{"id":383997,"date":"2019-07-26T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=383997"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T02:25:28","slug":"caeleb-dressels-big-step-for-butterfly-is-a-giant-leap-for-the-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressels-big-step-for-butterfly-is-a-giant-leap-for-the-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel’s Big Step For Butterfly Is A Giant Leap For The Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Swimming Championships (Caeleb Dressel, 100m butterfly, 49.50 world record)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Gwangju,\u00a0Day 6\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Few would have predicted that this week would end in Gwangju with both world butterfly records set by Michael Phelps<\/strong> in Rome 10 years ago to the week at the height of shiny suit madness confined to the GOAT’s Pantheon.<\/p>\n

The few included Kristof Milak<\/strong><\/a> and Caeleb Dressel<\/strong><\/a>, who was not about to let a sizzling 49.50sec spoil the occasion.<\/p>\n

Semi-finals are for finding your place not leaping on lane lines. History can wait. Said Dressel:<\/p>\n

“I am not going to be sitting on a lane line in the semi-finals: that has never been my style. I was happy with it. I got to wave to my family, that is all I wanted.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He had not expected to be quite as fast as 0.32sec inside the fastest Phelps ever clocked over two laps ‘fly. He had intended to take down Phelps’ standard and felt the day was his to seize:<\/p>\n

“Consciously having that on your mind, wanting to go there. I woke up today and I wanted to do it, I thought I was ready to do it. I slept fine last night, I didn\u2019t really have the nerves, I just wanted to do it. And that is all there is to it at the end of the day: just doing it. I didn\u2019t want any other any thoughts besides going under that 49.82.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n