Swimming-Dressel pulls out of world championships
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 [June 23, 2022]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Seven-times
Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel has withdrawn from the rest of
the world championships after pulling out of his 100m title defence
for medical reasons.
American Dressel, also defending world champion in 50 and 100m
butterfly as well as 50 freestyle, had been set for a showdown with
emerging talent David Popovici of Romania who is now favourite in
the 100m freestyle.
"After conferring with Caeleb, his coaches and the medical staff, a
decision has been made to withdraw him from the FINA World
Championships," USA Swimming said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Caeleb Dressel of the U.S. in action during the men's 100m
freestyle, heat 11 REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
"Our priority is and will always be the health of
our athletes and we will continue to give Caeleb the assistance he
needs to recover quickly."
Dressel, who pulled out of his 100m freestyle semi-final on Tuesday,
picked up two gold medals at the Duna Arena, leading off the men’s
4x100m freestyle relay on Saturday and repeating as 50m fly world
champion on Sunday.
(Reporting by Simon Evans, Editing by Ed Osmond)
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