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Caeleb Dressel breaks 100-meter butterfly world record; Katie Ledecky cruises in 800 free

TOKYO -- Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky added to the U.S. medal haul in dominant fashion Saturday at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Dressel won his third gold medal of the Tokyo Games with a world record in the men's 100-meter butterfly. Minutes later, Ledecky closed out her Olympics with her second gold, taking the women's 800-meter freestyle.

With her win Saturday, Ledecky became the first female swimmer to win six individual golds in her Olympic career, breaking a tie with Hungary's Krisztina Egerszegi.

Dressel led right from the start in the 100 butterfly and held off Hungary's Kristof Milak to touch in 49.