07/30/2021 10:57 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/30/2021 11:08 PM
The American
Caleb Dressel
added his
third gold
in the pool of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
this Friday night in Argentina
, advancing towards his goal of six titles in this edition, thanks to his triumph in the final of 100 meters butterfly swimming with a time of 49 seconds and 45 hundredths, a
new world record.
Dressel, 24, improved
his own
2019 world
record
, which was 49.50 in a wonderful race against the Hungarian Kristof Milak (49.68), his great rival and with whom he mutually snatched the Olympic record for this variant of the swimming.
The Swiss Noé Ponti completed the podium with bronze (50s74).
Dressel's triumph came in the first of three competitions on her morning show.
He will also compete in the
semi-finals of the 50-meter freestyle
before returning to be the last relay in the
mixed 4x100
medley
, a new Olympic event involving two men and two women.
With information from agencies.
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