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U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel makes history with three-gold night at worlds

United States swimmer Caeleb Dressel might not have been a household name before the swimming world championships, but he will be soon. The soon-to-be superstar became the first swimming in history to take three gold medals in a single night. Furthermore, he took them all in the span of two hours on Saturday night in Budapest.

Dressel took the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 4x100 freestyle (the latter-most race in world record fashion), before offering the perfect response from a 20-year-old kid that just became a star:

"Man, that was a lot of fun.