Americans added two gold medals to the country’s count in the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday morning, with one swimmer setting a new record. Caeleb Dressel won the 100-meter freestyle in 47.02 seconds, setting a new Olympic record and finishing just six-hundredths of a second ahead of Australia’s Kyle Chalmers. Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov took bronze. “It was a really tough year, really hard,” Dressel, 24, of Florida, told reporters after the race. “To have the results, it really came together so I’m happy.” The old 100-meter record was 47.05 seconds. It was set by Australia’s Eamon Sullivan in the 2008 Olympics. The gold medal is Dressel’s first in an individual event; he has three from relays. Team USA’s Bobby Finke also won a gold on Thursday in Japan. Finke completed the 800-meter freestyle in seven minutes, 41.87 seconds, barely ahead of Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (seven minutes, 42.11 seconds). Ukraine’s Mykhailo Romanchuk finished in …
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