2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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MEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY – SEMIFINALS
- World Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- World Junior Record: 50.62 – Kristof Milak, HUN (2017)
- Olympic Record: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2021)
- 2021 Winning Time: 49.45 – Caeleb Dressel, USA
- 2021 Time to Advance to Finals: 51.30
Caeleb Dressel of the US will not have the chance to defend his Olympic gold in the 100 butterfly as he finished 13th in semifinals with a time of a 51.57. Dressel is the World Record holder in the event, with a best time of a 49.45 that he swam in Tokyo.
Dressel had a busy day, most notably swimming in the final of the men’s 50 freestyle just over 30 minutes before he swam in the first semifinal of the 100 fly. He also had a busy morning, swimming in prelims of the 100 fly as well as swimming the butterfly leg on the mixed 4×100 medley relay for the US.
His time in prelims of a 50.83 would have made the final as it took a 51.08 to make it back for tomorrow night’s final. Dressel was seen emotional after the race.
Dressel’s return from the 2022 World Championships is still noteworthy. Dressel withdrew in the middle of the 2022 World Championships due to medical reasons and did not compete in the 100 butterfly there. He then spent eight months away from the sport before returning to the pool. After almost a year away from competition, Dressel returned in May 2023, just over a month before 2023 US Summer Nationals.
He has consistently been improving since his comeback, notably helping the US to gold in the men’s 4×100 free relay earlier this week. He also made the final in the 50 free and has the chance to swim on the 4×100 mixed medley relay and the men’s 4×100 medley relay in the final 2 days of competition.
I don’t think Caleb had a chance swimming against Cam, Flo, and Ben who only race the 50 free. I am not even sure Ben could do a flip turn.
His flip turn was pretty good when he went 20.18 short course 6 months ago lol
First: There could be other reasons behind Caeleb’s performance today other than the physical toll from the double. Namely, the mood in the men’s team could be edgy, hence the other individual results. Liendo had a similar schedule and pulled through, albeit without a 100FL heat in the morning.
Second: I’m quite uneased by the soapish way of how NBC shows people crying IRL private moments live on tv. We didn’t have a single second of it on Eurosport, and gladly so. It’s not the fact they showed it, but the fact they insisted on it for 2 minutes, while hundreds of other more relevant affairs were going on, related to the actual competition itself.
Third: Caeleb haters will say… Read more »
I think the US got really spoiled from 2004-2016 with Phelps and Lochte. Those two alone would win a ton of medals and hid a lot of the weak spots that the US might have had. Since they retired, those weak spots have become glaring. The people on the Olympic team are very good, but most are not generational talents like Phelps and Lochte were.
The rest of the world is also catching up, which is not a bad thing. I personally like the parity and how good other countries have become. It was nice to see Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Romania, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland win medals. Hungary had their own generational talent in Laszlo Cesh, but… Read more »
Also Aaron Peirsol who carried the backstrokes!
You guys are crazy. Caleb seems happy and is enjoying himself with his family at the Olympics. He has enough medals as does the USA. So you didn’t get 20 golds…Chill out.
If Caeleb agreed or made the decision to swim the mix medley relay, then he understood the possible impact/outcomes for the 50 free and 100 fly.
How about the dorm living situations with vegan cuisine. What happen to the meat, potatoes? and gravy! 😀
Caeleb was the face of USA Swimming for years. And he stepped up time and time again, often exceeding the already high expectations. There’s only so long people can withstand that kind of pressure until they crack. In retrospect, I think he was so good that holes and issues in the US team went unnoticed. It’s not fair to Caeleb to expect him to carry the whole men’s team.
I hope this weekend he regroups and puts down a swim that he’s proud on the medley relay. I don’t know what his plans are after Paris (he might not know yet either). But I can hopefully speak for most swimming fans when I say it’s ok if he puts… Read more »
Dressel has had a stellar career and is now past his prime, obviously. The real issue is, where are our standout young male swimmers?
This is been a demonstrably poor performance by the men. They’ve won 7 medals, total–no golds. Two of the 7 are relays, and two of the 5 individual medals we’ve won were by veterans Finke and Murphy.
The performances of Alexy/Guiliano, Ryan Murphy, and most recently Caeleb Dressel in the individual events puts into question the men’s 4 x 100 meter medley relay.
Armstrong will find another 46 mid
Fat chance.
They also gonna have Armstrong who just went sub 47 with Murphy is super consistent on the relay just went 52.3 this week and Dressel just swims 50.1
See above.
It keeps trolls in business for a while longer at least