Adam Peaty was in tears after his silver medal in a dramatic men’s 100m breaststroke final. Peaty is widely considered the greatest British swimmer of all time ahead of the likes of James Guy, Rebecca Adlington and Henry Taylor. He was bidding to become a three-time Olympic champion in the men’s 100m breaststroke event having not lost on the world’s biggest stage since his Games debut in Rio 2016. Peaty still holds the world record in the men’s 100m breaststroke and looked on course to add another gold to his belt. But the extremely tight race saw Peaty just pipped to the line by Italy’s Nicol…
