When Caspar Corbeau visits Santa Cruz — the swimmer’s birthplace and where “95% of my mom’s family lives” — he doesn’t usually go in the ocean.
“That area has sharks,” he said, “and I’m always afraid of them.”
It may not be the case in the ocean, but in the pool Wednesday night at Paris La Defense Arena, the site of the 2024 Olympic swimming competitions, Corbeau proved to be one of the apex predators.
Corbeau, swimming for the Netherlands, smelled blood in the water late...