Caeleb Dressel qualified for the Olympic 100m butterfly and Katie Ledecky for the 800m on Saturday during the US trials in Omaha. Caeleb Dressel will compete in the 100m butterfly and Katie Ledecky in the 800m at the Tokyo Games (July 23 – August 8). Saturday at the Olympic selections in Omaha (Nebraska), the two stars of American swimming won their qualification over these distances. Dressel, who broke the world record in the 100m butterfly at the 2019 Worlds, won in 49”87. He finished sixth in the event at the Rio Games in 2016, but has since gained stature in several specialties, winning six gold medals at the last World Championships. Dressel, winner ahead of Andrew and Adrian Dressel, who had already qualified for the 100m, and will be the big favorite in Tokyo, also won the semi-final of the 50m on Saturday, beating Michael Andrew and Nathan Adrian, the Olympic champion of the 100 m in 2012. ” The purpose of this meeting is to make a team, Dressel said. I would have liked to have been a little faster, if only to give more spectacle to the local audience. But we made the team and I’m in the 50m final. This meeting is proceeding as planned. »Ledecky relegates his runner-up to five seconds. Katie Ledecky has won her fourth qualification (after that of the 200m, 400m and 1500m). She flew over the 800m in 8’14”62, more than five seconds ahead of her surprise runner-up, Katie Grimes (15). This time is however unspectacular for Ledecky, who holds the world record (8’04”79) and the ten best times in the world. But the five-time Olympic champion does not really care about the times achieved during the US selections: “ I think we feel good at the end of this week, mission accomplished “. Behind her, Grimes took second place with her fastest time (8’20”36), after passing Haley Anderson in the last pitch. read also All the news about swimming
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