A United States team spearheaded by Caeleb Dressel stormed to the men’s 4x100m Olympic relay gold medal in the third quickest time ever today.
Zach Apple brought them home after Dressel led off, with sizzling legs from Bowen Becker and Blake Pieroni ensuring they touched in 3:08.97 ahead of Italy (3:10.11) and Australia (3:10.22).
Dressel, who could win an incredible seven gold in Tokyo says it feels great knowing they had a huge target on their back.
Dressel gave them a powerful start with a 47.26 opening leg and they never relinquished their lead.
Italy and France were battling for the minor medals until Australia’s Kyle Chalmers put in a cracking final leg to hand Australia bronze.
