Former Florida men’s swimmers Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke added three more gold medals to the Gators’ overall total in the Tokyo Olympics. Dressel earned two gold medals in the 50-meter freestyle and the 4×100 medley relay. Finke grabbed his gold medal in the 1500-meter freestyle. Dressel’s two gold medals Saturday brings his overall total to five and Finke’s to two.
In the 50-meter freestyle, Dressel won the race with an Olympic record time of 21.07. But he would shatter more records later in the evening during the 4×100 medley relay. Team USA tallied a world record 3:26.78.
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Finke won a gold medal when he surged from behind in the last 50-meters of the 800-meter freestyle earlier in the Tokyo Olympics. He claimed the win in the 1500-meter freestyle in the same fashion. Finke finished with a time of 14:39.65.
Florida former and current student-athletes have combined for seven gold medals and 13 medals overall in this year’s Olympics.
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