Tokyo Olympics: Butler County native wins gold medal

Trenton native Zach Apple is an Olympic gold medalist.

Apple, a 2015 Edgewood High School graduate, swam the anchor leg on the U.S. men’s winning 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay team Monday morning in Tokyo.

»PHOTOS: Apple anchors relay team to gold medal

Apple, Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni and Bowe Becker won the race in 3 minutes, 8.97 seconds, the third-fastest time in history. Competing in his first Olympics, Apple swam a sizzling 46.69-second split to bring home the gold for the U.S.

GOLD FOR TEAM USA!@TeamUSA owns the men's 4x100m free relay to secure the GOLD 🥇 #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/CISVBhIdMZ
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) July 26, 2021

Italy finished second in 3:10.11, and Australia took the bronze in 3:10.22.

Apple will begin his quest for an individual gold on Tuesday in the 100 freestyle. The prelims and semifinals are Tuesday, with the finals set for Wednesday. He likely will compete on other relays this week in Tokyo.

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