Olympic champion Adam Peaty claimed a dominant victory in the 100 metres breaststroke final at the World Championships in Budapest on Monday night.

Peaty bettered his own championship record to finish in 57.47 seconds, but his own world record of 57.13secs set last August in winning Olympic gold in Rio was beyond him.

His nearest rival was Kevin Cordes of the United States, who was 1.32 seconds behind, while bronze went to Kirill Prigoda of Russia in 59.05.

Briton Ross Murdoch was eighth in 59.45 as Peaty retained the title he won in Kazan, Russia two years ago.

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