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The 17-year-old Romanian finished with another late surge as he followed up his 200m free victory. Olympic gold medallist rival Caeleb Dressel won his heat but withdrew from the championships before the final for unspecified health reasons after winning his heat.
BUDAPEST : Seven-times Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel has withdrawn from the rest of the world championships after pulling out of his 100m title defence for medical reasons.
The win for Finke was a boost for the U.S team after 100m free Olympic champion and reigning world champion Caeleb Dressel pulled out of the semi-finals in that event for medical reasons. Finke, who sat in fourth place for much of the race and was still behind three swimmers at the final turn, posted a personal best time of 7:39.36.
Tom Dean could not quite repeat his achievement from Tokyo 2020 but the Olympic champion has got Great Britain on the medal board at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. The gold medallist in the 200m freestyle had to settle for bronze in the same event, with Romania’s David Popovici taking victory ahead of South Korea’s Hwang Sun-woo. Ad/> Dean was in contention to win the race having led at the halfway stage, but Popovici touched home first, with the British swimmer recording a season’s best time of 1:44.98.
Thomas Ceccon broke the first world record of the championships as he won the 100m backstroke.