03-08-2015 18:17 via news.yahoo.com

Peaty wins historic 100m breaststroke world gold

Adam Peaty won the men's 100m breaststroke gold at the world swimming championships in Kazan on Monday to give Britain their first world champion in the event for 40 years. The 20-year-old, who is making his worlds debut, swam 58.52 seconds with Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa taking silver at 0.07secs as he lost out to Commonwealth champion Peaty on the wall. Britain's Ross Murdoch took bronze at 0.57secs back.
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