Some more info: 1. Reaction times are measured when feet leave the block 2. It’s actually spelled Caeleb (🫢)

Not only are swimmers amazing athletes, the elite swimmers always have crazy physiques too

“I just broke the World record but this dude, he got a new personal best!”

Dressel is a G 👏

I was on the team with him at UF and this dude is an absolute unit of a human. Football players and their conditioning coaches would watch him in the weight room cause his strength and explosive power was unparalleled

“yoooo you got a personal best, nice!” “but… you just broke a world record?” “yeah but you got a personal best :)”

As a swimmer myself, I will say there have been many times I’ve walked over to a guy I swam against to congratulate him, breaking a personal best is a big think in swim, like a big thing. And it always makes someone’s day! ❤

I was lucky enough to meet him a few years back since he was visiting my old team. My man is super humble and made a lot of us younger swimmers wayyyyy more confident in ourselves and was really understanding. He even jokingly (I think) yelled at our coach for a set he had us do (I think I was 13 at the time) that set being 5000 yards every third 25 butterfly. That made us feel really good since the coach made him do the same set without the fly, everyone was like “we work harder than Caleb Dressell!”

imagine if he hadnt messed up his turns

That’s what The Olympics and sport are to be. A celebration to friendship and sportsmanship.

as a hungarian this was especially heartwarming to see

"I may have just got the best time in history, but this man got the best time for himself, and THATS progression!"

That's so admirable bro. That's extremely gentlemanly

I remember meeting him and swimming with him he was very kind to me and my team even though I had lost the passion for swimming

Caleb dressel is honestly one of the best swimmers and most genuinely wholesome athletes to ever exist. I loved watching him compete in Tokyo

Swimmers are always so gorgeous

Good sportsmanship is so undervalued. So is empathy.

I remember an even more impressive feat from dressed. Everyone was so hype over his sprint free an butterfly performances, but when he swam at SEC championships, he swam off events since he already had lNCAA qualifying times for every one of main events, so he swam the 100yard breaststroke and broke the American record. For any foreigners who don’t know: Americans typically swim short course yards (25y per length) during winter, so most of the swim season including collegiate and long course meters (Olympic, 50m per length) during the summer, so American records are only different from world records because they are in yards

As a young competitive swimmer, this is heartwarming to see. ❤

Bro broke the world record but still congratulated the dude on a new PB what a guy

I met him a few years back at a TYR swim pro series, and he just seems to have a great time the whole time he is competing. During a commercial break sweet Caroline was playing, and he was behind the blocks warming up but also dancing to the song at the same time period and he always celebrates/congratulates his competitors.

I’ll never get over just how crazy Olympians look while in streamline, like bro that’s pure strength right there

That’s so cool they both had the best swim of their life why not celebrate, mad respect

Swimming is probably one of the most positive sports communities that I know of

Swimming ROCKS! Watching it makes me wanna race! 🏊

As a swimmer, celebrating for competitors and their PRs is pretty commonplace, but to see that it happens outside of low league swims, especially in the Olympics is an eye opener for sure.

That's what sports is about. Achieving goals together, because you share a passion. That builds friendship and that makes it fun!

I used to run competitive track and cross country in college and if the person who beat me in a race came over to congratulate me on a PR, I'd feel amazing. I'd already be going through losing and the camaraderie from that gesture would be a nice pick-me-up

Im a swimmer and i recently met him at an event :) he was such a cool person and a really big inspiration! He even raced one of my teammates lol

caleb dressel is one of my personal favorite swimmers so this is so heart warming to see

As an competitive swimmer I always celebrate my competitors

I saw that happening and didn't understand it back then. That's nice of him.

Crazy how he got the record with a shitty turn and finish

Amazing. Also, a true gentleman. Congratulations to him!!

“It’s not if you beat others, it if you beat yourself” :) -a competitive dancer

Not breathing for the last bit of meters is to not slow the swimmer down

the guy who almost caught up tho😟

The grace of swimmers always blows my mind. I bet swimmers are great dancers also. ❤

really reinforces what i’ve always been told. swim is a race against yourself, for self improvement.

He had a terrible turn (even Rowdy Gaines, the commentator of this race, said the same thing), and I believe if he had a better turn, he would’ve been in the 49 flat-49.2 range, if not a sub 49

I never realized the skill it takes to competitively swim.

This is why I LOVE SWIMMING! The sportsmanship in swimming is on a different level than any other sport. It is the tradition and culture of swimming that made me commit 16 years of my 22 year life to the sport. Especially once you get to high level swimming like in college. And not the petty swimming of the high schoolers who do not show this kind of humility. It’s a sport we all know sucks. But we love it. Almost like masochist. It’s the one sport that is purely mental during practice.

Certified mermaid right there

"used the platform to celebrate his opponent?" Mate, they shook hands.

He actually said " Even on your best day, you can't beat me "

The man really just said 🐠

I used to swim nationals, it sucked and I hated it because I was forced into the sport, doing 2 hour training sessions every morning and afternoon, competing locally every few weeks. I was 7, homeschooled, with no friends. I’m older now, I finally managed to quit after 7 years of convincing my parents. I’ve been doing a lot better, and now working on building a social life with others. ❤

I've always loved when athletes have respect for each other and show great sportsmanship. Sharing the other athletes accomplishments is an awesome thing. Yeah it sucks to not win but you guys all tried your best and one team or individual came out on top. Cool dude

I think i used to swim with this guy back a few years ago. He was always this cool.

I watched this live and it was remarkable. I used to be a competitive swimmer and it’s awesome to see acts of sportsmanship like these

If you want a good lat spread consider swimmin butterfly competitively lmao

Swimming is the best sport in terms of working most of your body at all times. I was a competitive swimmer until I was 18 and spent 40 hours a week in the pool. And out of the pool exercising about 10 hrs a week. I could watch races all day and still want more. My body fat % was as low as 9%. Damn I miss it!! Glad I found the channel!!! Thanks for posting this kinda content!! ❤❤ Edit: I only stayed so short of a time bc I wanted a life and so on for the first time. I was pretty good. And could’ve been better. But as I hit my 18th birthday, I decided I didn’t want to continue. And then after 1.5-2 years I realized I made a hue mistake. I spent hours plus in the gym and training in lakes and “outdoor” or “dry land” training was sooo expected. I’m going to get back into lane swimming etc. M

People like Caeleb Dressel are the main reason why I watch sports events 🥰

milak acctually holds the record now

Went to high school with him ❤

As a former competitive swimmer, I think the most impressive part of that swim was the fact he went the last half of the lap with no breath. That’s…hard.

It's so fun to watch that guy swim. So fast and flawless!

They both broke records.

That is a man of God right there

One of the humble guys out there

“We’re all super athletes here, keep it up, buddy, you’ll get there.”

When your personal best is the entire world's personal best

Thats cool af 😎 great sportsmanship

I think swimming has some of the best camaraderie out of any sport. The pro swimmers, while fierce competitors, are also all friends. Most train together, work with the same coaches, and they see each other many times a year at different swimming events.

Anyone who has had swimming lessons and has done this knows how amazing this record is

Went to Clay High School with Caeleb down here in Green cove springs, Florida. The guy was the most humble, kind, person in the entire school. Deserves everything coming his way.

"That's good but you're not as good as me BUT I'm still gonna hold your hand and act happy because I'm a good person"

This actually made me cry

From another angle, he never thought anyone else could win the race, he was just happy that his friend got the best of the rest.

Can you imagine the pressure he felt before the start of the race and then to be excited for someone else? That's truly amazing

PB is the shit. Love seeing that speedrunner respect in physical sporting

The dude that got his personal best was also extremely close to Caleb at the end

Just a dude getting a personal best in a swim race next to a dude getting humanity’s personal best in a swim race.

You know it's a real sport when sportsmanship is involved.

My world studies teacher back in high school was the schools water polo coach for the boys. He told us that he would condition his team by doing butterfly strokes, that they were one of the toughest exercises they would perform. Olympic Swimmers have my respect 😮🎉

That is a man of ABSOLUTE RESPECT

In all my years of competitive swimming I've found that swimmers are the quickest to celebrate their competitor's achievements as well as their own

Just got a global pb and still takes the time to be happy for the man beside him

How many times have u wat- Me: "*cries*" so heartwarming, *NOT ENOUGH*

THIS IS WHAT SPORTS SHOULD FOCUS ON! Reaching your full potential and then seeing if you can go farther!!!

Characters in cartoons after arguing for 15 minutes then coming to a good conclusion:

Moments like that restore my faith in humanity

My man really said GG

Damn bro has a good sportsmanship

Good sportsmanship is something that unites the world more than anything else

This is why swim is one of the best sports. We are all kind and cheer on eachother

As someone who did swim in school, I really didn’t joy it. I just didn’t enjoy the anxiety of the competitiveness, but I do love it. This is wholesome.

damn he doesnt even look tired

As a swimmer, y’all have NO idea how shocking this is.. THE SKILL! Jaw dropped.

Kind, thoughtful, *and* very handsome!

As a non swimmer I enjoy watching swimmers do the dolphin movement 😅 it seems so fun lol

Caeleb is a true winner. (Btw smoothest transition I ever saw I didn't even notice the video loop)

Yes sir! Went to high school with Dressel, one of the nicest most stand up people you’ll ever meet.

I do swim and I can confirm we congratulate everyone after our swims that’s just what we do

friendship was the real world record 🪦🥂

This is what we need more of in professional sports, good sportsmanship.

As a Hungarian I'm proud of Caleb

THIS is a good person. People should always try to be like this. Celebrate others, not yourself. Let the people you celebrate do that for you.

Brought a tear to my eye

Dude I was watching that exact Olympics when I was a bit younger and thought "he broke a WR no biggie"... Now I am so impressed that swimmers can do that, it's amazing because I go to the gym and breaking your own PR is amazing. Props to Caleb!