Article 6PJ7W Heartbreak for Adam Peaty on disappointing day two for Team GB

Heartbreak for Adam Peaty on disappointing day two for Team GB

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Daniel Boffey at Paris La Défense Arena
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World record-holding swimmer Adam Peaty was left in tears after being beaten to gold by the smallest of margins on a day of disappointment for Team GB at the Paris Games.

The 29-year-old had been seeking to join American legend Michael Phelps as only the second man to win three successive Olympic golds in the same discipline, but trailed Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi by just 0.02 of a second in the men's 100m breaststroke.

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