2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Sunday, July 23rd – Sunday, July 30th
- Budapest, Hungary
- LCM (50m)
- Full Competition Schedule
- Meet Info
- Psych Sheets
- Omega Results
- Pick ’em Contest
- Event-by-Event Previews
Shortly after taking down the American Record in the 50 fly, Caeleb Dressel had a scorching leadoff leg for the Americans in the 400 freestyle relay. The former American Record of 47.33 done by Dave Walters in 2009 finally went down, as Dressel flipped in a scorching 22.2 en route to a record-breaking 47.26. Dressel teamed up with Townley Haas (47.46), Blake Pieroni (48.09), and Nathan Adrian as the USA redeemed their 2015 finals miss with a gold medal tonight. It was a close race with Brazil, but Adrian pulled out a 47.25 anchor to hold off Brazil at the finish.
Before tonight, no American had managed to put up a textile performance in the 47-low range. Dressel is now the fastest man in the world this year by far, moving ahead of Great Britain’s Duncan Scott (47.90), and has to be considered the heavy favorite for gold.
Dressel’s American Record 100 Free Splits:
- 1st 50- 22.29
- 2nd 50- 24.97
- Final Time- 47.26
Dressel is now the fastest American in history by nearly a tenth. He’s also the 3rd fastest performer in history in textile, sitting behind Australia’s Cameron McEvoy (47.04) and James Magnussen (47.10).
ALL TIME TOP AMERICAN PERFORMERS: MEN’S 100 FREE
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | 47.26 |
| 2 | David Walters | 47.33 |
| 3 | Michael Phelps | 47.51 |
| 4 | Nathan Adrian | 47.52 |
| 5 | Jason Lezak | 47.58 |
| 6 | Garrett Weber-Gale | 47.78 |
| 7 | Jimmy Feigen | 47.82 |
| 8 | Zach Apple | 48.14 |
| 9 | Ryan Lochte | 48.16 |
| 10 | Townley Haas | 48.2 |
If Tom Jager was a ball of fast twitch fibers, then Caleb Dressel is 2.3 Tom Jager’s
So fun to watch, amazing lead off leg!
GO TEAM!
This suit interested me back in 2016 with Schooling and once again with Dressel, is really that good?
Like any other suit, it really all about preference. But in my opinion, it’s head and shoulders above anything Arena, Speed, and TYR offer. It just gives you a completely different feel for the water. Shell out $200 plus $20 shipping from the Rakuten Global Market and get a pair. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
the new biondi….
Great, great swim Dressel!!!
It was 47.26 not .29
Anyone got any idea why he’s getting his shoulder/upper arm tattoo removed while adding tatts elsewhere?
I believe he’s trying to make it one cohesive sleeve
He wants the same artist to do the whole sleeve. He’s getting the same artist who did his forearm tats to do the rest
For anyone who missed the race, here’s a link to the video on the Hungarian website. Gotta love google translation of webpages:
http://www.m4sport.hu/2017/07/23/fantasztikus-vb-bronzermes-a-ferfi-4×100-as-magyar-valto/