Olympics - Peaty to focus on 100m breaststroke in Tokyo


FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Men's 100m Breaststroke Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 07/08/2016. Adam Peaty (GBR) of United Kingdom poses with his gold medal. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic 100 metres breaststroke champion Adam Peaty has ruled out adding the 200 metres to his schedule at next year's Tokyo Games.

The Briton had talked about possibly targeting two individual medals by adding the longer distance but told the BBC on Monday he had decided against.

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