U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel breaks down in tears after failing to defend his gold in solo events

U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel broke down in tears after he failed to defend his Olympic gold medals Friday in the 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle events.

Dressel —who has 8 gold Olympic medals— was favored to clinch the top spot on the podium at the Paris Games after nabbing gold in both events in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He made it to the Paris Olympic finals in the 50-meter freestyle but placed sixth in the race with a time of 21.61 seconds, more than 35 seconds behind Australia's Cameron McEvoy, who took gold.