• Swimmer eases into 100m breaststroke semi-finals
  • Peaty: ‘I’m glad the cobwebs are out now’

Adam Peaty admitted that the Tokyo 2020 Games feel “weird” and very different to a normal Olympics as he set the eighth fastest time in history to move into the 100m breaststroke semi-finals.

Peaty promised there was plenty more in the tank after winning his heat in 57.56sec – nearly a quarter of a second clear of his closest rival Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands – but accepted that it had been an unusual experience given the lack of crowds.

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