Dressel wins blue riband gold but Chinese women rule pool


China's Zhang Yufei celebrates winning to take gold in the final of the women's 200m butterfly swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on July 29, 2021. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

TOKYO: Caeleb Dressel won the blue riband men’s 100m freestyle as the United States celebrated two gold medals in the Tokyo pool while China’s women responded with two golds, and a world record, of their own in another thrilling day of swimming.

Alongside Dressel’s triumph in the marquee event, fellow American Bobby Finke clinched the 800m freestyle with an impressive late surge.

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