Caeleb Dressel Katie Ledecky win at Olympic swimming trials
Caeleb Dressel locked up his second individual race for Paris with a victory in the men s 100-meter butterfly at the U S Olympic swimming trials giving him a chance to defend a gold medal he captured at the Tokyo Games
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Caeleb Dressel locked up his second individual race in Paris, giving him another chance to shine after his stellar performance at the last Olympics.
Keep an eye on Kate Douglass too. She could be one of the biggest American stars at the pool. And of course Katie Ledecky will be swimming a whole bunch of events.
Dressel, the winner of five gold medals at the Tokyo Games, touched first in the men's 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Saturday night. He followed up his triumph in the 50 freestyle with a winning time of 50.19 seconds, giving him a chance to defend another of the gold medals he captured in Tokyo.
"I think all of my swims, I executed as well as I could," he said.
Douglass locked up her third individual event at the Olympics with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley.
She was neck and neck with Alex Walsh at the final turn, but no one could keep up with Douglass on the freestyle leg.
She finished in 2:06.79, while Walsh held on for the second Olympic spot in 2:07.86.
Douglass has lived up to her billing as one of the world's most versatile swimmers, also claiming trials victories in the 200 breaststroke and 100 freestyle.
"I'm really happy with that," Douglass said. "I was coming into the meet trying to win all three events, but I didn't think I'd be able to achieve that. So I'm happy I did."
Ledecky romped to her fourth victory of the trials, winning the 800 freestyle in 8:14.12. Paige Madden took the second spot in 8:20.71.
Ledecky plans to drop the 200 freestyle from her Olympic program but will be competing in the 400, 800 and 1,500 free as well as the 4x200 free relay.
Dressel didn't come close to his world record of 49.45, which he set at the last Olympics. But he led all the way and touched about a half-body length ahead of 17-year-old Thomas Heilman, who earned the second spot for Paris in 50.80.
Dressel will also swim up to three relays at the Summer Games, which would put him close to the six-event program he had in Tokyo. The only event he didn't win three years ago was the mixed relay.
"It's tough making it through the trials," Dressel said. "This truly is the hardest part."
The only individual gold that Dressel won't get to defend in Paris is the 100 freestyle. He missed out with a third-place showing in his first event of these trials.
After walking away from swimming in the midst of the 2022 world championships, leading to a long layoff and needing to regain his love of the sport, Dressel will head to these Olympics with a bit less hype than three years ago, when he was being heralded as the next Michael Phelps.
Dressel is fully aware that others around the world have posted faster times in his events this year. He readily admits that he might never swim another personal best in his career. But he's still a guy who knows how to perform when the spotlight is the brightest, as it will be in Paris.
"I know I'm the defending champ," Dressel said. "There's no way around that. But I think I'm chasing some of those guys as well."
Perhaps his greatest thrill of these trials was having his 4-month-old son, August Wilder, in the stands at Lucas Oil Stadium with his wife, Meghan.
"My son got to watch me make an Olympic team," Dressel said, breaking into a big smile. "He will not remember it. But I'll tell him, trust me. I've got pictures to prove it."
Heilman will also compete in the 200 butterfly, winning that event at the trials to become the youngest man to make the U.S. swim team since 15-year-old Michael Phelps in 2000.
"The butterfly is in good hands with this guy," Dressel said, motioning toward Heilman. "He's scary, scary."
Walsh will get to swim at the Olympics with her sister Gretchen, finally making the team on the next-to-last night of the trials.
"It means the world," said Alex Walsh, who competed without her sister in Tokyo. "I didn't know if I was going to make it to Paris after she made it. This is a dream we've been dreaming for so long."
Simone Manuel, the first Black woman swimmer to win an individual gold medal, will have one more chance on the final night of the meet to make the team in an individual event.
Already assured of her third Olympics as a member the 4x100 free relay, Manuel advanced to the 50 freestyle final Sunday with the fourth-fastest time in Saturday night's semifinals (24.51).
Gretchen Walsh was the top qualifier in 24.06, just ahead of Torri Huske at 24.09. Abbey Weitzeil, who, like Manuel, has clinched a spot on her third Olympic team as a relay swimmer, was next in 24.48.
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