Adam Peaty’s feat belies his tender age of 21. The young Englishman set the pool on fire on Sunday at Rio as he smashed the 100m breaststroke world record to take the gold. His timing of 57.13 seconds saw him obliterate the 57.55 seconds set by him the previous night in heats. Peaty’s nearest rival, the 2012 champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, finished second at only 58.69.
Peaty thus ended Great Britain’s 28-year wait for an Olympic swimming gold medal.
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He is now the proud possessor of the 100m breaststroke gold medals at the 2015 World Championships, the 2014 and 2016 European Championships and the 2014 Commonwealth Games along with the Olympic gold.
And to think that he had an acute fear of water as a child, makes his effort all the more admirable!
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Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
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