Adam Peaty slipped to a shock defeat in the men's 100 metres breaststroke, finishing outside the medal positions as English compatriot James Wilby clinched Commonwealth Games gold. Peaty had never ...

Adam Peaty admitted his shock defeat in the men's 100 metres breaststroke final was "heartbreaking" after he finished outside the medal positions as James Wilby claimed Commonwealth Games gold. Peaty ...

Great Britain celebrated gold and silver in the 100m breaststroke as Adam Peaty led teammate James Wilby home 57.14sec to 58.46. The battle for bronze went to China’s Yan Zibei, on an Asian record of ...

Is it a privilege or a burden – or a bit of both – to be competing at the same time in the same event as one of history’s pioneers? Something James Wilby knows only too well going into the British ...

Britain’s mixed 4x100m relay team endured a difficult night after failing to defend their title they won in Tokyo, finishing seventh. Three years after Team GB sensationally won a historic gold in ...

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England’s James Wilby and Scotland’s Ross Murdoch savoured their Commonwealth Games medals on Friday night after both had questioned their swimming futures following last year’s Olympics. Wilby and ...

British swimmer James Wilby broke down in tears and said he was sorry he could not win an Olympic medal in Tokyo for his mother, a nurse on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. Wilby qualified ...

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