Urgent: US Dressel swimmer wins men's 100m freestyle at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Caeleb Dressel of the United States beat defending champon Kyle Chalmers to win the men's 100m freestyle gold at the Tokyo Aquatics Center here on Thursday.

Two-time world champion in the event, Dressel had a safe lead before touching home in 47.02 seconds, a new Olympic record time.

This is the second gold for Dressel after contributing to Team USA' title defense in the men's 4