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By David Rieder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Katie Ledecky<\/strong> was her usual dominant self. Nathan Adrian<\/strong> and Simone Manuel<\/strong> epitomized clutch on the anchor legs of their respective 400 free relays. The Americans won three gold medals on the first night of the FINA World Championships, already almost halfway to matching the eight they won at the last Worlds in 2015.<\/p>\n

Ledecky, specifically, will capture plenty of attention as she added two more gold medals to her r\u00e9sum\u00e9. Her career total now stands at 11, tied with Missy Franklin<\/strong> for most all-time. Her time of 3:58.34 was almost two seconds off her own world record\u2014\u201cIt was my second best time ever,\u201d she pointed out\u2014and she was elated to share the podium with silver medalist and teammate Leah Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That gold medal was nothing of a surprise, an exercise in dominance that Ledecky has been executing for five years. The relay gold medals? Less so, and they would not have been if not for the efforts of two swimmers in their first World Championships finals: Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> and Mallory<\/strong> Comerford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Dressel had led off the U.S. men\u2019s 400 free relay that won Olympic gold in Rio, but he would have to deal with two races on night one of his debut Worlds in Budapest: the 50 fly semi-finals followed by the 400 free relay final.<\/p>\n

When the double was complete, he had set his first two long course American records, won his first World title and qualified for his first individual World Championship final as the top seed.<\/p>\n

His time of 22.76 put him one hundredth ahead of Andrii Govorov<\/strong> in the 50 fly semi-finals and 0.15 under the previous national mark set by Bryan Lundquist<\/strong> eight years ago. But that 50 was his warm-up for the big moment, when he led off the American 400 free relay in 47.26.<\/p>\n

The previous American record, David Walters\u2019<\/strong> 47.33, had also lasted eight years, since the high-tech suit-era of 2009. It was faster than either Michael Phelps<\/strong> or Jason Lezak<\/strong> swam in their primes. Adrian, even in his successful quest to win Olympic gold in 2012, never touched that mark.<\/p>\n

Dressel, all the sudden, had become the seventh-fastest performer in history in swimming\u2019s glamour event, the 100 free.<\/p>\n

For all of Dressel\u2019s short course success\u2014he\u2019s the fastest man in history in the 100-yard free by three-quarters of a second\u2014that moment was his long course breakthrough. His time was the fastest of the year by more than a half-second, his effort more than good enough to stamp his status as favorite for an individual World title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not unexpected,\u201d Adrian said. \u201cAnybody who\u2019s followed Caeleb in his trajectory the last couple years\u2014I\u2019m not surprised a bit.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dressel gave the Americans the lead of more than a second, but his teammates would be ever-grateful for his efforts a few moments later. Brazil put on an inspired effort over the next three legs, and Bruno Fratus<\/strong> flipped only two hundredths behind Adrian at the final turn, only for the stalwart American to hold him off.<\/p>\n

But even after winning the gold medal, the typically-modest Dressel would not take more than his share of the credit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m only 25 percent of that relay. I tried to do my 25 percent the best I could, and I just wanted to do my part. That\u2019s it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dressel had been a part of such a gold medal swim before in Rio. Comerford, swimming in her first major international final, had not. The American men had won Olympic gold in dramatic fashion one year earlier in Rio, while the women had won the 400 free relay only once at a major international meet since 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a team, we set a goal at the beginning of training camp to win this relay– we wanted to make a statement with this relay,\u201d Kelsi Worrell<\/strong> said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve been on top.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the American coaching staff entrusted Comerford to swim in the same position as Dressel: to lead off, to set the tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really good to know that they believe in me,\u201d Comerford said. “We just wanted to get out there. I just love to race, and I wanted to fight for the girls.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their belief was rewarded. Unlike Dressel, she did not dominate the opening leg\u2014in fact, she was almost a full second behind Sarah<\/strong> Sjostrom<\/strong>\u2014but Sjostrom had just crushed the world record, touching in 51.71 to become the first woman to ever swim under 52 seconds.<\/p>\n

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Comerford came in at 52.59, seemingly an eternity behind, but it was a new American record\u2014faster than Manuel swam last summer in Rio on her way to Olympic gold. She became the fifth-fastest performer in history in the event.<\/p>\n

When she had arrived at U.S. Nationals one month earlier, Comerford\u2019s lifetime best in the 100 free had been 53.91<\/p>\n

Ledecky, as it turns out, was the one who went by Sweden to put the Americans in front\u2014where they would stay. Manuel anchored in a blistering 52.14, tied for the third-best split in the field, to seal the deal. But it took Comerford crushing another best time during her already-stellar summer to give her teammates a chance.<\/p>\n

As often happens at major meets, there comes a point when the Americans go on a gold medal run, dominating event after event. At the Olympics in Rio, it came on night two, with Ledecky\u2019s gold medal in the 400 free and then the men\u2019s Phelps-fueled win in a dramatic 400 free relay.<\/p>\n

This year in Budapest, night two won\u2019t be so prolific\u2014Dressel in the 50 fly appears to be the team\u2019s only gold medal chance. But after one day, the Americans are firing on all cylinders, which should be scary news for the rest of the world with seven days to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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