Caeleb Dressel earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Friday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — Caeleb Dressel earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, winning the men’s 50-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Friday night.
Dressel, the winner of five gold medals in Tokyo, finished third in the first individual event, the 100 freestyle, which relegated him to the relay at that distance.
But he’ll get a chance to defend his 50 free title in Paris, powering to a relatively easy victory in the all-out sprint from one end of the pool to the other at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Dressel touched in 21.41 seconds, with Chris Guiliano claiming his third individual race in Paris with a runner-up finish of 21.69.
Regan Smith will also be swimming three individual events at the Olympics after winning the 200 backstroke.
Smith was under world-record pace through the first two laps, but faded a bit at the end to touch in 2 minutes, 5.
