Caleb Dressel (26, USA), who is called the successor of Michael Phelps (USA), the ‘Swimming Emperor’, played an official match in 11 months.
On the 13th (Korean time), Dressel competed in the men’s 100m butterfly low-key competition held at the Georgia Tech Pool in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and took second place with a time of 52.41 seconds.
1st place was Josh Riendo (20, Canada) who finished the race in 51.79 seconds.
The Associated Press reported, “Dressl finished the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with a time of nearly three seconds slower than his own record of 49.45, but exchanged jokes with his teammates with a look of satisfaction.”
However, Dressel did not respond to the interview.
During the 2022 International Swimming Federation World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary in June of last year, Dressel announced that she would give up participating in the remaining games, and then played an official match in about 11 months.
At the 2022 World Championships먹튀검증, Dressel ranked second overall after David Popovic (Romania, 47.60) with a time of 47.95 seconds in the men’s 100m freestyle preliminaries and advanced to the semifinals with 16 players, but withdrew abruptly two hours before the semifinals.
Hwang Seon-woo (Gangwon Provincial Office) of Korea, who tied for 17th in the 100m freestyle preliminaries because Dressel withdrew at the time, was included in the semi-final list and hurriedly competed.
Dressel also gave up competing in the 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly and returned to the United States.
Dressel, who had not revealed the reason for withdrawing from the World Championships for a while, said on her social network service (SNA) in September of last year that she was “suffering from severe pressure and panic disorder.” I would like to advise you to take a break when you need this. I will come back.”
Dressel is a world-class star who won seven gold medals and six gold medals at the 2017 Budapest and 2019 Gwangju World Championships, respectively, and was selected as the best player (MVP) in the men’s division for two consecutive competitions.
At the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, he also won five gold medals (50 m and 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 400 m relay, and 400 m medley relay).
At the 2022 Budapest World Championships, he won a total of two gold medals in the men’s 50m butterfly and 400m relay, but suddenly announced that he would withdraw from the remaining games.
Dressel, who took a ‘mental break’ for 11 months, entered the official competition again and smiled brightly even after finishing second.