PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - ⁠Britain's world record holder Adam Ramsay-Peaty ⁠trailed home 20th in the 50m ‌breaststroke heats at the European championships in Paris on Friday and said he was frustrated and confused ​by his continuing poor form.

The ⁠triple Olympic gold ⁠medallist, 31, was eighth in his heat with ⁠a ‌time of 27.34 seconds. His world record, set in July 2017, ⁠stands at 25.95.

Italian Nicolo Martinenghi, the ​reigning 100m ‌breaststroke Olympic champion, won the heat in ⁠26.65 and ​was second fastest overall behind compatriot Simone Cerasuolo in 26.20.

Ramsay-Peaty was fifth in the ⁠100m breaststroke final earlier in ​the week, the world record holder'sfirst defeat in the event at a European aquatics championship, ⁠after having to settle for bronze at the Commonwealth Games in both 100m and 50m.

"These performances are not good enough at ​all. Even now I'm ⁠like it's so bad that I'm confused," ​he said on Friday.

"It’s ‌very frustrating but I’m hoping ​we can figure it out."

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)