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Gators News: Olympics roundup plus Florida golf updates

Asides from the news overseas, there are also a few stories closer to home involving both the men’s and women’s golf teams.

Welcome back from a historic weekend at the Tokyo Olympics, where a pair of Gators made their mark on international athletics immortality — including one who not only broke his own record but ascended into the Pantheon of all-time greats at the summer games. And speaking of great, the University of Florida currently leads all American schools in the overall medal count, holding the lead over the Stanford Cardinals by a healthy margin.

Asides from the news overseas, there are also a few stories closer to home involving both the men’s and women’s golf teams. Here is a look at the latest from the Gator Nation.

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Gators Bobby Finke, Caeleb Dressel collect three more gold medals for Team USA

Caeleb Dressel won his fourth and fifth gold medals Saturday while Bobby Finke grabbed his second of the Tokyo Olympics.

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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Dressel leaves Tokyo with five golds, US golf gold; Gymnastics and wrestling on Monday

Sunday featured historic medals for America in golf and diving. Monday features gymnastics event finals, women’s 100m hurdles and wrestling medals.

Sunday featured historic medals for America in golf and diving. Monday features gymnastics event finals, women’s 100m hurdles and wrestling medals.

Caeleb Dressel won gold in the 50 freestyle and smashed the Olympic record without taking a breath

This underwater angle of Caeleb Dressel’s win is awesome.

Caeleb Dressel won his fourth gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics and third in an individual event by crushing the men’s 50-meter freestyle and breaking the 13-year-old Olympic record. And he did it without taking a breath the entire time.

With his exceptional and explosive start off the blocks, Dressel shot out ahead of the field with his first stroke and finished with a time of 21.07 — breaking Brazil’s Cesar Cielo’s Olympic record of 21.30 from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and .16 seconds shy of Cielo’s 2009 world record.

And an efficient way to get 50 meters across the pool is not to breathe, so Dressel didn’t.

When swimmers barely turn their heads to the side to steal a quick breath, it slightly slows them down. It’s much more efficient for swimmers to keep their heads down when the race is only one length of the pool, so it’s very common for them to just opt not to breathe during the shortest race.

Here’s the overhead view of the race:

But the underwater view of the entire thing really highlights how hard they’re working beneath the surface. Plus, the underwater angle is just generally awesome.

This was Dressel’s final individual event of the Tokyo Olympics. He also won gold in the 100-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and he was part of the fifth-place 4×100-meter mixed medley relay team.

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Watch Caeleb Dressel smash his own 100 butterfly WR and win another gold medal

Caeleb Dressel broke the first men’s swimming world record of these Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel is coming home with another gold medal after cruising to victory in the men’s 100-meter butterfly final Saturday morning at the Tokyo Olympics (Friday night in the U.S.).

And this time, he broke the world record — his own world record.

With one of the best starts at the Olympics, Dressel was already ahead of the field by the time he took his first stroke. He charged through the first 50 with a super fast time of 23.00 before finishing at 49.45.

Dressel’s previous world record from 2019 was 49.50, and it was pretty clear from the beginning of this race that the world record was probably going down. This was just the second individual world record to fall at these Games, following South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker breaking the 200-meter breaststroke world record earlier this week.

Hungary’s Kristof Milak won the silver medal and was just .23 seconds behind Dressel with a time of 49.68. But the pair separated themselves from the field in a big way, as bronze medal-winner Noe Ponti of Switzerland finished nearly 1.5 seconds behind Dressel at 50.74.

This was Dressel’s fifth Olympic medal of his career, and they’ve all been gold. At the Tokyo Games, he also won gold in the 100-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

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6 questions with Team USA swimmers, including what event they’d want to add to the Olympics

We asked some Team USA swimmers these roundtable questions about the Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics’ swimming lineup this week has some new events added to the mix with the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle, the men’s 800-meter freestyle and the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay. But what events would some of Team USA’s top swimmers like to see added next? We found out.

Ahead of the Summer Games, For The Win asked several swimmers a variety of questions to help fans get to know them a little better. We asked about how they train, other Olympic events they think it’d be cool to compete in, what they think about while staring at the bottom of a pool for hours every day and more.

Here are the Team USA swimmers included in this roundtable, along with the (mostly) individual events they’re competing in at the Tokyo Olympics and the results if the event final has already taken place:

  • Katie Ledecky — 200 free (5th), 400 free (silver), 800 free, 1,500 free (gold)
  • Caeleb Dressel — 50 free, 100 free (gold), 100 butterfly
  • Simone Manuel — 50 free
  • Ryan Murphy — 100 backstroke (bronze), 200 backstroke
  • Allison Schmitt — 200 free (11th)
  • Lilly King — 100 breaststroke (bronze), 200 breaststroke
  • Torri Huske — 100 butterfly (4th)
  • Natalie Hinds — 4×100 free relay (bronze)
  • Michael Andrew — 50 free, 100 breaststroke (4th), 200 IM

These answers have been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Gators News: Pair of swimmers earn gold giving US lead in Tokyo

So far, current and former Gators have brought home eight medals, including a pair earned by two UF wet heads that put the United States over the top in the gold medal count.

The Tokyo Olympics continue to roll along this week and so have the members of the Orange and Blue. So far, current and former Gators have brought home eight medals, including a pair earned by two UF wet heads that put the United States over the top in the gold medal count. Here is a look at the two gold-medalist swimmers.

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Caeleb Dressel’s tearful moment with his family after his 100-meter win was so great

It got a little dusty in here!

These Tokyo Olympics have been hard – on the athletes and also on their families. We’re all finding out that’s what happens when you hold the Games during a global pandemic.

While the athletes are holed in the Olympic bubble in Tokyo, their loved ones are mostly back home where all they can do is gather together and turn on their TVs and watch the events that mean so much to them.

I can’t imagine what it must feel like for a mom or a dad or a husband or a wife or a boyfriend or a girlfriend or anyone who is close to them to watch from thousands of miles away as someone they love so deeply goes after their lifelong dreams on the other side of the world.

NBC has struggled a lot during these Olympics but one of the good things they have done has been showing the reactions from family watch parties back home in the states.

Last night we saw an incredible one of those moments as Caeleb Dressel’s family was shown going nuts back in Orlando, Fl. as he made his furious way down the stretch of the men’s 100-freestyle and taking gold with a new Olympic record of 47.02 seconds.

In normal circumstances he would have celebrated by waving to his wife and family sitting up above the pool in the arena.

Instead, he spoke with them in video call on NBC just moments after his win and it was pretty darn special with he and his wife, Meghan, in tears as his she told him over and over again that she loves him so much.

I mean man, this video is awesome:

And then this one during the anthem was equally emotional.

Again, none of this has been easy one anyone but these moments where the athletes and their families can still celebrate together, even being thousands of miles away from each other, have been darn special.

Quick hits: Final NBA mock draft… Aaron Rodgers held nothing back in an incredible press conference… Marshawn Lynch’s hilarious take on Rodgers… And more.

– The 2021 NBA Draft is tonight and Bryan Kalbrosky has his final mock draft to get you ready for what should be a fun night.

– Aaron Rodgers spoke with the media yesterday for the first time since reporting to training camp and he calmly held nothing back while talking about what bothered him the most about the Packers’ front office.

– Speaking of Rodgers, Marshawn Lynch had a classic Marshawn Lynch take on the whole situation with the QB and the Packers.

– Patrick Mahomes is back to throwing no-look passes at practice.

– Giannis Antetokounmpo is just like us – he doesn’t want to pay NBC to watch the men’s basketball team play in the Olympics.

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Caeleb Dressel was overcome with emotion after winning gold in the 100 freestyle with an Olympic record

Caeleb Dressel set an Olympic record against the fastest field in history.

With an explosive start off the blocks, American sprinter Caeleb Dressel jumped out to an early lead and held on tight to win gold in the men’s 100-meter freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday morning in Japan (Wednesday night in the U.S.).

Dressel’s gold medal-winning swim of 47.02 set a new Olympic record, as he out-touched Australia’s Kyle Chalmers by just .06 seconds in what was the fastest 100 free Olympic field ever, as NBC noted. Chalmers won silver with a time of 47.08 and Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov won bronze at 47.44.

After winning his first individual medal of the Tokyo Games, Dressel was overcome with emotion as he sat on the lane marker and celebrated his victory.

And when Dressel headed over to his on-deck interview with NBC, he appeared to tear up talking about the challenges he faced with the postponed Olympics and how hard the last year was for him. He also noted how much he was hurting after that race.

And when he got to briefly talk with his family in the U.S., he broke down and didn’t hold back his tears.

This was Dressel’s second gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics after he was part of the winning 4×100-meter freestyle relay team. It’s his fourth Olympic gold medal overall after also being on the winning 4×100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter medley relays at the 2016 Rio Games.

But in Rio, Dressel placed sixth in the 100 free, so this is his first individual Olympic medal. He’ll also swim the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly at these Games, in addition to relays.

Here’s his family’s reaction to his gold medal-winning swim:

The world record in the men’s 100 free is held by Cesar Cielo at 46.91 from 2009, but Dressel broke Australia’s Eamon Sullivan’s 2008 Olympic record of 47.05.

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