight-woman final and touched first in 55.83.
Sjostrom was second in 56.22, denied a record fifth title in the 100 breast.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom, right, congratulates Canada's Margaret MacNeil after winning the women's 100m butterfly final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)
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Britain's Adam Peaty swims in the men's 100m breaststroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, July 22, 2019. (AP PhotoLee Jin-man)