The 2024 Summer Olympics are not going the way Caeleb Dressel had hoped. That disappointment showed on Friday, as the eight-time gold medalist broke down and cried after failing to reach the final in the men's 100-meter butterfly.
Dressel finished fifth in his heat with a time of 51.57, more than a second behind France's Maxime Grousset who touched first. It is an event Dressel owns the world record in (49.45) after setting it during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The disappointment of that race came not long after the 27-year-old finished sixth in the 50-meter freestyle, another event in which he was the defending Olympic champion. He finished with a time of 21.61, Australia's Cameron McEvoy won in 21.25 seconds.
