Team USA dominate the olympics in the pool to retain men’s 4x100m freestyle crown.
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Caeleb Dressel got on his quest for six gold medals in swimming at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 off to a flying start as Team USA retained the 4x100m men’s freestyle Olympic gold.
Twenty-four-year-old Dressel, who has been hailed as the successor to Michael Phelps, swam the first leg in 47.26 to put the USA out front.
The other members of the quartet – Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker – kept the momentum going before Zach Apple swam the anchor leg of 46.69 to bring them home.
“I felt good the whole way, I knew I had to get my hand in the wall first and get some clean water,” Dressel said.
“And everyone did their job. It’s a relay for a reason, it’s four guys for a reason, it’s certainly not just me. It’s certainly not just one guy.
“I had the easiest job out there because I got to watch it [the heats] on TV.” (Dressel was resting during the 4x100m freestyle heats.)
Team USA won in 3:08.97, the third-fastest time in history. Italy took the silver in 3:10.11, with the bronze going to Australia in 3:10.22.
The scariest part was my leg for myself, because I had control over that,” Dressel said.
“I knew they were going to get the job done, I wasn’t scared at all. Especially when Zach hit the water. I saw him break out and I knew it was over.”
“It is easy when these three guys are leading off, giving me a lead,”added Apple.
“I love living in the pressure. It is why we race. It brings out the best in us.” Read more from Olympics
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