TOKYO: A storming butterfly leg from Caeleb Dressel powered the US to a new world record and the gold medal in the men’s Olympic 4x100m medley relay final today.
The US team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Dressel and Zach Apple touched in 3:26.78s to smash the global 3:27.28s mark set at the 2009 World Championships.
Britain came second in 3:27.51s and Italy were third in 3:29.17s.
The Americans were trailing at 200m after Andrew’s breaststroke leg against Britain’s Adam Peaty but when Dressel hit the water that all changed.
He clawed back the lead, leaving Apple to finish the job.