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Great Britain’s Adam Peaty defended his 100-meter backstroke gold medal, winning the event on Sunday night at the Tokyo Games.
Peaty finished with an unofficial time of 57.37 seconds, besting silver medalist Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands (58.00) and bronze medalist Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy (58.33).
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The United States’ Michael Andrew finished in fourth (58.84).
It wasn’t one of Peaty’s signature performances, at least by his lofty standards, as he didn’t match his world record time (56.88 seconds, set in 2019) or his Olympic record (57.13 seconds, set at the Rio Games in 2016). But his second consecutive conquest in the event solidified him as the greatest short-distance breaststroke swimmer in history.
He also became the first British swimmer to ever successfully defend their gold medal.
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