Dressel breaks two swimming records
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Caeleb Dressel set a pair of shortcourse world records Saturday at the International Swimming League final in Budapest,
Hungary.
Expected to be one of the top stars at next summer’s
Tokyo Olympics, Dressel became the first swimmer to eclipse 48 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly, touching with a time of 47.78.
About 40 minutes later, Dressel took won the 50 freestyle in 20.16, eclipsing his own short-course record by 0.08.
In the 100 fly, the 24year-old broke the mark of 48.08 set by South Africa’s Chad Le Clos at the 2016 Short Course World Championships.
Le Clos finished second in Saturday’s race at Duna
Arena in 48.45.
Figure skating: Experienced figure skaters Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Mikhail Kolyada held off challenges from younger rivals to win their events at the Rostelecom Cup on Saturday in Moscow.
Rugby: England defeated Ireland 18-7 and Wales shut out Georgia 18-0 in Autumn Nations Cup action on Saturday. England took control of its group at Twickenham as winger Jonny May scored two first-half tries and Owen Farrell slotted three of four goalkicks as England led
12-0 at halftime and extended it to 18-0. England threatened to blank
Ireland for the first time in 30 years but Billy Burns conjured a try for fellow Irish replacement Jacob Stockdale with six minutes left and converted it.
Soccer: Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-0 to go on top of the English Premier League. Tottenham has 20 points, two more than Chelsea and Leicester.
Tennis: The Tennis Integrity Unit has banned Bulgarian player Aleksandrina Naydenova for life and fined her $150,000 for multiple match-fixing offenses between 2015 and 2019. The 28-year-old Naydenova’s highest WTA singles ranking was 218.