FILE PHOTO: Swimming - 18th FINA World Swimming Championships - Men's 100m Butterfly Final - Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center, Gwangju, South Korea - July 27, 2019. Caeleb Dressel of the U.S. celebrates winning the race. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic/File Photo
(Reuters) - Caeleb Dressel clinched the men's 100m freestyle to punch his ticket to Tokyo with flourish on Thursday, while Simone Manuel's title defence in the women's 100m came to a crushing end at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.
Dressel equaled his own American record of 47.39 seconds to overcome a stacked field and win by .33 seconds over 24-year-old Zach Apple, before hoisting his arms aloft and egging on the eager crowd at Omaha, Nebraska.
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