Dressel Scorches 47.2 100 Free for New American Record

2017 FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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

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nihongo sensei
6 years ago

If Tom Jager was a ball of fast twitch fibers, then Caleb Dressel is 2.3 Tom Jager’s

Swimfandad
6 years ago

So fun to watch, amazing lead off leg!
GO TEAM!

A GUY
6 years ago

This suit interested me back in 2016 with Schooling and once again with Dressel, is really that good?

Quack
Reply to  A GUY
6 years ago

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.

rjcid
6 years ago

the new biondi….

Robbos
6 years ago

Great, great swim Dressel!!!

Brownie
6 years ago

It was 47.26 not .29

Dru
6 years ago

Anyone got any idea why he’s getting his shoulder/upper arm tattoo removed while adding tatts elsewhere?

Anonymous
Reply to  Dru
6 years ago

I believe he’s trying to make it one cohesive sleeve

PVSFree
Reply to  Dru
6 years ago

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

Missedthelivestream
6 years ago

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/

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