Team USA Adds Two Gold Medals as Dressel Sets New Record

Caeleb Dressel of the United States poses with his gold medal for the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on July 29, 2021. Matthias Schrader/AP Photo

Americans added two gold medals to the country’s count in the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday morning, with one swimmer setting a new record.

Caeleb Dressel won the 100-meter freestyle in 47.02 seconds, setting a new Olympic record and finishing just six-hundredths of a second ahead of Australia’s Kyle Chalmers.