ADAM Peaty laid down a marker for the coming Commonwealth Games with another fine performance in the British Gas International in Manchester.
The City of Derby swimmer today added the 100m breaststroke title to the 50m crown he collected on Wednesday.
In the process he beat Scotland star Michael Jamieson and his England team-mate Andrew Willis to confirm his credentials as a genuine medal contender of the summer's main event in Glasgow,.
Peaty was 0.06 seconds quicker than his British record pace at the halfway stage before ultimately touching in 1:00.28 to take gold.
He said: "I'm really happy with that swim. As a morning final, it was a bit of a shake up for my body which I'm not used to, but it puts me in good stead for the Commonwealths.
"I'll hopefully go a bit faster than that in the heats in Glasgow. I did feel a bit of fatigue in the last 25m of that race but when I'm rested, hopefully that extra percentage will come.
"I'm getting quite consistent with my 100m now. I was really pleased to swim 59.5 in the heats and, hopefully, I can get the 59.2s more often now."
Jamieson and Willis, team0mates at Bath's National Training Centre, took silver and bronze in 1:01.34 and 1:01.91 respectively.
Chris Steeples from Church Broughton, swimming for Manchester Aquatics, was seventh in the final in 1.03.07.
There was more success for the Derby club when Danielle Lowe led the final of 400m individual medley from start to finish to land gold in 4.46.16 ahead of Camilla Hattersley of Glasgow.
She also claimed silver in finishing second to Hatfield's Katie Armitage in the final of the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2.32.07. It was a close call, with Armitage touching a mere 0.14 seconds ahead.
Kevin Wallbank (Derventio eXcel) continued his excellent form by winning the junior 200m butterfly in a personal best 2:03.34 to add to his success in the 100m event the previous day.
His club-mate, Abbie Wood, landed silver in the junior 200m breaststroke and was also the fastest junior in finishing fifth in the 400m medley, while Kane Haggett was eighth in the open 50m freestyle.
Wallbank and Haggett were members of the Derventio team that finished sixth in the 400m freestyle relay along with Randu Patera and Misch Menzies.
