Published By: Siddarth Sriram
Last Updated: December 02, 2023, 16:26 IST
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Swimmer Caeleb Dressel (Credit: Twitter)
Dressel, who didn’t qualify for the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, earlier this yr, stated the victory simply confirmed the progress he’d already felt in coaching.
Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel’s push for the Paris Olympics gained steam Friday together with his 100m butterfly victory on the US Open in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dressel, sixth on the flip, powered dwelling to win in 51.31sec, his first race win for the reason that 2022 World Championships, the place he reduce brief his marketing campaign earlier than stepping away from swimming for a number of months.
Dressel, who didn’t qualify for the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, earlier this yr, stated the victory simply confirmed the progress he’d already felt in coaching.
“It’s not something I need right now,” he stated of the victory. “Training’s been going great, so it’s a little cherry on top. It’s just fun to be back.”
With his eyes firmly on the US Olympic trials in June and the Paris Games, Dressel stated he was in a “really good spot.”
“Throwing up some times that probably (are) a little quicker than I thought it would be at this point in the season,” stated Dressel, who set the world document of 49.45sec on the Tokyo Olympics however hadn’t gone quicker than 51.66 since his return to competitors.
His storming end noticed him contact one one-hundredth of a second forward of Ilya Kharun of Canada with Josh Liendo third in 51.42.
In different races on Friday, world document-holder and world champion Summer McIntosh gained the ladies’s 400m particular person medley in 4min 29.96sec — practically eight seconds forward Israel’s Anastasia Gorbenko (4:37.90). American Regan Smith was third in 4:38.77.
“Overall I’m pretty happy with that,” stated the 17-yr-outdated McIntosh, who adopted up her win over Katie Ledecky within the 400m freestyle.
Seven-time Olympic champion Ledecky settled for second once more within the 200m free, gained by Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey in 1:54.20 to Ledecky’s 1:56.29.
Haughey returned to win the 100m breaststroke in 1min 06.05sec forward of Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Lydia Jacoby (1:06.20).
Olympic gold medallist Chase Kalisz adopted up his 200m medley victory with a win within the 400m IM in 4:10.42. Carson Foster was second in 4:13.43 and Jay Litherland was third in 4:14.50.
American Torri Huske gained the ladies’s 100m fly in 56.21sec and compatriot Smith gained the ladies’s 100m backstroke in 58.16sec.
Germany’s Rafael Miroslaw gained the boys’s 200m freestyle in 1:45.92, Denis Petroshov of Kyrgyzstan gained the boys’s 100m breaststroke in 59.46sec and Hungarian Hubert Kos gained the boys’s 100m again in 53.19sec.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
