Rio Olympics 2016: Adam Peaty wins GB’s first medal with swimming gold

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Rio 2016 Olympics: Adam Peaty wins 100m breaststroke goldOlympic Games on the BBCHosts: Rio de Janeiro Dates: 5-21 August Rio time: BST -4Coverage: Watch on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, Red Button and up to 24 HD video streams on mobile, desktop, connected TVs and app, plus follow on Radio 5 live and via live text commentary.

Great Britain won their first medal of Rio 2016 as Adam Peaty took gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke final with a world record.

The 21-year-old from Uttoxeter broke his own world record by winning in 57.13 seconds.

Peaty is the first British man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal since Adrian Moorhouse, who won the same event in Seoul in 1988.

“It’s so surreal to get Team GB’s first gold,” Peaty told BBC Sport.

“I came out tonight and took the first 50 easy and came back with everything I have got.

“I did it for my country and that means so much for me.”

London 2012 champion Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won silver while Cody Miller won bronze for the USA.

Peaty, who was already world, European and Commonwealth champion, emulates the achievement of fellow Britons Duncan Goodhew (Moscow 1980) and …

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