Kaylee McKeown Returns to Swimming After World Document 200m Backstroke in Reward of Regan Smith
Swimming’s most up-to-date world document holder, Kaylee McKeown, swam once more on the second day of the 2023 NSW State Open Championships, held in Sydney at the moment.
McKeown (Griffith College, QLD) arrived on the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Middle earlier this morning for media commitments earlier than swimming within the 100m butterfly warmth, his private finest time of 1:01.63, after final evening’s beautiful 200m backstroke world document of two:03.14.
The 21-year-old gained comfortably within the backstroke warmth with 1:00.67, making it the second-fastest qualifier for tonight’s ultimate with a great good friend and fellow world champion. Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:00.34 is the quickest of at the moment’s qualifiers.
McKeown excels in heavy-duty competitors as most of his coaching companions and rivals proceed to battle within the robust yards of the 70km coaching blocks.
The triple Olympic champion and reigning 100 and 200m Commonwealth and World Quick Course champion holds the world document for the 100m lengthy course with 57.45 (28.10/29.35) set on the 2021 Olympic Trials in Adelaide.
McKeown thought, saying he by no means anticipated to set the world document by swimming.
“But it surely was unbelievable final evening to the touch the wall and see the clock. It actually did not sink and possibly will not sink, and the swimming world has by no means and can by no means cease,” mentioned McKeown, admitting that the adrenaline rush he skilled when he pulled ahead 20 minutes earlier than the race was “excessive,” and it in all probability helped his efficiency.
WORLD RECORD STYLE: Kaylee McKeown in motion throughout her 200m backstroke world document. Photograph Courtesy of: Delly Carr (NSW Swimming).
And McKeown paid tribute to his US rival and former world document holder, Regan Smith.
“Regan is an unbelievable athlete and he swam this (the world document) in 2019 and he simply has room to enhance,” McKeown mentioned.
“It is fairly irritating when he continues to supply, however[the challenges]maintain us within the sport and maintain us transferring ahead.
“A world document doesn’t suggest I cease working and arduous work; it principally means I am heading in the right direction to my final objective – the Olympics.
“The plan is simply to work arduous. The Olympics are turning so quick and the final Olympics being postponed and having that have, I believe I additionally understand how quick preparation goes.”
Different highlights tonight would be the males’s 200m freestyle within the Commonwealth Video games junior gun. Flynn Southam (Bond, QLD) had the quickest qualifier – a formidable warmth win in 1:47.57 and there is loads of competitors on each side of his younger good friend Kai Taylor (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:48.16 and Olympians Elijah Winnington (St Peters Western, QLD) 1:48.96 and Alex Graham (Miami, QLD) 1:49.05.
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CAP FITS: Rising star Kai Taylor (St Peters Western, QLD) – son of former Olympic, World and Commonwealth Video games surprise Hayley Lewis, will compete within the males’s 200m freestyle ultimate. Photograph Courtesy of: Delly Carr (NSW Swimming).
Taylor took a break final evening and completed third within the 100m freestyle. Kyle Chalmers (Marion, SA) and Yang will likely be (SOPAC, NSW) world champion Winnington was spectacular within the 400m freestyle.
Olympic champion and world document holder within the ladies’s 400 meters freestyle Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western, QLD) gained final evening’s 800m freestyle with a time of 8:19.33.
Titmus had the third quickest time at 4:11.54 and superior behind SPW coaching companions O’Callaghan within the qualifiers in 4:10.46 and Eve Thomas With the World SC champion at 4:11.38 Lani Pallister (Griffith College, QLD) – Second quickest after Titmus within the 800m, fifth quickest at 4:12.68.
Within the ladies’s 50m freestyle, this occasion options an all-star qualifying area run by the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games bronze medalist. Shayna Jack (St Peters Western, QLD) 24.65 forward of the Olympic champion Emma McKeon (Griffith College, QLD) at 24.90, then Marion, SA training companions Madi Wilson And meg harris each at 25.08 with 16 yr olds mila jansen (Bond, QLD) and Olivia Wunsch (Carlile, NSW) at 25.29 and 25.50 respectively.
FAST LANE: Emma McKeon and Madi Wilson face off within the ladies’s 50m freestyle ultimate Photograph Courtesy: Delly Carr (NSW Swimming).
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