2023 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET
- Friday, March 10th – Sunday, March 12th
- Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
- LCM (50m)
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The 2023 Edinburgh International Swim Meet kicked off today with several British swimming big guns taking to the Royal Commonwealth Pool.
Among them was 28-year-old Adam Peaty who, somewhat surprisingly, dove in for the heats of the men’s 200m breaststroke. Peaty clocked a morning swim of 2:16.41 (1:04.94/1:11.47) to claim the 4th seed.
Landing lane 4 was Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the event James Wilby who touched in 2:14.28 while Dutchman Ivo Kroes was also under 2:15 in 2:14.92. GBR’s George Smith rounded out the top 3 morning finishers with a mark of 2:16.29.
Although Peaty has entered this longer breaststroke event at meets in the past, including at the Lausanne Swim Cup in Switzerland late last month, the Olympic champion has a history of dropping the event. He not only scratched in Lausanne but did the same at last year’s British Championships.
The last time Peaty contested the 200m breast was during last year’s FFN Golden Tour where the Loughborough athlete punched a result of 2:14.48. His lifetime best remains at the 2:08.34 he produced in 2015 to represent the 5th quickest British man in history.
Peaty is also set to race the 50m and 100m breaststroke events at this competition where he enters the meet ranked 2nd in the world with respective times of 27.08 and 59.57.
What’s up with Scott? He didn’t look good at all in the 200
Ikr, didn’t look great at BUCS a few weeks ago either.
Best way to look at live results for this meet? When I click on the “Live Results” link, and then click on the link for this meet, I just get the meet information.
After clicking the “Live results” link tap “latest results” near the top of the page then click on “Edinburgh international” and results should then show.
Scratched the final, fair enough to be honest
Take note, Michael Andrew.
Michael Andrew actually had a pretty decent 200 BR–he went a 2:11 at a 2021 PSS meet where he was quite off-peak (1:00 100 BR and a 1:58 200 IM there as well). Had he swum it at 2021 trials, I think he would’ve been at least 2:08-low.
Frankly, the 200 breast should be MA’s pet event- only one where it’s ok to come home in 30.0
Peaty’s PB in the 2Breast is actually really respectable at a 2:08.34 from 2015. Wonder what kind of time Peaty could’ve done in the 2Breast if he focused on it.
I had no idea.
He was much lighter then.
His body type and his technique were never really meant for the 200 imo. He has a very-high tempo, power-focused stroke whereas you would need a longer stroke that requires good body position that doesn’t rely on continuous movement.
100 and 200 breaststroke have become super specialized and you almost need to choose which one you want to do if you want to compete internationally. Over the past 2 major international meets (Olympics and Worlds), only two swimmers overlapped in the final of each distance (Kamminga and Wilby at the Olympics, Stubblety-Cook and Fink at Worlds).
Do you mean just for men? Because Schoenmaker and King both medalled in both in Tokyo.
When he was much lighter in 2015-2016, he probably would’ve been 2:07-mid. At his age, without a relevant training base from when he was younger and his current body composition, he’d struggle to break 2:10.
At last lol!