Katie Ledecky left no doubt in the 800 freestyle at the U.S. championships, but Caeleb Dressel struggled mightily in the 100-meter freestyle as the push toward the 2024 Paris Olympics began in earnest.
Somewhere between the poles of Dressel’s startling stumble and Ledecky’s powerful opening statement, the squad that will represent Team USA at next month’s world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, began to take shape — with a stark reminder that nothing can be taken for granted.
In that race, he added more time, finishing in 49.64 in front of a crowd that had dwindled to a few hundred. Afterward, Dressel declined requests to speak with the media, as did his coach at Gator Swim Club, Anthony Nesty.
Dressel returned to training this year but had competed in just one preparatory meet, in Atlanta in mid-May, and came nowhere near his top times. He entered this week’s meet ranked 24th among Americans this year in the 100 free. As for Ledecky’s swim, it was vintage Ledecky. Her time of 8:07.07 in the 800 free was her fastest since her world-record-setting swim at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 , when she was still a teenager, and is the latest data point that validates her decision in September 2021Advertisement
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