Kaylee McKeown on Saturday smashed a second world document in as many days, with the star Australian swimmer bettering her personal 100m backstroke mark.
The 22-12 months-previous touched in 57.33 seconds on the World Cup in Budapest to shave 0.12 seconds off the time she set in Adelaide earlier than the Tokyo Olympic Games.
McKeown now owns the 5 quickest occasions in historical past as she builds as much as subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics.
READ: Australia’s Kaylee McKeown Becomes First Woman To Hold Every Backstroke Swimming Record
The new mark comes a day after she clocked 26.86 seconds for a brand new 50m backstroke world document, enhancing on the earlier better of 26.98 seconds set by China’s Liu Xiang in 2018.
That made her the primary lady ever to carry world data in all three backstroke disciplines and the primary swimmer since American Lenny Krayzelburg set all three males’s marks in 1999.
“No, I honestly didn’t think about swimming a world record,” McKeown stated after her 100m exploits.
“I was really relaxed coming into tonight. I tend to swim better when I go out a bit faster, I am trying to learn to swim a bit sharper.
“I’m happy that some of the things we are trying are working. This is a good stepping stone for the future.”
Kaylee McKeown nonetheless holds the World Record in ALL THREE backstroke occasions, however she simply made one in every of them even quicker 50 Back – 26.86 (WR – Yesterday)100 Back – 57.33 (WR – Today)200 Back – 2:03.14 (WR)
Best backstroker on the planet and perhaps in historical past… pic.twitter.com/mfRBMkWb56
— Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) October 21, 2023
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The Australian swept the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke titles on the world championships in July and in addition owns the Olympic 100m and 200m golds. The 50m backstroke will not be contested on the Olympics.
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