CAELEB DRESSEL

Most memorable Team USA moments from the Tokyo Olympics

Here’s a breakdown of what certain countries pay athletes when they win a medal in the Summer Olympics, according to Forbes.

Catch up on all the biggest records set at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

NPR's team in Tokyo put together our favorite moments of the Games, where participants showed their athleticism, sportsmanship, and what motivated them to compete.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games finally come to a close after an exhausting, enlightening and sometimes enraging run.

He breaks records and hearts. The swimmer won five gold medals in Tokyo, making him the third American male swimmer to win three individual golds in a single summer games. Caeleb Dressel

U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel discusses his future swimming plans, and what he'd change about the Olympics.

More than 7,000 miles from Tokyo and hidden in a ballroom at a posh resort, Team USA family and friends are getting an Olympic experience they never would have half a world away.

Well, that was as fast as Caeleb Dressel swimming the 50-meter freestyle.

Caeleb Dressel and Emma McKeon earned milestone medals at the Olympic pool before the race to determine the fastest man in the world took center stage.

Emma McKeon won two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, making the Australian the first woman to earn seven medals in swimming at a single Games.

As the swimming events at the Tokyo Olympics conclude with fewer medals and a lot fewer golds for the United States, what comes next?

Day 9 at the Tokyo Olympics saw the final medals of the Games for the U.S. swimmers and the first for the track and field contingent.

It's been an astonishingly successful Games for the 24-year-old from Florida. He added two gold medals to his haul from the Tokyo Olympics, departing the Games with five golds.

With a win in the 4x100m medley relay, Caeleb Dressel became the first Olympian not named Michael Phelps to win five gold medals at a single Games since 1988.

Caeleb Dressel capped one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Tokyo Games.

Caeleb Dressel closed out a perfect three-for-three performance in individual events at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal in the men's 50 freestyle.

Get primed for swimming on Day 9 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Before we look to what’s on the Olympic line-up on this Saturday night in Houston, let’s fast forward to early tomorrow morning. Expect to wake up to a lot of spoilers if you sleep through the next gymnastics events in Tokyo.

If you’re not in front of a television and don’t want to miss a minute of Olympic action, coverage can be streamed right from your computer or phone.

Caeleb Dressel can increase his Tokyo gold medal haul to five on the final day of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.

American star Caeleb Dressel still has a shot at five gold medals.

Caeleb Dressel set a world record and Katie Ledecky won her third straight 800m freestyle gold Saturday at the Tokyo Olympics.

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool.

For all the focus on Caeleb Dressel, Australia’s Emma McKeon could leave the Tokyo Olympics with more swimming medals than anyone.

After torching the pool in three different events on Saturday, Caeleb Dressel has a chance to accomplish something only achieved since 1992 by the legendary Michael Phelps.

You can take the man out of Florida, but you can't take the "Florida Man" out of Caeleb Dressel.

While they cannot be in person at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, supporters of Team USA swimmers send their love from afar.

Team USA swimming has been going for gold at this year's Olympic games, with some even making history.

The willingness of athletes, led by Simone Biles, to talk about the pressures they face as elite athletes on the Olympics stage, has forced a look at how NBC presents the Games to the public.

The 24-year-old led for the entire two-lap sprint and clocked it in 49.45 seconds. After winning, he celebrated with his closest competitor, Kristof Milak from Hungary.

Caeleb Dressel has won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics with a world record in the 100-meter butterfly.

Caeleb Dressel went wire-to-wire to win gold in the men's 100m butterfly.

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland won the women’s tennis gold medal in singles and she could add another in doubles.

If you’re not in front of a television and don’t want to miss a minute of Olympic action, coverage can be streamed right from your computer or phone.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

Get primed for swimming on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

After an Olympics with plenty of free time, Simone Manuel has finally gotten back to racing.

The Olympic debut of the 4x-100-meter mixed medley relay lived up to its promise of utter chaos and unpredictability.

Caeleb Dressel has a shot to win six gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.

He did it in the in 100 meter Butterfly semi-final. Dressel wasn't the only swimmer to break Olympic records this year, South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker was neck and neck with United States swimmer Lilly King

Tatjana Schoenmaker knocked off the first individual world record in swimming at the Tokyo Olympics.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 7 of swimming at the Olympics.

Team USA's Caeleb Dressel broke the Olympic record in the 100m butterfly for his third Tokyo gold.

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Caeleb Dressel is expected to be the star of Day 7 at the Tokyo Games as he seeks his third gold medal in Friday night coverage of the Olympics.

Get primed for swimming on Day 7 of the Tokyo Olympics with the top storylines to follow from each event.

For the first time ever in Olympic competition, men and women raced side-by-side Thursday in the preliminary heats of the mixed 4x100m medley relay.

Caeleb Dressel went 50.39 in his 100m butterfly preliminary heat to tie the Olympic record.

Caeleb Dressel tossed his gold medal from a winning relay at the Tokyo Olympics to a teammate in the stands.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

From the time he rocketed off the blocks in Lane 5 until he wiped his eyes and gave his earpiece back to Michele Tafoya — Caeleb Dressel won the race. And these Olympics.

The Team USA star took the top spot in the 100-meter freestyle, and his emotions spilled out in an interview afterwards.

The 24-year-old sprinter set an Olympic record in the blazing fast two-lap race, claiming his first-ever individual gold medal. It was a strong day in the pool for the U.S.

Caeleb Dressel lived up to the hype in an Olympics where many of the U.S. favorites have faltered.

Catch up on the action from the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Day 6 of swimming at the Olympics.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its third straight match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel helped the U.S. defend its title.

Dressel, who's been hailed as the successor to Michael Phelps, got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming.