American fans hit out at 'washed up' Caeleb Dressel as swimmer endures nightmare day at the Olympics

Team USA fans made their feelings known astir Caeleb Dressel's dreadful capacity astatine nan Olympics, arsenic galore declare that nan dressed up swimmer is now 'washed up.'

A agelong time of swimming was marked pinch Dressel finishing 13th successful nan men's 100m butterfly semifinal pinch a clip of 51.57. His capacity successful nan arena connected Friday is simply a important downgrade from his world-record clip of 49.45 astatine nan Tokyo Olympics successful 2021.

With an uncharacteristic finish, users took to societal media to definitive their vexation pinch his decline.

'Caleb dressel get your caput successful nan crippled man lochte and phelps are watching rn,' 1 personification wrote. 

'It's reliable watching Caleb Dressel aquatics and recognize successful existent clip that 1 of nan greats conscionable doesn't person it for illustration he utilized to,' different added.

More fans reacted by pointing retired really 'washed' nan American is arsenic nan adjective was many times utilized successful tweets addressing his loss.  

'Dressel washed hurts to see,' said a 3rd user, while a 4th insisted 'Caeleb Dressel is truthful washed wtf…'  

'Dressel is washed. This full aquatics squad needs a overhaul,' a 5th suggested. 

Before his 13th-place finish, Dressel went sixth successful nan men's 50m freestyle final. He besides swam successful nan mixed 4 100m medley relay semifinal - wherever his squad vanished first - and nan men's 100m butterfly quarterfinal, wherever he placed sixth to advance.

His subpar individual performances travel aft Dressel anchored nan Americans successful nan men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay to unafraid golden to commencement their campaign. 

Dressel's regression began showing connected Thursday erstwhile he vanished 13th successful nan men's 50m freestyle quarterfinal. However, he vanished 5th successful nan semis earlier his losing effort successful nan final.

The Green Cove Spring, Florida autochthonal won 5 golds successful Tokyo and 2 successful Rio de Janeiro. However, that whitethorn person proved to beryllium his highest arsenic his run successful Paris has been marred pinch heartbreak.