Britain’s Adam Peaty shattered his own 50 metres breaststroke world record on Tuesday at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, capital city of Hungary.
The Briton won the 100 metres breaststroke at the World Championships on Monday night and returned on Tuesday morning to qualify fastest in a world record over 50m.
He swam 26.10 seconds in the heats to better the mark of 26.42 he set at the 2015 world championships in Kazan.
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The world Champion will now compete in the 50m final on Wednesday.