New swim sensation Caeleb Dressel shuns Phelps comparison
Caeleb Dressel is making swimming sexy again and has been described as the “Usain Bolt of the pool”, just do not call him the new Michael Phelps.
The 21-year-old, who in 2017 became only the second swimmer to win seven gold medals at a single world championship after Phelps in 2007, admits to being flattered by comparisons to his countryman but insists he is his own man.
“What an honour, if people want to make that comparison,” Dressel said at the Pan Pacific championships in Tokyo. “It doesn’t bother me, but it’s not something I’m striving to be.”
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