After setting the pace for the world in the prelims session of the 2017 British Swimming Championships in a 58.56, Adam Peaty clearly did not hold back in finals. Peaty posted the 4th fastest time in history in the 100 meter breaststroke, winning the event by over two seconds in 57.79. Peaty owns the all-time top 8 performances in the event. The top ten performances all time are:
| 1 | Adam Peaty | 57.13 |
| 2 | Adam Peaty | 57.55 |
| 3 | Adam Peaty | 57.62 |
| 4 | Adam Peaty | 57.79 |
| 5 | Adam Peaty | 57.92 |
| 6 | Adam Peaty | 58.18 |
| 7 | Adam Peaty | 58.36 |
| 8 | Adam Peaty | 58.41 |
| 9 | Cameron van der Burgh | 58.46 |
| 10 | Cameron van der Burgh | 58.49 |
At this point, Peaty is the only swimmer this year to break the 58 second barrier and only one of two who has broken 59. Zibei Yan of China posted a 58.92 on April 10th to secure the second fastest time in the world.
The young British swimmer is coming off the 2016 Olympic Games, where he broke the world record in the 100 breaststroke in 57.13 and swam an earth shattering 56.59 breaststroke leg on the Great Britain medley relay that took home silver behind the United States.
In an interview with British Swimming following his race today, Peaty made it clear that he has been looking all along towards Budapest and peaking at the 2017 World Championships. He even said, “The front end speed will come. That front end speed can go down another .4 and then the back end will come.” The full interview can be found below:
The breaststroke standout clearly has his eye on his world record in Budapest. His first 50 this evening was a 27.01, exactly .4 behind his first 50 split when he broke the world record in Rio.
Peaty is entered to swim the 50 meter breaststroke event later in the meet. He currently holds the world record at 26.42.
He redefined the 100 breaststroke in just what…. 3 years !!!! Very impressive
Q&A with Adam Peaty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_uQ40rqCRY
RACE VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za0HN3KCJjk
Adam Peaty is terrifyingly good at the 100. I say that because he can still improve so much on his pullouts. I understand he tries to maximize his oxygen and get right through his pullout motioning, in order to carry all his speed through the top of the water, but he shouldn’t be a half bodylength behind everyone on the breakout. If he goes 56 it’s because he improved the efficiency of his underwaters. I think he will.
On top of the water his technique is incredible and so powerful, his hands catch so much water and go straight forward with a lot of hip drive and a narrow kick.
I wonder if it’s not so much about going through his pullout fast but rather it’s just not that good because for a single pull and kick he’s not as efficient. In other words, where Peaty kills all other breastrokers is in his turnover rate (Swimswam just had an analysis of this a week or so ago). He crams in something like 5 strokes more per length than the other top breastrokers. Because of this, his efficiency for each stroke may not be as good as say, Van derBurgh, and since the pullout is a single pull and kick, it may just be that Peaty lacks that single cycle efficiency to have a great pullout. The narrow kick and footspeed… Read more »
Yep, good (and fairly obvious after watching, by now, dozens of Peaty’s swims) considerations.
he is the breastroke version of short course yards dressel
At this point, he owns the 100 breaststroke.
With his current WR, Peaty is one of the the most dominant swimmer ever at the 100 meter distance in any stroke.
He’s at 57.13 and VDB is at 58.46.
Is he swimming the 200 here?
Not this time
Untouchable