In a class of his own: Caeleb Dressel most successful swimmer

Previously he was able to triumph in the 100 m freestyle, 100 dolphin and the short freestyle relay. In the relay at the end of the session, Dressel won as a dolphin swimmer with Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew and Zach Apple in a world record time of 3:26,78. With 49,03 seconds, Dressel delivered the fastest dolphin split in history; the day before, in the individual decision over this route, he had improved his world record by 49,45 seconds in 0,05 seconds.

“I’m pretty proud of myself, I’ve exhausted my potential,” summarized Dressel. "It was fun. I can pat myself on the back once, but then I have to look forward again. Now it’s time to take a break from swimming, I need it now.” U.S. squadrons continue to be a force While the US men in the medley relay remain undefeated in 15 Olympic victories, the US women landed in silver for the fifth time in 15 events, in addition to winning ten titles. US wrestler Abbey Weitzeil started her part with a lead of 0,25 seconds, but had to let Australian Cate Campbell pass by 0,13 seconds. After Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges and Emma McKeon, Campbell finished in 3:51,60 minutes. Bronze went to Canada (3.52,60:XNUMX).

McKeon had also triumphed in the 50 m freestyle just under an hour earlier, leading a podium of three 23,81-year-olds in 27 seconds. Sweden's Sarah Sjöström was 0,26 seconds behind and Denmark's Pernille Blume was 0,40 seconds behind. McKeon won four gold medals and three bronze medals, making her the most successful Australian woman at an Olympic event. “It’s pretty surreal for me. I also didn’t think I could win two gold medals in one session.” Robert Finke also ensured another Olympic victory for the USA. © APA/afp / ODD ANDERSEN

Thanks to the 1.500 m gold in the last individual decision by Robert Finke, the USA won the medal standings in the swimming competitions with eleven gold, ten silver and nine bronze medals. However, the Australians came quite close with 9/3/8, third place went to Great Britain with 4/3/1. Ten countries won at least one gold medal from 35 decisions, 21 at least one podium place. Felix Auböck was 400 seconds short of the 0,13 m freestyle, otherwise Austria would also have been included.

It is the eighth US victory in the medal rankings in a row; the last time the US troops were intercepted by the GDR was in Seoul in 1988. However, in both 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro there were 16 fewer US gold medals in three fewer decisions. This time things went wrong for the Americans in the long crawl relays. There was still silver for the women, but for the men, with fourth place, there was no US medal for the first time ever in an Olympic relay.

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In a class of his own: Caeleb Dressel most successful swimmer

As expected, the American Caeleb Dressel is the most successful swimmer at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In the last final session at the Aquatics Center on Sunday, the 24-year-old secured his fourth and fifth gold medals in the 50 m freestyle and with the US men's medley relay.

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