Caleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky shine in USA Swimming’s premier night
Swimmers Caleb Dressel and Kathy Ledecky On Friday night, Team USA shined with a big win, with both athletes making history and winning gold.
Ledecky became the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic titles in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 8:12.57. According to the data, Ledecky now holds the leading 24 times in history NBC Olympics page. Overall, she won 10 Olympic medals – seven gold and three silver – during competitions in London, Rio and Tokyo.
And it doesn’t stop there. Swimmer Caleb Dressel won his third gold medal of the 2020 Games in the men’s 100m butterfly — and set a new world record — with a time of 49.45.
This is Dressel’s third record of the Games, having broken the Olympic records in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly earlier this week.
“I wasn’t worried about anything,” Dressel said after winning the freestyle. “There’s only so much you can do during a race. Whatever is going to happen is bound to happen. I stuck to my race plan, so if I came first, good, if I came second, good.”
Basically, they are from Florida fifth gold medal. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won the 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley.
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