23.28 CEST
Some of the swimmers waved when they stepped on to the dark pool deck for the men’s 100m breaststroke final, some of them punched the air, pressed their hands together in prayer, or cupped their hands to their ears. Adam Peaty did not so much as flicker his eyes left or right. The defending Olympic champion walked straight ahead to the blocks, and set himself for the race ahead. Win it, as he did in Rio and Tokyo, and he would become the third swimmer in history, after Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, to win gold in the same event at three consecutive Olympic Games.
He lost. A minute later, 59.05sec to be precise, Peaty touched the wall in second. He was just two-hundredths behind the Italian Nicolò Martinenghi, who was out in lane seven. So it was silver, and he even had to share it with Nic Fink from the USA, who finished dead level with him.
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Adam Peaty falls agonisingly short in bid for third 100m breaststroke title
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Source link : https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/jul/28/paris-2024-olympics-day-two-swimming-gymnastics-and-basketball-as-games-continue-live
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Publish date : 2024-07-28 21:48:00
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