Swimming - King, Peaty, Masse smash world records


  • Swimming
  • Wednesday, 26 Jul 2017

Swimming – 17th FINA World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100m Breaststroke awarding ceremony – Budapest, Hungary – July 25, 2017 – Lilly King (gold) of the U.S. poses with the medal. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST, July 25 (Reuters) - The world championships came alive on Tuesday as Lilly King of the United States won the women's 100 metres breaststroke title in one of three world-record swims at the end of a breathtaking evening session.

Adam Peaty of Britain continued his breaststroke trail-blazing with his second world mark of the day to reach the 50m final and Canada's Kylie Masse produced a world-best time to win the women's 100m backstroke gold medal.

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