Caeleb Dressel heads into the world championships in South Korea looking to show his rivals he is the man to beat at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky added to the United States' gold medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday while Australia's sensational run continued with Kaylee McKeown winning the 200m backstroke for their seventh gold in the pool.
Caeleb Dressel lit up the pool by winning his fourth, fifth and sixth gold medals on Saturday but even his electric performance failed to brighten the mood on a dark day at the world swimming championships in Gwangju.
Caeleb Dressel of the United States powered to victory in the men's 50m freestyle to claim his third individual gold medal at the Tokyo Games on Sunday, while Australia's Emma McKeon also completed the sprint double with victory in the women's 50m.
Australia set a world record of 7:41.50 en route to winning the gold medal in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay at the world championships on Thursday.
Ariarne Titmus got Australia's women off to a golden start by winning a race of record breakers on a rocking opening night of the Paris Olympic swimming meet at the La Defense Arena on Saturday.
Dressel had already won three individual golds and three relay titles in Budapest and Sunday's addition allowed him to match his compatriot Phelps's tally from the 2007 championships in Melbourne.
American Caeleb Dressel will become a global superstar predicts Olympic historian Bill Mallon.
Mondo Duplantis was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, while American gymnast Simone Biles bagged the top women's honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
American swimmers smashed records and grabbed gold at the world championships on Friday, with sprint king Caeleb Dressel taking down Michael Phelps' 100 metres butterfly world record and teenager Regan Smith lowering the women's 200 backstroke mark.
Caeleb Dressel won the blue riband men's 100m freestyle as the United States celebrated two gold medals in the Tokyo pool on Thursday while China's women responded with two golds, and a world record, of their own in another thrilling day of swimming.
When American Ryan Held needed a supportive shoulder to lean on after claiming an emotional first Olympic medal on Sunday, he found just what was needed in the man who has collected more than any other athlete in the history of sport.
Olympic silver medallist Katie Ledecky powered to victory in the women's 400 metres freestyle event on the opening day of the swimming World Championships in Budapest on Saturday to capture a record-extending 16th gold medal in the competition.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Friday.
A night after becoming the first swimmer to go under the 'Magic 57' mark in the men's 100 metres breaststroke, Peaty cruised to his third straight gold in the event, though his time -- 57.14 -- was off his world record of 56.88 set in Sunday's semis.
No fewer than 14 will be up for grabs as day one promises action across multiple sports: four golds in swimming, two each in cycling, fencing, and judo, and one each in diving, skateboarding, shooting, and rugby sevens.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Saturday.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Sunday.
Champions were dethroned, new national heroes born and world records smashed
Aryan Nehra, 19, went on a record-breaking spree at the senior swimming Nationals where he smashed as many as four records in a stupendous campaign.
Sarah Sjoestroem cruised to her fifth consecutive World Aquatics Championships title in the women's 50 metres butterfly event on Saturday.
Here are other key moments and athletes to look out for at Tokyo 2020 when the sport gets underway in earnest on Saturday
Regarded as the Oscar of sports, the nominations for 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards were finalised following a ballot by the world's sports media.
The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the women's 4x100m medley relay final at the world championships on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
As the countdown to 2018 starts, it's time to rewind those moments in sport that stood out this year.
