{"id":325210,"date":"2018-08-11T03:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T10:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325210"},"modified":"2019-07-09T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:40:18","slug":"caeleb-dressel-leads-100-fly-1-2-with-jack-conger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-leads-100-fly-1-2-with-jack-conger\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel Leads 100 Fly 1-2 With Jack Conger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States fired back with another 1-2 finish of their own in the men’s 100 fly after Australia did it in the 400 free earlier in the night.\u00a0Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 50.75 for a new meet record on Saturday night in Tokyo at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n

Dressel keeps the title in the United States as they have not lost this race at this meet since 2002 when Australian\u00a0Michael Klim\u00a0<\/strong>won the title. Fellow American\u00a0Jack Conger\u00a0<\/strong>(51.32) finished in second with the silver medal.<\/p>\n

Dressel took down\u00a0Michael Phelps’s\u00a0<\/strong>meet record of 50.86 from 2010. Dressel has been faster already this year with his 50.50 from US Nationals a few weeks ago. Conger also was quicker at Nationals with his 51.11. Both those guys will compete again at Worlds next summer in Gwangju as\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>won the B-Final at 51.53.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s\u00a0Vini Lanza\u00a0<\/strong>won the bronze medal with a 51.44, not far off of the Brazilian Record of 51.02 by\u00a0Gabriel Mangabeira<\/strong>. This is Lanza’s first major international medal in his career, even though he was just a fraction faster earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Grant Irvine\u00a0<\/strong>(51.65) and\u00a0David Morgan\u00a0<\/strong>(51.80) finished in fourth and fifth in the final.<\/p>\n

With the 4×100 medley relay on the last night, this is Australia’s major weakness compared to the Americans. The other three legs are pretty evenly matched between the Americans and their down under competitors. Dressel will need to play to his strengths if the US are to beat Australia in this relay on Sunday night because butterfly could be the deciding factor.<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0Yuki Kobori\u00a0<\/strong>(51.82), Brazil’s Iago Moussalem\u00a0<\/strong>(52.17) and Japan’s\u00a0Yuya Yajima\u00a0<\/strong>(52.70) also competed in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

2018 World Rankings:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, USA, 50.50<\/li>\n
  2. Piero Codia<\/strong>, ITA, 50.64<\/li>\n
  3. Chad Le Clos<\/strong>, RSA, 50.65<\/li>\n
  4. Jack Conger<\/strong>, USA, 51.00<\/li>\n
  5. Mehdy Metella<\/strong>, FRA, 51.24<\/li>\n
  6. James Guy<\/strong>, GBR, 51.31<\/li>\n
  7. Vini Lanza<\/strong>, BRA, 51.42<\/li>\n
  8. Jack Saunderson<\/strong>, USA, 51.48<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"100-fly-men\"

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