His victory on Sunday in the 50m was sealed by a big margin on 0.48 seconds over France's Florent Manaudou, with Bruno Fratus of Brazil taking bronze. "It is an honour because I know I've worked so hard for it." 'Really special moment' for Dresselĭressel, 24, had arrived in Tokyo chasing six gold medals but a silver for the Americans in the mixed relay on Saturday ended his chances.īut he did win all the others, taking the 100m and 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly, as well as helping the United States to gold in the 4x100m free and 4x100m medley. "I look at the athletes who have come before me and been so impressed with what they have done and been inspired by what they have done, but I've never really looked at the stats of medal counts," McKeon said. The only woman to have achieved the feat in any other sport is Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952.Īmerican Phelps holds the swimming record of eight medals won at a single Games, doing so at Athens 2004 and in Beijing four years later. That gold medal meant McKeon joined Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi as the only swimmers to win seven medals at a single Olympics. She was soon back in the pool for the medley relay, swimming the butterfly leg as veteran Cate Campbell's brilliant final leg pushed the United States into silver. Having already won the 100m freestyle, she added the 50m on Sunday, with Swede Sarah Sjoestroem taking silver and defending champion Pernille Blume of Denmark getting the bronze. McKeon, 27, will leave Tokyo with four gold medals - two in the individual sprints and two relays. Dressel joins Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi, and Eric Heiden in that category.American Caeleb Dressel, meanwhile, powered to victory in the 50m freestyle and swam an inspired butterfly leg in the men's medley relay to finish with five gold medals.Ĭompatriot Robert Finke completed the distance double, mustering a late surge to win the 1,500m freestyle to add to his 800m gold. swimmer belonged to Dressel, who became the fifth American to ever win five gold medals in one Olympics over the last 50 years. ![]() Individually, the biggest accomplishment for a U.S. American men would round things out with a victory in their 4x100 medley relay, preserving a perfect 15-of-15 record in the event with a team consisting of Dressel, Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, and Zach Apple. In a thrilling finish to the men's 1,500 meter freestyle, Bobby Finke made a remarkable charge in the final length to go from third to first, passing both Germany's Florian Wellbrock and Ukraine's Myhailo Romanchukto take the gold medal. Australia also won the women's 50-meter freestyle, with Emma McKeon also taking gold in that event. Weitzel narrowly lost to Australia's Kate Campbell, who was able to claim one of two victories by Australian athletes. The women's 4x100 medley relay would also see Team USA earn a medal, but it wasn't quite the one Abbey Weitzel was seeking. 48 margin of victory over France's Florent Manaudou was the largest in the event's history. Standing with the most to gain among the Americans was Caeleb Dressel, who had the opportunity to earn a total of five gold medals for himself through the men's 50-meter freestyle and 4x100 medley relay.ĭressel got things started off right for the U.S., setting a new Olympic record in the 50-meter freestyle to win the gold medal. Saturday's Olympic swimming finals included the 50-meter freestyle for both men and women, the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and men and women's 4x100-meter medley relays. ![]() And on the event's way out, Team USA made quite a splash to put an exclamation mark on their aquatic endeavors. ![]() After an exciting week full of highlights for the United States, Saturday marked the last day of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.
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