Swimming-Olympic champion Dressel fails to qualify for world championships

FILE PHOTO: Swimming - FINA World Championships - Budapest, Hungary - June 21, 2022 Caeleb Dressel of the U.S. is seen before the men's 100m freestyle, heat 11 REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

(Reuters) - Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel failed to qualify for this month's World Aquatics Championships in Japan after more disappointing results at the U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis on Saturday.

In his final chance to make the U.S. team, Dressel finished tied for 22nd in the preliminaries of the 50-metre freestyle, 1.07 seconds behind the leader.