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Snoop Dogg Celebrated First USA Gold Medal at Olympics With Caeleb Dressel's Wife

The rapper watched as Dressel helped USA earn its first gold medal of the Games.

Liam McKeone

Jun 23, 2024; Eugene, OR, USA; Snoop Dogg watches during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 23, 2024; Eugene, OR, USA; Snoop Dogg watches during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

It's been less than two days and Snoop Dogg has already been quite busy in Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. He was chosen as one of several individuals to carry the torch throughout the city leading into the opening ceremony on Friday. Then, on Saturday, the famous rapper was in the stands as Team USA won its first gold medal of the Games.

Saturday afternoon's swimming competitions featured a few gold medal contests. One was the men's 4x100 freestyle relay. Caeleb Dressel, Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy, and Hunter Armstrong made up the team and they wound up winning handily; the quartet posted a time of 3:09:28, with silver medal Australia clocking in at 3:10:35.

Dressel played anchor and had seconds of space down the stretch run, allowing the NBC broadcast camera to wander to the stands as he secured the country's first gold in Paris. There, Snoop Dogg was spotted emphatically cheering on the swimmers alongside Meghan Dressel, Caeleb's wife. It was tremendous to watch, and the two exchanged a solid high five as Dressel touched the wall.

Here's video of the sequence:

Here's a still of the sequence from the NBC official Olympics account:

And another from ESPN:

Great stuff. Maybe he'll link up with Flavor Flav to cheer on the women's water polo team should they reach a medal match.

Quite the start for Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games.

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Liam McKeone
LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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