Swimming - 18th FINA World Swimming Championships - Men's 100m Breaststroke Final - Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, South Korea - July 22, 2019. Adam Peaty of Britain after event. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Adam Peaty collected his third straight 100 metres breaststroke world title on Monday but such is the Briton's dominance in the event that he had to remind himself to enjoy the moment despite not breaking the world record.
A night earlier Peaty had become the first swimmer to go under the 'Magic 57' mark by posting a world record 56.88 in the semi-finals and while the Briton was on course to set another new mark at the halfway point, he faded on the home stretch.
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