Brooks Curry, in a way, allowed Caeleb Dressel to swim so fast in the 4x100 relay final Monday morning
Caeleb Dressel tosses his gold medal to teammate Brooks Curry after the men's 4x100 relay final at the Tokyo Olympics. in lightning-quick time on Monday. He gave the U.S. a lead it never relinquished, and, less than an hour later, he stepped to a podium to receive his first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics.
Dressel, instead, found 20-year-old teammate Brooks Curry in the Tokyo Aquatics Center stands. He called Curry down to the first row. And he flipped Curry the medal.He did that because Curry's presence on the 4x100 relay team helped Dressel swim so fast this morning. The "flipped schedule" here in Tokyo — with prelims at night and finals in the morning, to appease NBC — has been problematic for some swimmers. "This is not something that we're used to," U.S. gold medalist Chase Kalisz said Sunday. "I've done it one time in my life. ... If you do everything right, as far as nutrition, getting massages on the table, getting recovery in, and eat, that leaves you with six hours of sleep, max.
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