CAELEB DRESSEL

Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania has become the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men’s 100-meter freestyle.

Two-time world champion Caeleb Dressel is not defending his title in the men’s 100 freestyle at the swimming world championships after withdrawing before the semifinals.

Torri Huske, Caeleb Dressel and Alex Walsh have all won golds for the United States on the second day of racing at the world swimming championships.

Here’s a breakdown of what certain countries pay athletes when they win a medal in the Summer Olympics, according to Forbes.

Catch up on all the biggest records set at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games finally come to a close after an exhausting, enlightening and sometimes enraging run.

While the Tokyo Olympics are wrapping up this week, Salem native, Ben Kennedy shared what it was like getting to watch his best friend Olympic swimmer, Caeleb Dressel compete in the Olympics.

More than 7,000 miles from Tokyo and hidden in a ballroom at a posh resort, Team USA family and friends are getting an Olympic experience they never would have half a world away.

Well, that was as fast as Caeleb Dressel swimming the 50-meter freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon earned milestone medals at the Olympic pool before the race to determine the fastest man in the world took center stage.

Emma McKeon won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single Games.

As the swimming events at the Tokyo Olympics conclude with fewer medals and a lot fewer golds for the United States, what comes next?

Day 9 at the Tokyo Olympics saw the final medals of the Games for the U.S. swimmers and the first for the track and field contingent.

With a win in the 4x100m medley relay, Caeleb Dressel became the first Olympian not named Michael Phelps to win five gold medals at a single Games since 1988.

Caeleb Dressel capped one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games.

Caeleb Dressel closed out a perfect three-for-three performance in individual events at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal in the men's 50 freestyle.

Get primed for swimming on Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Caeleb Dressel can increase his Tokyo gold medal haul to five on the final day of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Caeleb Dressel set a world record and Katie Ledecky won her third straight 800m freestyle gold Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

For all the focus on Caeleb Dressel, Australia’s Emma McKeon could leave the Tokyo Olympics with more swimming medals than anyone.

After torching the pool in three different events on Saturday, Caeleb Dressel has a chance to accomplish something only achieved since 1992 by the legendary Michael Phelps.

You can take the man out of Florida, but you can't take the "Florida Man" out of Caeleb Dressel.

While they cannot be in person at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, supporters of Team USA swimmers send their love from afar.

The willingness of athletes, led by Simone Biles, to talk about the pressures they face as elite athletes on the Olympics stage, has forced a look at how NBC presents the Games to the public.

Caeleb Dressel has won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

Caeleb Dressel went wire-to-wire to win gold in the men's 100m butterfly.

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland won the women’s tennis gold medal in singles and she could add another in doubles.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

The Olympic debut of the 4x-100-meter mixed medley relay lived up to its promise of utter chaos and unpredictability.

Caeleb Dressel has a shot to win six gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Tatjana Schoenmaker knocked off the first individual world record in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 7 of swimming at the Olympics.

Team USA's Caeleb Dressel broke the Olympic record in the 100m butterfly for his third Tokyo gold.

Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Get primed for swimming on Day 7 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

For the first time ever in Olympic competition, men and women raced side-by-side Thursday in the preliminary heats of the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

Caeleb Dressel went 50.39 in his 100m butterfly preliminary heat to tie the Olympic record.

Caeleb Dressel tossed his gold medal from a winning relay at the Tokyo Olympics to a teammate in the stands.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

From the time he rocketed off the blocks in Lane 5 until he wiped his eyes and gave his earpiece back to Michele Tafoya — Caeleb Dressel won the race. And these Olympics.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 6 of swimming at the Olympics.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its third straight match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals.

Get primed for swimming on Day 6 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

For the first time in more than a century, Britain claimed relay gold at the Olympic pool.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 5 of swimming at the Olympics.

Day 5 of the Tokyo Games features another busy day at the Aquatics Centre with five swimming finals and the men’s diving synchronized springboard final.

Get primed for swimming on Day 4 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Simone Biles and Team USA seek their third consecutive gold medal in women's gymnastics in Tuesday's team final.

23-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps opens up to Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on TODAY about the young men and women competing for Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Ariarne Titmus and Luka Doncic made memorable Olympic debuts.

Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics saw some thrillers in swimming.

The United States claimed victory in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay behind strong swims from Caeleb Dressel and the rest of Team USA.

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position: Second place.

Follow along as we round up the action from Day 3 of the Tokyo Olympics swimming competition.

Look ahead to this evening's swimming finals.

Two of America's biggest stars begin their Tokyo Games on Sunday.

Chase Kalisz knows what’s coming: Pain, and lots of it in the 400-meter individual medley that gets swimming underway at the Tokyo Olympics.

A debate is brewing between former gold medalist Maya DiRado and some American swimmers over U.S. medal threat Michael Andrew’s decision not to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus on the eve of competition at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Games are almost here. We look back at 25 Olympic memories during the 25-day leadup.

Caeleb Dressel could win as many as seven medals in the pool at the Tokyo Olympics.

Find out where to watch every heat of the Tokyo Olympics swimming program.

There won’t be any reaction shots of excited, shocked or crying family members in the stands at the Tokyo Olympics.

We lost a lot last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of those things was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Tokyo Olympics Swim Team roster is finalized and includes stars such as Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel, plus many new faces.

Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, Michael Andrew and more provided unforgettable moments at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.

Simone Manuel is going back to the Olympics.

Just three races close out the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Night 8: the men’s 50m freestyle, the women’s 50m freestyle and the men’s 1500m freestyle.

The stars shine brightly on the next-to-last night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha.

Caeleb Dressel will be on world record watch as he attempts to qualify for his signature event, the 100m butterfly, on Night 7 at U.S. Swimming Trials.

Caeleb Dressel is well on his way to a potentially historic Olympic performance after advancing to the final in his second individual event for Tokyo.

After a long week of waiting, Caeleb Dressel finally punched his ticket for the Tokyo Olympics with a victory in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials.

Thirteen-time world champion Caeleb Dressel qualified his first event for the Tokyo Olympics Thursday night.

Caeleb Dressel highlights Night 5 at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha.

Katie Ledecky’s most grueling night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials resulted in two more victories.

The Lilly King Show is headed to Tokyo.

Olympic champion Ryan Lochte has failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter freestyle in his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials.

Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. AdShe’s aiming to defend her 100 free title at the Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic. When Stanford closed its facilities last March, Manuel and training partner Katie Ledecky found a backyard pool to work out in. He failed to make it out of the preliminaries, finishing 32nd in the 100 free and 25th in the 100 breaststroke. Blake Pieroni won the men’s 100 free in 49.19 seconds.

Irvine is hosting about 240 swimmers — a mix of national team members, collegians and high schoolers — competing outdoors under strict safety guidelines at a time when COVID-19 is surging again in many parts of the country. Ryan Lochte, seeking to make his fifth Olympic team at age 36, is competing at the U.S. Open site in Sarasota, Florida. Swimmers enter the complex through a designated spot and follow a progression from the warm-up pool, competition pool, warm-down pool and exit. The number of swimmers who can be in the same lane training at the same time is limited to a maximum of four. Multiple sessions are being staged to keep the number of swimmers at the complex at one time lower.