Taylor triumphs at British finals again
Adam Taylor added gold to his silver medal in winning the men’s 50m fly at the British Summer Championships in Sheffield yesterday.
The City of Sunderland swimmer won silver in the 100m Butterfly on Friday, but went one better yesterday in winning the men’s 19+ 50m fly title.
He won in 24.12 seconds, beating Adam Fawl (Blackpool) into second place (24.21) and Stirling’s Calum Bain into third (24.56), repeating his 2015 and 2016 success.
City of Sunderland’s Rachel Taylor finished seventh in the final of the women’s 17/18 100m breaststroke final.
Adam Peaty vowed to get faster and faster after surprising even himself at the World Championships in Budapest.
Peaty, the 50 metres and 100m breaststroke world champion, took Great Britain’s 4x100m medley relay team from seventh place to first in the final event on Sunday.
But the quartet of Chris Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott ultimately had to settle for silver behind the United States.
It was Britain’s seventh medal of the eight-day event, second only in the medal table behind the mighty USA.
Olympic champion Peaty astounded with the margin of his victories and has the 11 fastest times in history over 100m and the six quickest in the non-Olympic 50m event.
But the 22-year-old Uttoxeter swimmer reckons he can get even quicker.
Peaty won three gold medals at his first World Championships in Kazan, Russia in 2015 and believes he is improving every year.
“Each year I’m going to continue, hopefully, to get faster and faster,” said Peaty, who won Britain’s first medal with 100m gold at the Rio Olympics.
“Every year I’m just gaining experience.
“Who knows when I’m going to fully know myself? It may take 10 years.”