{"id":407898,"date":"2019-12-20T15:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T22:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=407898"},"modified":"2019-12-21T22:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T05:32:48","slug":"caeleb-dressel-breaks-first-short-course-meters-world-record-of-career-in-50-free-at-isl-vegas-final-race-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caeleb-dressel-breaks-first-short-course-meters-world-record-of-career-in-50-free-at-isl-vegas-final-race-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Caeleb Dressel Breaks First Short Course Meters World Record of Career in 50 Free at ISL Vegas Final (RACE VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Swimming League Final (Caeleb Dressel)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, USA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Caeleb Dressel<\/strong>, the 2019 World Swimmer of the Year<\/a>, broke his first ever world record in short course meters with a 20.24 in the 50 freestyle at the International Swimming League final<\/a> in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dressel erased the previous world record of 20.26 by\u00a0Florent Manaudou\u00a0<\/strong>set in 2014 as Dressel took down Manaudou in the race with a 20.69. London Roar’s\u00a0Kyle Chalmers\u00a0<\/strong>(20.74) finished in third with\u00a0Ben Proud<\/strong> (20.85) of Energy Standard in fourth.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t even know what the world record was \u2013 it wasn\u2019t on my mind at all,” Dressel said. “Maybe it does fall into the idea we were talking about. Sometimes you do get so caught up in the time and it\u2019s not about going someone else\u2019s time. It\u2019s about going what I am capable of doing. So at that moment I was capable of going 20.24.<\/p>\n

“What if I was so caught up on what Flo was going. But I wasn\u2019t thinking times and I had no idea of what the record was but I think that was what stopped me in 2017 in the fly. I was so caught up in Michael\u2019s time rather than what I am capable of going and that\u2019s really my mindset nowadays.<\/p>\n

“With ISL not so much because it is truly about racing but I don\u2019t want to lose that age-group mindset of coming into practise every day to make people around me better, make me better and then when it comes to a meet go best times. I think that is every age-grouper\u2019s mindset: I don\u2019t ever want to lose that even with money getting involved, media getting involved, all these travel appearances. I want to keep the same mindset I\u2019ve had since a 12-year-old.”<\/p>\n

Dressel gave the win for the Cali Condors as he swam his third swim of the day, racing the 100 fly and 50 breast already in the session. He won the 100 fly with a 49.10 and was seventh in the 50 breast at 26.89.<\/p>\n

“It hurt \u2013 it wasn\u2019t easy \u2013 but then again I wanted to swim wherever I was needed,” Dressel said. “I said in college whichever one needs me, that is where I am going to swim. I want to swim wherever the team needs me because we are here to get points, that is what my job is to do, they need to use me as the workhorse then I will be more than happy to be the workhorse.<\/p>\n

“50 breast was not to try and rack up my MVP points \u2013 I want to clear that up \u2013 someone asked me earlier and I was like \u2018oh no, that was not was I trying to do\u2019 \u2013 it was just to try and get points for the team. I did a horrible job of doing that 50 breast but that is what my job is here and I am happy in that.”<\/p>\n

Dressel improved on his best time of 20.43 from last year’s World Short Course Championships as he moved from fourth all-time to the top. The Cali Condors have been off to a great start in the International Swimming League final as they won the first five events of the match today.<\/p>\n

Caeleb Dressel is also the first American to hold the world record in the 50 SCM freestyle since\u00a0Anthony Ervin\u00a0<\/strong>had the WR of 21.21 set in March 2000 which stood for ten months. This is also Caeleb Dressel’s first world record in short course meters as he broke the 100 fly LCM world record this summer and moved up to second all-time in the 50 and 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n

This was the second world record of the day and the third of the ISL season as Dressel’s record came just minutes after Japanese ace\u00a0Daiya Seto\u00a0<\/strong>broke\u00a0Ryan Lochte’s\u00a0<\/strong>WR in the 400 IM for Energy Standard.\u00a0<\/a>Minna Atherton\u00a0<\/strong>has the other world record in the ISL with the 100 back in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Race Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> \u2013 Condors \u2013 20.24 WR<\/li>\n
  2. Florent Manaudou<\/strong> \u2013 Energy \u2013 20.69<\/li>\n
  3. Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> \u2013 Roar \u2013 20.74<\/li>\n
  4. Ben Proud<\/strong> \u2013 Energy \u2013 20.85<\/li>\n
  5. Nathan Adrian<\/strong> \u2013 Current \u2013 20.99<\/li>\n
  6. Michael Chadwick<\/strong> \u2013 Current \u2013 21.32<\/li>\n
  7. Bowe Becker<\/strong> \u2013 Condors \u2013 21.33<\/li>\n
  8. Alex Graham<\/strong> \u2013 Roar – 21.84<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    World Record Progression (Last 11 Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n