Caeleb Dressel in tears after crushing Olympics night: ‘A little heartbreaking’

It was an emotional day for Caeleb Dressel.

The 27-year-old American Olympian swimmer finished sixth in the men’s 50-meter freestyle final despite being one of the favorites for the race .

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Then, he finished fifth in the 100-meter butterfly semifinals, failing to qualify for the final as a result.

After that race, Dressel could be seen on the NBC broadcast in tears.

“I’m actually enjoying the moment — I’m at the Olympic Games,” Dressel told reporters. “I won’t forget that. I’d like to be performing better, but I’m not. I trained to go faster than the times I’m going. I know that. So, yeah. It’s tough, a little heartbreaking. A little heartbreaking for sure.”

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He won gold in both races at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics — in addition to three others — but the Paris Games have been far less fruitful for the Florida native.

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He’ll go home with no medals in individual events, though he has claimed one gold medal in Paris — the 4 X 100-meter freestyle relay.

He’ll have another chance at a team medal in the men’s medley relay.

“It was very obviously not my best work,” Dressel said. “It hasn’t been my best week. I don’t think I need to shy away from that. But the racing has been really fun here. Walking out for the the 50 and the 100 fly, it was special. I don’t want to ever forget that. I’d like to be quicker, obviously. Not my week.”

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