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Swimming-Briton Peaty sets world record in 50m breaststroke

(corrects to 2015 world championships in second par) July 25 (Reuters) - Britain's Adam Peaty broke the world record in the 50 metres breaststroke at the world swimming championships in Budapest on Tuesday. World champion Peaty swam 26.10 seconds in the heats to better the mark of 26.42 he set at the 2015 world championships in Kazan. (Reporting by Rod Gilmour, writing by Peter Rutherford; editing by John Stonestreet)