The United States won its first golds medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
The gold medal-winning USA freestyle relay team included swimmers like Caeleb Dressel, Hunter Armstrong, Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano.
The four-person team topped the eight-country field in this year’s 4x100M freestyle relay, with Australia earning the silver and Italy earning the bronze.
This is Dressel’s eighth-straight Olympic gold medal in competition, as he’s eight-for-eight in his Olympic career.
The freestyle relay win helps the United States early in its quest to top the globe in total medals earned, and the first gold medals won at any Olympic Games for any country are always special.
FIRST OF MANY 🇺🇸🥇
The men's 4x100m freestyle relay secures Team USA's first gold medal of the #ParisOlympics!
📺: @NBCOlympics & @peacock
pic.twitter.com/w962AQE6ZO— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 27, 2024
Outside of the thrilling Team USA victory, the reactions to the win were just as wonderful.
NBC captured reactions from Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps in the network’s studio, and rap legend Snoop Dogg and Meghan Dressel, Caleb’s wife, in the stands. All three really are picture perfect.
GOLD!
Snoop Dogg, Meghan Dressel and Michael Phelps are PUMPED. #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/JphiCTghtB
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 27, 2024
