TEAM USA Olympian Caleb Dressel continued his incredible medaling streak at the Paris Olympics.
Dressel has won nine Olympic medals in his career, with a crazy similarity between all of them.
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Caleb Dressel continued his streak of only winning gold medals at the OlympicsCredit: Kommersant Photo / Polaris
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Dressel has nine gold medals in his careerCredit: Rex
The 2024 Paris Olympics was Dressel’s third Olympic games, and he has won medals in all of them.
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On top of that, Dressel has never won a medal worse than gold in his competitions.
While he struggled in individual competitions during this year’s Olympics, failing to medal in the 50m and 100m freestyle and the 100m butterfly, Dressel was a part of two successful team events.
Both the men’s 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m mixed medley won gold at the Paris games.
Dressel swam in the men’s 4x100m, helping the team along to victory, but Olympic viewers may be confused about his medal for the mixed medley.
The 27-year-old didn’t spend any time in the pool during the 4x100m mixed medley final, but will still be awarded a gold medal for the event.
This is because Dressel competed in one of the semifinal heats for the event, helping Team USA qualify for the final and eventually win the event.
Now, with nine Olympic gold medals, Dressel will likely end his career with a perfect record of gold medals in the Olympics.
At 27 years old it is possible that he will be able to swim for Team USA four years from now, but he will be 31 years old.
Michael Phelps swam his last Olympic games in 2016 when he was 31 years old, but he was a different beast.
Without Phelps competing for Team USA anymore and Dressel starting to regress, US swimming is entering uncharted waters.
With Dressel having a rough year, Team USA is at risk of winning zero men’s individual gold medals in swimming for the first time since 1904.
The only hope left is Bobby Finke, who will compete on Sunday in the men’s 1,500m freestyle.
He won silver in the 800m freestyle this year, an event he won in the previous Tokyo Olympics.
“I like winning,” Finke said. “So you know, it really sucks not to win.
“But I really did the best I could, and I’ve got to be proud of that even though if it’s not a gold.
“But you know, it’s over. It’s nothing to be disappointed in.”
He will look to satiate his desire to win and save Team USA from an embarrassing Summer games by taking home gold in the 1,500m.
Katie Ledecky already proved her dominance in the women’s side of the pool, winning the 1,500m and 800m events.
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Dressel won the men’s 4x400m and 4×400 mixed medley at the Paris gamesCredit: Rex
