GWANGJU, South Korea — Caeleb Dressel broke Michael Phelps’ world record in the 100-meter butterfly on Friday at the world swimming championships.
The American out of the University of Florida won his semifinal heat in 49.50 seconds — 0.32 seconds better than Phelps’ mark set at the 2009 world meet in Rome at the height of the high-tech suit era.
Dressel was out in 22.83 seconds — 0.53 seconds under Phelps’ pace — and came home in 26.67 to lead eight men into Saturday’s final.
>> Photos: Caeleb Dressel at World Swimming Championships
He was a whopping 1.44 seconds ahead of Andrei Minakov of Russia, the second-quickest qualifier.
It’s the second world record of Phelps’ to fall at this year’s worlds. Kristof Milak of Hungary won the 200 fly in 1:50.73, bettering Phelps’ mark of 1:51.51 also set in Rome.
“Just the standard that Michael set, wanted to go after it,” Dressel said. “I hope he was happy watching me do that.”
didn’t know there was such a thing as an “EX” Gator.
anyway…….congrats to Caeleb, one of the great Gator athletes of all time……
Thanks again for paying attention to comments and doing the right thing.
changing the header was the right thing to do.