BUDAPEST: American Caeleb Dressel grabbed his 15th world championship gold medal and his second in two days as he won the 50m butterfly final in Budapest on Sunday.
The other three winners on Sunday night were all collecting their first major-championship golds.
Italian Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100m breaststroke, while American women Alex Walsh, in the 200m medley, and Torri Huske, in the 100m butterfly, took titles.
Dressel took just 18 strokes and 22.57sec for his latest gold.
“In this sport nothing is given,” said Dressel. “I knew my race plan: 18 strokes was my money number and it was exactly 18 strokes.”
Dressel, who said he “felt so lost” after winning five in…
