16th FINA World Championships
DAY FIVE | Thursday 6th August 2015
COMPETITION INSIGHTS
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE FOR GOLDEN TRIO
Gold was glittering on an unforgettable night of swimming at the World Championships in Kazan.
Adam Peaty visited the top of the podium twice in the 50m breaststroke and with the Great Britain 4x100m mixed medley relay squad where Fran Halsall anchored the quartet to a new world record.
László Cseh of Hungary picked up the 11th world medal of his career with victory in the 200m butterfly while Gregorio Paltrinieri was second in the 800m freestyle.
Adam Peaty had already won the 100m breaststroke when he overhauled Cameron van der Burgh on the final stroke on Monday. The pair then traded 50m world records before they went head to head again in the one-length final. Again Cameron had the better start and forged a clear lead before Adam clawed back the deficit and beat the South African for victory by 0.15 seconds in 26.51.
Adam then returned to swim the breaststroke leg as Britain set a new world record of 3mins 41.71secs in the mixed medley relay where Fran Halsall was pitted against male sprinters including Vladimir Morozov of Russia on the anchor leg.
Adam beamed from ear to ear and said: “It’s my first World…
