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Tokyo Olympic Games: ‘Pictures From The Pool’

However, the 24-year-old also praised Team GB and said: ‘The British have been amazing. In that relay, I was telling Adam that I think they bring out the best in us.

‘It’s so fun racing with those guys because you don’t know what you’re going to get, there’s no guaranteed winner. They have four great guys, we have four great guys.

‘That was the team to beat and it was, so it’s always fun going up against the best in the world.’

On being told of Peaty’s split time, Dressel was taken aback and said: ‘Yeah, that’s pretty good!’

– Peaty swam the fastest breaststroke split in history but it was not enough to see Britain win gold

. Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold in the 50m freestyle and sets a new Olympic Record

Gold – Caeleb Dressel (USA) gets the 50m/100m freestyle double, becoming only the second man to achieve the feat. He sets a new Olympic Record in the 50m freestyle of 21.07 seconds.

Silver – Florent Manaudou (FRA)

Bronze – Bruno Fratus (BRA)

Dressel was out of sight before he even raised his arm out of the water for his first stroke. That’s his fourth gold of the Games, joining his 100m free, 100m fly, and 4x100m free relay.

Manaudou and Fratus were delighted with the minor medals. Ben Proud (GBR) finished a creditable fifth.

– Caeleb Dressel, the fastest man in the world in water, stormed to gold in the 50m freestyle

Day 8 –

. Dressel wins gold and breaks world record in men’s 100m butterfly

Caeleb Dressel won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-metre butterfly.

Dressel led right from the start and held off Hungary’s Kristof Milak to touch in 49.45 seconds, breaking the mark of 49.50 that the American set at the 2019 world championships in Gwangju.

Milak, winner of the 200 fly, earned the silver with a blistering 49.68. The bronze went to Switzerland’s Noe Ponti.

– Dressel is in contention to become one of the most successful swimmers at an individual Games
– Caeleb Dressel, of the United States, swims in the men’s 100-metre butterfly final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan

. Gold! Mixed 4x100m medley relay: GBR (World Record)

Gold – GBR

Silver – China

Bronze – Australia

Adam Peaty, and James Guy, secured their second and Team GB’s fourth gold medal in the Tokyo pool with an incredible win in the inaugural Olympic mixed 4x100metres medley relay.

The quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Peaty, Guy and Anna Hopkin clocked a new world record of 3min 37.58sec to beat China by 1.28sec, with Australia in third. The USA, anchored by Caeleb Dressel, could only finish fifth.

The stunning victory took Great Britain’s medal tally here at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre up to seven – matching their record from a single Games, dating way back to London 1908.

– Adam Peaty’s heroics helped Team GB cruise to gold in the 4x100m mixed medley relay
– Peaty is left delighted after Britain’s win as he embraces James Guy on the side of the pool 

Day 7 –

. Evgeny Rylov wins gold in men’s 200m backstroke

1 Rylov (ROC) – 1:53.27 (Olympic Record)
2 Murphy (USA)
3 Greenbank (GBR)

Luke Greenbank won Great Britain’s fifth swimming medal of these glorious Games with a bronze in the 200metres backstroke.

The 23-year-old Cumbrian finished in a time of 1:54.72sec – 1.45sec behind Russian Evgeny Rylov, who clocked a new Olympic record as he completed the 100m and 200m double.

USA’s Ryan Murphy was third in a repeat of the top three at the 2019 World Championships.

– Luke Greenbank added to Team GB’s medal haul by claiming bronze in the 200m backstroke
– The British Olympian said it felt ‘absolutely amazing’ to walk away with a medal around his neck
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