I turned and I saw his foot and I was like, ‘Right, I’ve got some catching up to do now'
Adam Peaty
Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden lowered her own world record in the 100-meter butterfly to win gold Monday night, after first breaking the mark set by American Dana Vollmer at the 2012 London Olympics in the semi-finals on Sunday.
Earlier Monday, American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own world record in the 1,500 freestyle preliminaries.
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Three world records set in the first two days of pool swimming – and all by women.
Sjostrom led at the turn and won by a body length, touching in 55.64 seconds. She dipped a hundredth of a second lower than her mark a day earlier while finishing 1.41 seconds ahead of Jeanette Ottesen of Denmark.
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Ottesen earned silver in 57.05 and Lu Ying of China took bronze in 57.48.
Sjostrom broker her own world record mark. Photo: AFP
Adam Peaty gave Britain its first gold medal in the temporary pool at Kazan Arena with a comeback victory in the 100 breaststroke.
Former world record holder and current Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa led at the turn under Peaty’s pace set in April. But Peaty overtook van der Burgh in the closing meter, getting his hand on the wall in 58.52 for the gold.
Adam Peaty of Britain fought back to beat South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh to gold. Photo: Reuters
Van der Burgh was second in 58.59. Peaty’s teammate, Ross Murdoch, took third in 59.09.
