Caeleb Dressel. Quinn Rooney/Getty Photos
Caeleb Dressel and his males’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay teammates received Workforce USA’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, and all of the anchor needed to do was have fun together with his household.
“It was actually particular,” Dressel, 27, instructed NBC reporters on Saturday, July 27, on the finish of the race. “I imply, my son getting to observe me win a gold medal is every little thing.”
He continued, “I do know that final 50, I simply needed to get a gold medal for these guys. It’s simply actually particular [and] it’s what we got here right here to do. That’s why it was so powerful to make a workforce and we received by over a second. That’s what we got here right here to do and we did it in good style.”
Dressel competed alongside Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano and Hunter Armstrong. The U.S. workforce completed the relay race with a time of three:09.28, besting Australia in second and Italy in third.
As Workforce USA takes on the 2024 Paris Olympics, the American athletes have already made an impression on the summer season video games. The 2024 Olympics kicked off on Friday, July 26, with an illustrious opening ceremony that came about fully outdoor on the River Seine and featured performances from the likes of Celine Dion and Girl […]
Whereas Caeleb swam within the Olympic pool, spouse Meghan Dressel watched from the stands subsequent to rapper Snoop Dogg. Meghan held the couple’s son, August, in her arms all through the race.
Gold Medalist, Caeleb Dressel of Workforce United States celebrates together with his spouse, Meghan Dressel, and his little one, following the Medal Ceremony. Quinn Rooney/Getty Photos
When Caeleb excited the pool upon the workforce’s victory, he sprinted over to Meghan and August for a candy embrace.
“This Video games simply hits totally different,” Meghan wrote through Instagram Story in a while Saturday, sharing footage from Caeleb’s race.
Caeleb married Meghan in February 2021, two years earlier than increasing their household. Meghan gave delivery to August in February 2024.
“Welcome to the world, August Wilder Dressel 🕊️✨,” Caeleb and Meghan captioned a joint Instagram submit. “Our child boy got here bursting into our arms on Saturday morning after a really swift and highly effective labor. Mother and Dad had been in it collectively, and we had the intervention-free delivery that we had so hoped and ready for.”
They added, “It was extra uncooked, unimaginable and exquisite than we ever might have dreamed of, and introduced us this excellent, wholesome, chunky child boy. God is so good! We’re nonetheless confused over all of it. August, you’ve got ceaselessly modified our world and our hearts.”
Simone Biles, Tom Daley and different Olympians heading in direction of the 2024 Paris Olympics discovered success not solely of their careers, however with equally completed companions. Biles, essentially the most adorned gymnast in historical past, began courting NFL security Jonathan Owens in 2020. After three years of courting, the 2 tied the knot in an intimate courthouse marriage ceremony […]
Meghan additionally introduced August to Caeleb’s Olympic trials earlier this summer season.
Caeleb Dressel. Al Bello/Getty Photos
“Two years in the past to the week, we hit all-time low internationally [and] one 12 months in the past to the day, we came upon we had been pregnant with our biggest pleasure,” Meghan wrote through Instagram in June. “At present, Caeleb qualifies for his third Olympic workforce together with his son within the stands. I don’t have the phrases to embody the journey between these markers aside from difficult and transformative. To stroll this highway hand in hand with him will all the time be my biggest honor.”
