American swimming's new golden boy Caeleb Dressel emerged at the death to pip Russia's Vladimir Morozov by just 0.02secs to win the 100m freestyle at the short course World Championships on Sunday. The 22-year-old Dressel has drawn lofty comparisons with American swim legend Michael Phelps but he left it to the last few strokes to pinch a thrilling victory in a US record 45.62secs in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
South Africa's Chad le Clos, a 200m butterfly Olympic champion, took bronze, 0.27secs behind the tattooed Dressel. Dressel does not like the Phelps comparisons, which came about last year after he became only the second swimmer after his decorated compatriot to win seven golds at a single long course world championships.
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