'I맥스카지노d rather just shut up and swim': Caeleb Dressel is swimming's reluctant star at Olympic Games
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For a man tabbed as swimming맥스카지노s next superstar, Caeleb Dressel couldn맥스카지노t be more disinterested. Of course, he cares about being fast in the pool. He just isn맥스카지노t into anyone else맥스카지노s expectations or comparisons. Fame isn맥스카지노t his thing, either.
맥스카지노I맥스카지노d rather just shut up and swim,맥스카지노 the 24-year-old Floridian said.
Dressel could win as many as seven medals in Tokyo. He맥스카지노ll compete in the 50- and 100-meter freestyles and the 100 butterfly, as well as up to four relays.
Sound familiar? Michael Phelps won a historic eight golds in Beijing in 2008. But don맥스카지노t suggest to Dressel that he맥스카지노s the next coming of the all-time winningest Olympian.
맥스카지노I swim different events than Michael,맥스카지노 he said. 맥스카지노I맥스카지노m not chasing someone else맥스카지노s goals. I want to chase my own.맥스카지노
Dressel was a bit player in his first Olympics five years ago in Rio, winning two relay gold medals while Phelps and Ryan Lochte맥스카지노s careers as the world맥스카지노s two dominant male swimmers were winding down.
The 2017 world championships in Budapest, Hungary, was Dressel맥스카지노s personal coming-out party. He won seven gold medals 맥스카지노 more than any other country.
Two years later in Gwangju, South Korea, he smashed Phelps맥스카지노 10-year-old record in the 100-meter butterfly while winning six golds and two silvers for a record haul of eight medals.
Dressel is fast and powerful in the sprint events, usually the first one off the blocks. He stands out even before he dives in. At 6-foot-2 and 198 pounds, with a sleeve of tattoos on his left arm and the Olympic rings tattooed on his right forearm, his upper body is all muscle. He맥스카지노s the one doing the insanely high vertical leaps behind the starting block.
맥스카지노His talent and his explosion is just mind-blowing,맥스카지노 said Lochte, who trained with Dressel in Gainesville, Florida, before coming up short in his bid to make a fifth Olympic team. 맥스카지노In practice, there is no mercy. He doesn맥스카지노t back down.맥스카지노
Dressel is just as hard on himself. 맥스카지노I trash myself more than anybody,맥스카지노 he said.
맥스카지노If you didn맥스카지노t have a good swim, but you don맥스카지노t learn anything, that맥스카지노s a complete throwaway. That맥스카지노s a failure. If you have a bad swim and you learn something from it, then it맥스카지노s not a bad swim anymore,맥스카지노 he said.
Unlike young swimmers, who may unquestioningly follow a coach맥스카지노s orders, Dressel is frank in his exchanges with coach Gregg Troy.
맥스카지노It gives us a great cooperative effort to put ourselves in the best possible situation,맥스카지노 Troy said.
While Dressel shuns comparisons to Phelps, he doesn맥스카지노t hesitate to reach out to the retired superstar. In the midst of the pandemic last year, a frustrated Dressel fired off a ranting text to Phelps.
맥스카지노It맥스카지노s been great to have that support from him, from someone I don맥스카지노t even know that well, but he knows how the sport works,맥스카지노 Dressel said.
So does his wife, Meghan. She swam in high school and briefly in college, giving her shared experience in understanding the ups and downs. She has a master맥스카지노s degree in marriage and family therapy, which she puts to good use in her own home.
맥스카지노We맥스카지노re in this together,맥스카지노 she said. 맥스카지노Some days it맥스카지노s 50-50 and other days it맥스카지노s 90-10, and I맥스카지노ll pick up the slack for him.맥스카지노
Dressel said, 맥스카지노I can맥스카지노t tell you how many times I맥스카지노ve just come home and crashed in her arms and said, 맥스카지노That sucked.맥스카지노맥스카지노
The high school sweethearts married on Valentine맥스카지노s weekend last February, only moving in together after the wedding. She whips up his favorite dish 맥스카지노 chicken piccata 맥스카지노 since Dressel admits the only thing he can cook is eggs.
맥스카지노I could have cried the first day after the wedding,맥스카지노 he said. 맥스카지노I came home from practice and there맥스카지노s food ready. She dropped me off at a doctor맥스카지노s appointment, and I was like, 맥스카지노That맥스카지노s how you know you맥스카지노re married.맥스카지노
맥스카지노I told Meghan two months into dating her I was going to marry her. I should have done it way earlier.맥스카지노
Dressel is just as interested in leading an adventurous life outside the pool.
In late 2019, he started a podcast called 맥스카지노The Ben and Caeleb Show맥스카지노 with best friend Ben Kennedy in which they hash over everything from hummus to building tables to making a bed. Last year during the pandemic, he joined his family in hiking the Appalachian Trail. He likes to hunt, fish, and play video games.
맥스카지노He's in this for himself and for his own self-improvement,맥스카지노 Meghan said. 맥스카지노What he can learn as a human, what he can take away for himself.맥스카지노