{"id":469093,"date":"2021-04-10T10:37:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=469093"},"modified":"2021-04-11T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:08:40","slug":"bruno-fratus-out-touches-dressel-in-50-free-in-mission-viejo-weitzeil-swims-nation-leading-24-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bruno-fratus-out-touches-dressel-in-50-free-in-mission-viejo-weitzeil-swims-nation-leading-24-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fratus Out-Touches Dressel in 50 Free in Mission Viejo; Weitzeil Swims Nation-Leading 24.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

31-year-old\u00a0Bruno Fratus\u00a0<\/strong>out-touched\u00a0Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>in the 50 freestyle at Mission Viejo at the TYR Pro Swim Series as the gold and silver medalist from the last two Worlds lined up alongside each other in southern California in a battle of the titans.<\/p>\n

Fratus won the matchup with a 21.80 to Dressel’s 21.83 as Fratus is using this meet as a chance to qualify for the Olympic Games for Brazil, as this would be his third trip if he is to get selected.<\/p>\n

American Olympic favorites\u00a0Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(22.13) and\u00a0Nathan Adrian\u00a0<\/strong>(22.29) placed third and fourth in the one-lapper as they both look to factor into the 50 free at Olympic Trials in June.<\/p>\n

Also in the race, 35-year-old\u00a0Matt Targett<\/strong>, who swam at Auburn and at two Olympics for Australia, placed eighth at 22.62 in his swimming comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n