Adam Peaty wins Olympic Silver in men's 100m breaststroke at Paris 2024

Adam Peaty has won Olympic Silver in the men's 100m breaststroke at Paris 2024.

Peaty, who coming into the Games had already claimed three Olympic gold and two silver medals, came second to Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi in the pool on Sunday.

He had been seeking to become just the second male swimmer after Phelps to win the same event at three successive Olympics.

Martinenghi's time of 59.03 seconds was two hundredths of a second quicker than Peaty, who touched the wall at the same time as Team USA's Nic Fink, meaning they will share the silver medal.

Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang, who was thought to be Peaty's main rival, finished a disappointing seventh.

Peaty's Olympic Silver takes Team GB's medal haul at these games to four, at present, after medals in cycling and diving on Saturday ensured the team its best start to an Olympic Games for 44 years.

"It's been a very long way back," an emotional Peaty told the BBC after his race.

"I did as well as I could. It's not about the end goal, it's all about the process and it doesn't matter what the time says on the score, in my heart I've already won.

"I'm not crying because I've come second. I'm crying because it just took so much to get here.

"It was incredibly hard to win it once and to win it again. I'm trying to find new ways to do it.

"Everything that happened to this point I think has happened for a reason and I'm so happy that I can race the best in the world and I came joint-second."

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