Swimmer Caeleb Dressel wins men s 100-meter freestyle; Bobby Finke takes gold in 800 free
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Dressel reacts to breaking men s 100m freestyle Olympic record (1:08)
Caeleb Dressel speaks after setting an Olympic record and winning gold in the men s 100m freestyle final. (1:08)
TOKYO At an Olympics where some of America s biggest stars have faltered, swimmer Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype.
Dressel claimed the first individual Olympic gold medal of his career with two furious laps of the pool Thursday morning, winning the 100-meter freestyle over defending champion Kyle Chalmers.
As is his style, Dressel dove into the pool and came up with the lead. He was still ahead at the lone flip and turned away the Aussie s bid for a second straight gold.
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MEDAL ALERT
Australiaâs Jessica Fox has made Olympic history at the Tokyo Games as the first gold medalist in womenâs canoe slalom.
Fox made the last run of the final and crushed it, beating rival and silver-medalist Mallory Franklin of Britain with a winning run of 105.04 seconds through the rapids of of the Kasai Canoe Slalom Center.
It was a clean run without the mistakes and penalty seconds that prevented her from winning gold in the kayak slalom two days earlier, when she won bronze.
The womenâs canoe slalom is one of 18 new events introduced to the Olympics this year in a push for gender equity. It replaced the menâs double canoe slalom.
U.S. swimmer Dressel wins first individual gold, winning the 100 freestyle
Caeleb Dressel won three previous Olympic gold medals in relays.
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Caeleb Dressel of the United States celebrates winning the men’s 100-meter freestyle final at the Summer Olympics, Thursday at Tokyo.
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TOKYO In an Olympics where many of the favorites have faltered, Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype.
Dressel claimed the first individual Olympic gold medal of his career with two furious laps of the pool Thursday morning, winning the 100-meter freestyle over defending champion Kyle Chalmers.
As is his style, Dressel dived into the pool and came up with the lead. He was still ahead at the lone flip, and turned away the Aussie’s bid for a second straight gold.
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