Dressel's sprint heroics were compiled in just under two hours, interspersed by Sarah Sjostrom's world record in the women's 50m freestyle on another stunning night's racing at the Duna Arena. Dressel began his historic evening in the men's 50m freestyle, posting a world textile best time of 21.15 seconds. Edging ever closer to Phelps's 2009 world record, he finished 0.04 seconds shy of the eight-year-old mark. Dressel's speed, coupled with the sheer noise inside the arena, clearly lifted Kristof Milak of Hungary who posted a world junior record time for silver. Sjostrom then went one better in the 50m freestyle semifinals as she shaved 0.06 seconds off Britta Steffen's 2009 world-record time of 23.73 seconds.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2017 00:45 UTC