in the early hours of day three, peaty became the first british swimmer to defend an olympic title with his dominant victory in the 100m breaststroke. peaty touched the wall in 57.37 seconds, the fifth fastest time in history .bbc sport s nester mcgregor has been speaking to his parents. there is a lot hanging on this one, he has worked so hard. all the athletes trained for the last year for the olympics and it s another year, his body is another year older so you don t know how he s going to react. i knew he d put a work in and he was in the best shape he has ever been, but you can never take it as a given, you can t. there must have been shouting when he finally touched? thankful it was all over, but about a minute into it. less than a minute, yeah. just after 57.5 seconds.
i think ithinka i think a few people at home watching might have had a tear or two in their eye as well. meanwhile, the first of team gb s golds was won in the early hours of the morning. adam peaty successfully defended his 100m breaststroke olympic title, becoming the first british swimmer to do so. the world record holder blew away the competition in a perfectly executed swim. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, the defending champion said he had gone through a tough time but it had been worth it. i haven t felt this good since 2016. itjust means the world to me. i didn t have the. i thought i had the best preparation of my life but then in the finals, it goes out the window. that s really what it takes to be an athlete, not who is the best all year round, it s the best on the day, best person on the day who is the most adaptable. and the third gold medal came
synchronised ten metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain s third gold in the men s cross country mountain biking. there were silver medals too for alex yees in the men s triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. for a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. as you say, what a day to celebrate for team gb. three goals they ve managed and they could have been more. becoming the first british swimmer to defend the olympic title. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, he admitted he d gone through a tough time, but it d all been worth it. haven t felt this good since 2016!
i have been diving now for 20 years and this is my fourth olympic games and lots of people probably would have counted me out at this olympics being the older person, but i m in the best shape physically and mentally. the moment stood behind that rostum over there and about to be announced as olympic champions and then to hear the national anthem play, i was gone, i couldn t even sing. i was halfway singing and i was blubbering. i just. yeah, i can t believe it. the run of golds started in the early hours of this morning, though, as adam peaty made history in the pool, becoming the first british swimmer to defend their olympic title. he won the 100 metres breaststroke once again and the world record holder really blew away the competition in a perfectly executed swim. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, he admitted he d gone through a tough time, but it had all been worth it. i haven t felt this good since 2016.
yeah, i can t believe it. i m sure he wasn t the only one! meanwhile, adam peaty made history in the pool, successfully defending his 100m breaststroke olympic title, becoming the first british swimmer to do so. the world record holder blew away the competition in a perfectly executed swim. peaty finished in a time of 57.37 seconds, six tenths clear of the field. speaking afterwards, the defending champion said he had gone through a tough time, but it had been worth it. i haven t felt this good since 2016. itjust means the world to me. i didn t have the. i thought i had the best preparation of my life but then the morning finals, it goes out the window. that s really what it takes to be an athlete, not who is the best all year round, it s the best on the day, best person on the day who is the most adaptable. and the third gold medal came from an unexpected source, team gb s tom pidcock convincingly