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In the 50 free Saturday, Held swam a time of 21.62, improving on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-ryan-held-swims-personal-best-and-wins-national-title-in-50-free\/\">his previous lifetime best of 21.87 from the 2019 Summer Nationals<\/a>. With that time, Held is now ranked second in the world for 2021 behind <strong>Vladimir Morozov <\/strong>(21.41).<\/p>\n<p>Held also improved to a tie for second in the U.S. during the Olympic Trials qualifying period with <strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> ranks first at 21.04. Held also beat out the winning time in the event from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/event\/2021\/04\/08\/default-calendar\/tyr-pro-swim-series-mission-viejo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday&#8217;s 100 free, Held swam a time of 48.68, good for 14th in the world rankings. He currently ranks second in the U.S. during the Trials qualifying period with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-held-breaks-us-open-record-in-100-free-at-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">47.39, also from the 2019 Summer Nationals<\/a>. That beat\u00a0<strong>Nathan Adrian&#8217;s\u00a0<\/strong>100 free winning time of 48.74\u00a0 from the Mission Viejo Pro Swim Series as well as the 48.68 that\u00a0Dressel swam in Saturday evening&#8217;s prelims.<\/p>\n<p>Held is seen as a strong contender to qualify for his second straight U.S. Olympic team in the 100 free, where six swimmers will be taken to Tokyo to compete in the 400 free relay. 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