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airoasis · 6 years

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Adam Peaty says he's struggling for inspiration

On the night Adam Peaty made it four years unbeaten over 100m breaststroke the world's most dominant swimmer also showed he is human and is dealing with motivation.

Peaty was a method off his best on his method to triumph in the 100m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, retaining the title he claimed in Glasgow 4 years ago.His time of 58.84 was enough to beat compatriot James Wilby by 0.59 seconds but having actually turned simply outside world record rate, he constrained up in the final metres-- a sight we are unaccustomed to seeing from the Olympic champ-- and was more than a 2nd and a half off his best.And Peaty

exposed that the satisfaction he felt in the lead-up to Rio has been more difficult to come by in the 2 years considering that.

England's Adam Peaty with his gold medal in the Guy's 100m Breaststroke Final at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre The 23-year-old, who will return for the 50m breaststroke heats on Sunday, said: "I was out on world record rate at 50, however it's April. I went out there to obtain to that 50 as fast as I could and hold on.

"Even though it's a gold medal and it's four years unbeaten which's finished the circle, I'm not happy with that efficiency.

"It's not the very best variation of me. I want to go out there on the 50 and aim to get that better variation.

"That's the very first time ever where I have actually felt not in control of my race. I think I let the event get to me excessive and I was believing about the end result rather of the procedure.

"I was constraining up with 15 to go and that never occurs. I believe it was because I was taking too many strokes. I was just thinking too much about the times rather than the procedure. The more stressing thing for me is how can I keep the sport new, how can I keep my inspiration high? That's going to be the next challenge now to keep pushing.

England's Adam Peaty has won Gold again- this time at the 2018 Commonwealth Games"This last season I stopped enjoying it as much as I did pre two years ago. Going into the 50, I'm just going to attempt and discover that pleasure and be grateful for where I am."

It is a measure of Peaty's supremacy that he was still over a half a second clear of the field when plainly not on top form.And although he expects to be much quicker for this summertime's European Champions, when his body is more accustomed to performing, he confessed there are some concerns at his battles in the second half of the race.He added:"It's been a huge learning curve here.

My stroke feels nowhere near what it ought to feel like. I believe we have actually got to return to the drawing board now to see what operated in September to December and how we improve that from April to July to August. "That was nowhere near my finest. I do not seem like the remainder of the swimmers.

They touch, and think, yeah, I have actually won gold, I take a look at the time and think that's not the best variation of myself. I'm consumed with self-improvement."I anticipated to carry out here, due to the fact that I had a long taper however for some factor that

back end isn't really carrying out as it should. The good news is it's only the 50 now."npower is the Authorities Partner of Team England and is providing our athletes the power of support by recording a brand name new version of their anthem, Jerusalem. To listen to the track see

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youngmagazin · 6 years

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oscarwetnwilde · 6 months

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James Wilby & Sporting, Part Two: 1. Victoria (2016): shooting 2. Maurice (1987): cricket 3. Poirot (2008): snooker 4. An Ideal Husband (1999): golf 5. Shadows In The Sun (2009): biking 6. Bertie And Elizabeth (2002): shooting 7. Bertie And Elizabeth (2002): tennis 8. You, Me, And It (1993): rugby 9. Lady Godiva (2008): sword fighting 10. A Summer Story (1988): biking

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footballnewspapers · 4 years

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Young Guns Goodburn & Glenister Headed To Swim England Winter C'ships

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thisdaynews · 5 years

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World Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty wins 100m breaststroke gold

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World Aquatics Championships: Adam Peaty wins 100m breaststroke gold

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Adam Peaty wins 100m breaststroke gold at World Swimming Championships

2019 World Aquatics Championships Dates:12-28 JulyVenue:Gwangju, South Korea Coverage:Highlights on BBC Two, updates on BBC R5L Sports Extra, and reports on the BBC Sport website and app.

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has won the 100m breaststroke at the World Championships in South Korea – his third successive gold in the event.

Sunday’s semi-final saw him break his own world record, becoming the first man to swim 100m in under 57 seconds.

The 24-year-old clocked 57.14 seconds to comfortably beat compatriot James Wilby, with China’s Yan Zibei in third.

Peaty is unbeaten in five years over the distance in major competitions, and will compete in the 50m on Tuesday.

He aimed to beat Sunday’s record-breaking time, but said he was still “over the moon” with 57.14.

“I had to be a better version of myself. Unfortunately I made a tiny little mistake on that first length, trying to force the speed a bit too much,” he said.

“But the most important lesson is I’m still learning. It’s not like I’ve gone 56 and never have to learn again.

“I’m always learning, always trying to improve and that’s the most important thing we can have going into the Olympics next year.”

The Briton has set the 15 best times in the 100m breaststroke, and has become the first male swimmer to achieve a trio of world titles in the event.

Peaty previously shared the record of two 100m world titles with American Brendan Hansen and Hungary’s Norbert Rozsa.

Monday’s performance means he has also become the first man to win five world championship medals in breaststroke events.

He recently revealed he practises “active meditation” to aid his mental health after suffering a dip following his gold-medal winning performance in the 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016 and has since backed mental health campaigns.

Wilby, who qualified in third place behind Zibei, achieved his first world medal, clocking 58.46.

Peaty broke his first 100m world record in 2015 at the British Championships, with his time of 57.92, making him the first man to swim the distance in under 58 seconds.

Elsewhere, Britain’s Luke Greenbank knocked two-tenths of a second off his personal best with a 53.75 swim in the 100m backstroke semi-final.

Molly Renshaw also smashed her personal best for the second time on Monday with a time of 1.06.73 effort to qualify for the women’s 100m breaststroke final.

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BBC Radio 5 live swimming pundit Karen Pickering

You can’t see where or why he’s going to slow down. From where he won his first world title as a teenager, physically he will have changed so much and he has certainly got bigger.

You can’t get much bigger or much stronger but the experience that he has and how he can swim his races: you look and think ‘if I can just tweak a little bit there’ – he was out a tiny bit quicker and paid for it in the closing stages – you’re just tweaking those little bits and you think those barriers are there to be broken each time by making tiny little margins of difference.

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christywhitley · 5 years

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ultrasfcb-blog · 6 years

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European Championships 2018: Medal table, GB medallists and medals by sport

This page features the final medal table, GB’s leading multiple medal winners, selected medal tables by sport and GB’s medallists day by day.

Final 2018 medal table (top 10)

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 31 19 16 66 2 Great Britain 26 26 22 74 3 Italy 15 17 28 60 4 Netherlands 15 15 13 43 5 Germany 13 17 23 53 6 France 13 14 15 42 7 Poland 9 6 6 21 8 Ukraine 8 13 5 26 9 Switzerland 8 4 7 19 10 Hungary 7 4 4 15

Today’s GB medal winners

Sunday, 12 August

European Championships 2018: Dina Asher-Smith leads GB women to 4x100m gold

Gold

Gymnastics: Dominick Cunningham – floor

Athletics: Laura Muir – 1500m

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Asha Philip – women’s 4x100m relay

Athletics: CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili and Harry Aikines Aryeetey – men’s 4x100m relay

Silver

Athletics: Eilish McColgan – 5,000m

Bronze

Gymnastics: Courtney Tulloch – rings

Golf: Michele Thomson and Meghan MacLaren – women’s team event

Athletics: Laura Weightman – 1500m

Dominick Cunningham’s winning floor routine

Leading GB athletes

GB athletes to have won three medals or more

Athlete Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Adam Peaty Swimming 4 0 0 4 Duncan Scott Swimming 3 1 0 4 James Guy Swimming 3 0 1 4 Dina Asher-Smith Athletics 3 0 0 3 Georgia Davies Swimming 2 1 1 4 Freya Anderson Swimming 2 0 2 4 Jack Laugher Diving 2 1 0 3 Katie Archibald Cycling 1 2 0 3 Ethan Hayter Cycling 1 0 2 3

NB: Cyclist Laura Kenny and athlete Zharnel Hughes both won two gold medals

Medal tables by sport

Selected sports only

Athletics

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Great Britain 7 5 6 18 2 Poland 7 4 1 12 3 Germany 6 7 6 19

Swimming

Excluding open water swimming and synchronised swimming

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 10 10 6 26 2 Great Britain 9 7 8 24 3 Italy 6 5 11 22

Diving

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 5 4 3 12 2 Great Britain 4 5 1 10 3 Germany 1 2 5 8

Track cycling

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Netherlands 5 0 3 8 2 Great Britain 4 3 3 10 3 Germany 3 4 4 11

Gymnastics

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 4 2 3 9 2 France 1 1 2 4 =3 Belgium 1 1 1 3 =3 Great Britain 1 1 1 3 =3 Netherlands 1 1 1 3

Rowing

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Romania 3 2 2 7 2 France 2 2 1 5 3 Italy 2 1 3 6 12 Great Britain 0 2 2 4

Synchronised swimming

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 8 0 0 8 2 Ukraine 1 5 1 7 3 Italy 0 4 5 9 – Great Britain 0 0 0 0

GB medal winners day by day

Saturday, 11 August – 11 medals

Great Britain duo claim BMX gold & silver

Gold

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith – 200m

BMX: Kyle Evans

Diving: Grace Reid – 3m springboard

Silver

Artistic Gymnastics: Joe Fraser, James Hall, Max Whitlock, Courtney Tulloch and Dominick Cunningham – Men’s team

Athletics:Rabah Yousif, Dwayne Cowan, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Martyn Rooney – 4x400m relay

BMX: Kye Whyte

Diving: Alicia Blagg – 3m springboard

Diving: Matthew Lee and Lois Toulson – synchronised 10m platform

Golf: Michele Thomson, Connor Syme, Liam Johnston and Meghan Maclaren – mixed team competition

Bronze

Athletics: Zoey Clark, Anyika Onuora, Amy Allcock and Eilidh Doyle – 4x400m relay

Athletics: Shara Proctor – long jump

Friday, 10 August – five medals

Hudson-Smith wins 400m gold

Gold

Athletics: Matthew Hudson-Smith – 400m

Silver

Diving: Jack Laugher and Chris Mears – synchronised 3m springboard

Athletics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson – Heptathlon

Bronze

Athletics: Meghan Beesley – 400m hurdles

Athletics: Jake Wightman – 1500m

Thursday, 9 August – 12 medals

GB win men’s relay gold

Gold

Diving: Jack Laugher – 3m springboard

Swimming: Ben Proud – 50m freestyle

Swimming: Nicholas Pyle, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott – men’s 4x100m medley relay

GB’s Jack Laugher wins 3m springboard gold

Silver

Triathlon: Jess Learmonth – women’s triathlon

Diving: Matthew Dixon and Noah Williams – synchronised 10m platform

Swimming: Imogen Clark – 50m breaststroke

Swimming: Max Litchfield – 400m individual medley

Athletics: Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake – 200m

Bronze

Swimming: James Guy – 100m butterfly

Swimming: Holly Hibbott – 400m freestyle

Swimming: Georgia Davies, Siobhan- Marie O’Connor, Alys Thomas, Freya Anderson – women’s 4x100m medley relay

Athletics: Holly Bradshaw – pole vault

Wednesday, 8 August – two medals

European Championships 2018: Adam Peaty wins gold in 50m breaststroke

Gold

Swimming: Adam Peaty – 50m breaststroke

Silver

Diving: Grace Reid and Ross Haslam – mixed synchronised 3m springboard

Tuesday, 7 August – 13 medals

Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes & Reece Prescod win 100m gold & silver

Gold

Track cycling: Matthew Walls – men’s elimination race

Diving: Eden Cheng and Lois Toulson – women’s 10m synchronised diving

Diving: Jack Laugher – men’s 1m Springboard

Swimming: Duncan Scott – men’s 200m freestyle

Swimming: Ellie Faulkner, Kathryn Greenslade, Holly Hibbott and Freya Anderson – women’s 4x200m freestyle relay

Athletics: Dina Asher-Smith – women’s 100m final

Athletics: Zharnel Hughes – men’s 100m

Silver

Swimming: Ben Proud – men’s 50m butterfly

Swimming: Georgia Davies – women’s 100m backstroke

Athletics: Reece Prescod – men’s 100m

Bronze

Track cycling: Jack Carlin – men’s keirin

Diving: James Heatly – men’s 1m Springboard

Swimming: Molly Renshaw – women’s 200m breaststroke

Monday, 6 August – six medals

Gold and European record for ‘brilliant Brits’ in 4x100m relay

Gold

Swimming: Georgia Davies, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Freya Anderson – mixed 4x100m medley relay

Silver

Swimming: James Wilby – men’s 200m breaststroke

Track cycling: Katie Archibald – women’s omnium 20km points

Bronze

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter and Oliver Wood – men’s madison

Swimming: Alys Thomas – women’s 200m butterfly

Swimming: Max Litchfield – men’s 200m individual medley

Sunday, 5 August – six medals

Laura Kenny delighted with elimination race gold, despite ‘mum guilt’

Gold

Track cycling: Laura Kenny – women’s elimination

Swimming: Georgia Davies – 50m backstroke

Swimming: Calum Jarvis, Duncan Scott, Thomas Dean and James Guy – men’s 4x200m relay

Silver

Swimming: Duncan Scott – 100m freestyle

Bronze

Rowing: Sam Mottram – men’s single scull

Rowing: Harry Leask, Jack Beaumont – men’s double scull

Saturday, 4 August – seven medals

GB’s Peaty breaks breaststroke world record to win gold

Gold

Swimming: Adam Peaty – 100m breaststroke

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter – men’s omnium

Silver

Track cycling – Katie Archibald – 3,000m individual pursuit

Rowing: Thomas Ford, Jacob Dawson, Adam Neill and James Johnston – men’s fours

Rowing: Anastasia Chitty, Katherine Douglas, Holly Hill, Rebecca Girling, Fiona Gammond, Holly Norton, Karen Bennett, Rebecca Shorten – women’s eights

Swimming: James Wilby – 100m breaststroke

Bronze

Swimming: Stephen Milne, Craig McLean, Kathryn Greenslade and Freya Anderson – 4x200m mixed freestyle bronze

Friday, 3 August – four medals

European Championships 2018: GB win first gold in women’s team pursuit

Gold

Track cycling: Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald, Neah Evans – women’s team pursuit

Silver

Track cycling: Emily Kay – women’s 10km scratch race

Bronze

Swimming: Hannah Miley – women’s 400m individual medley

Track cycling: Ethan Hayter, Steven Burke, Kian Emadi, Charlie Tanfield – – men’s team pursuit

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netunleashed-blog · 6 years

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European Championships 2018: Adam Peaty breaks 50m breaststroke record in heats

https://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=34544 European Championships 2018: Adam Peaty breaks 50m breaststroke record in heats - https://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=34544 Peaty sets Championship record in 50m breaststroke 2018 European ChampionshipsVenues: Glasgow and Berlin Dates: 2-12 AugustCoverage: Live across BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra plus the BBC Sport website with further coverage on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app.Britain's Adam Peaty broke the European Championships record as he made the 50m breaststroke semi-finals in Glasgow.The Olympic and world champion, 23, who broke his own 100m world record on Saturday, finished in 26.50 seconds to qualify alongside Ross Murdoch.Siobhan-Marie O'Connor qualified second-fastest in the 200m medley, with Aimee Willmott also winning her heat.Freya Anderson came through the 100m freestyle heats but Hannah Miley, Abbie Wood and James Wilby all went out.The trio clocked fast enough times to reach the semi-finals of their respective events, but fell foul of a rule stating only two swimmers can go through from each nation.Peaty already has two gold medals at the Championships and remains on course to become a three-time quadruple European champion.Anna Hopkin joined Anderson, 17, in reaching the 100m freestyle semis, with Brodie Williams and Luke Greenbank getting through their 200m backstroke heat and Great Britain's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team also advancing. Source link

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cariftagames · 7 years

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Charlotte Atkinson: Swimmer hopes there is ‘more to come’ at World Championships

Isle of Man swimmer Charlotte Atkinson set three Manx records at the British championships

Double British champion Charlotte Atkinson is in the 29-strong British swimming team for July’s World Championships in Hungary.

The 19-year-old from the Isle of Man achieved the qualification standard when she won the 200m butterfly final at the British Championships.

The Loughborough swimmer said she was "over the moon" to be chosen.

Atkinson also won the 50m butterfly and came second in the 100m butterfly events in Sheffield.

She told BBC Sport: "I am over the moon with my results from last week and I am happy to be British champion for the first time!

The swimmer from Douglas is the fist ever Manx born British champion swimmer

"To set personal bests and medal in all my events was incredible, and hopefully this is just the start with a lot more to come in the summer.

"I am so proud to represent Great Britain at the World Championships and can’t wait to show what I can do there."

The strong team also involves Rio Olympic champion Adam Peaty.

The World Championships will take place between in Budapest between 14 and 30 July.

Men: Nick Grainger, Luke Greenbank, James Guy, Calum Jarvis, Daniel Jervis, Max Litchfield, Stephen Milne, Ross Murdoch, Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Duncan Scott, Mark Szaranek, Chris Walker-Hebborn, James Wilby.

Women: Freya Anderson, Charlotte Atkinson, Jazz Carlin, Georgia Davies, Kathleen Dawson, Holly Hibbott, Hannah Miley, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Molly Renshaw, Rosie Rudin, Alys Thomas, Jocelyn Ulyett, Sarah Vasey, Aimee Willmott, Abbie Wood.

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