{"id":269662,"date":"2017-07-29T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=269662"},"modified":"2019-06-22T21:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T04:31:13","slug":"caeleb-dressel-just-misses-michael-phelps-100-fly-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-just-misses-michael-phelps-100-fly-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel Just Misses Michael Phelps’ 100 Fly World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> won his second gold medal of the night on Saturday at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest. Dressel was oh-so-close to Michael Phelps’<\/strong> world record in the 100 fly as Dressel became the third swimmer under 50 seconds with a 49.86 to win the gold medal. Dressel is now the second fastest performer in history behind Phelps. He moved ahead of Serbian Milorad Cavic<\/strong> for second all-time. He became the first swimmer to break 50 seconds in a textile suit.<\/p>\n

It was perhaps the fastest field in history as second went to Hungarian Krisztof Milak<\/strong> (50.62) breaking his World Junior record from last night. Singapore’s Joseph Schooling<\/strong> and Great Britain’s James Guy<\/strong> (50.83) tied for bronze in the event as those two picked up their first individual medals of the meet.<\/p>\n

Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh<\/strong> (50.92), China’s Li Zhuhao<\/strong> (50.96), Australia’s Grant Irvine<\/strong> (51.00) and France’s Mehdy Metella<\/strong> (51.16) also competed in the very very quick final.<\/p>\n

The US now has ten overall gold medals in the men’s 100 fly at the World Championships as Dressel joins Phelps (2007-2011), Ian Crocker<\/strong> (2003, 2005), Pablo Morales<\/strong> (1986), Matt Gribble<\/strong> (1982), Joe Bottom<\/strong> (1978) and Gregory Jagenburg<\/strong> (1975) as gold medalists in the event.<\/p>\n

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