The American men have won each and every Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay in the event’s history and weren’t willing to lose that series on Saturday night.
Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple won the gold medal with a world record of 3:26. 78, ahead of Great Britain (3:27. 51) and Italy (3:29. 17).
FROM TRACK 1, TEAM USA U. S. WIN THE GOLD!@TeamUSA x #TokyoOlympics? NBC? https://t. co/FmEtvutDRA? NBC Sports app pic. twitter. com/EYqKprSbGN
The Men of America U. S. The combined 4×100 relay at the XV Olympic Games in which they participated!?????????????????
It’s not bad for the United States to shut down the swimming component of those Tokyo Games.
“There’s been so many things we’ve had to go through this year after the race,” Apple, which swam the freestyle, said on NBC after the race. “We were talking last night, we spent 14 months isolated, doing our own and we were sure of ourselves that we were all doing the right thing. And everything is set up at the end of this whole quarantine, and “we are able to beat the world record. It’s special. “
How the United States set a world record . . . ?? Ryan Murphy: fastest backstroke time in the race (52. 31) ?? Michael Andrew: fourth fastest time in breaststroke (58. 49) ?? Caeleb Dressel: butterfly time (49. 03) ?? Zach Apple: fastest split freestyle (46. 95)
The fastest 100-meter butterfly relay in history through @USASwimmingCaeleb Dressel 49. 03 (2021 Olympic Games) Dressel 49. 28 (Worlds 2019) Dressel 49. 33 (Worlds 2019) Michael Phelps 49. 72 (Worlds 2009)
The men almost failed to qualify for the race, approaching a meager 0. 34 seconds, which left them in the most sensible lane for the race, but controlled their affairs when it mattered.
“It’s funny, yesterday we talked about the world record,” added Dressel, who swam the butterfly. “It’s not something we’re looking for to be afraid of, we’re looking for it to be thrown in our faces. And we knew we had a problem. ” Even in ward 1, it doesn’t matter, we had a pavilion and we had a purpose. And it’s great to meet again, at the end of a game, and win in this outdoor pavilion. It’s special. “
It concluded a Special Olympics in fact for Dressel, one of the stars of the Games:
The men’s swimmers with five gold medals at a single Olympics: Mark SpitzMatt BiondiMichael PhelpsCaeleb Dressel This is the list. legendary. # Tokyo Olympics
It effectively concluded a dominant role through the U. S. swim team. Usa, He finished with the highest medals (30) and gold medals (11) of any country in the sport. The Men of the U. S. U. S. They finished with a total of 12 medals and 8 gold. medals, leading any of the categories.
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