Dressel and Finke shine with more Olympic gold and history-making for Team USA!
Tokyo, Japan - There was more success to be had in the pool during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday as Team USA’s men's swimmers grabbed more gold in record-setting fashion.
Caeleb Dressel (24) was back at it, swimming for success again as he won two more gold medals for Team USA, first in the 50-meter freestyle and then in the 4x100-meter medley relay on Sunday.
His first race of the day was the freestyle sprint, where he darted off the blocks and never looked back.
Rumor has it, he never took a breath either, as he practically flew from one end of the pool to the other. Dressel was able to touch the wall first with a winning time of 21.07 seconds, a new Olympic record.
Dressel was soon back into the water as part of the men’s 4x100-meter relay team. As he dove in for the third leg of the race, his fast pace was able to grab the lead heading into the final leg.
The US prevailed in a record time of 3 minutes and 26.78 seconds for the US men’s tenth-straight gold medal in the relay.
Altogether, Dressel has won five gold medals in the Tokyo games, making him the fifth American to win five golds in a single Olympic Game.
Finke the "Un-finke-able" wins his second gold medal in Tokyo
Bobby Finke was back in the pool for a repeat of the surprising swimming display he put on as he won the 800-meter freestyle earlier in the week.
He had to swim nearly double the length this time to win his second gold medal of the Summer Games.
Just like in the 800, Finke was not in the lead for most of the race, but not out of reach of first place. He then turned on another gear to take the lead in the second to last lap of the race.
Finke surpassed the field to finish first with a winning time of 14 minutes and 39.65 seconds.
He is the first American winner of the long-distance race since Mike O'Brien at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Finke’s win has solidified a US men’s and women’s sweep of the 800 and 1500-meter races, as Katie Ledecky took gold in both events on the women’s side just a day ago.
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