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Peaty defended her 100m breaststroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and was part of the British team that won gold in the 4x100m mixed medley.
Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty won bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke at his first World Championships since 2019.
The 29-year-old Briton set the fastest time heading into the final in Doha in 58.60 seconds, but swam 59.10 seconds in Monday’s race.
Peaty is using the event to prepare for his third consecutive 100m victory at the Paris Olympics this summer.
“Now it’s important to see how we can fine-tune it for the Olympics,” Peaty said.
“I think I tried a little too hard in the first 50 meters, but it’s great to race against the best in the world and I’m glad to be a part of it. Really well done for them. It’s not an easy race.”
The world record holder won his 11th world medal after American Nick Fink (58.57 seconds) and Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (58.84 seconds), who led from start to finish.
Peaty won gold in the 100m at the 2021 Tokyo Games, becoming the first British swimmer to hold an Olympic title.
He missed the 2022 World Championships due to a foot injury and missed last year as he took time away from competition to focus on his mental health, but told BBC Sport last week that he was in good shape ahead of the World Championships in Doha. He said there is.
Peaty, who has three Olympic gold medals, eight world titles, 17 European titles and four Commonwealth Games gold medals to his name, is aiming to return to the top of the podium at this summer’s Olympics in the French capital.
Fellow Briton James Wilby lost his heat on Sunday and did not compete in the final.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 200m medley final, Britain’s Abbie Wood finished 6th in a time of 2:11.20, missing out on a medal.
The 24-year-old finished fourth in his event at Tokyo 2020 and despite a strong start in Doha, America’s Kate Douglas won gold (2:07.05) and Canada’s Sydney Pickrem won silver (2:08.56). , and China’s Yu Yiting took the bronze medal to tone things down. (2:09.01).
Four-time world relay champion Duncan Scott qualified for Tuesday’s men’s 200m freestyle final in eighth place.
In the women’s 100m backstroke, Great Britain’s Lauren Cox and Kathleen Dawson qualified for Tuesday’s final after finishing third and fourth respectively in the semi-finals.