{"id":455767,"date":"2020-11-30T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=455767"},"modified":"2020-11-30T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:07:11","slug":"the-week-that-was-kaylee-mckeown-sets-200-back-scm-world-record-in-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-kaylee-mckeown-sets-200-back-scm-world-record-in-brisbane\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Kaylee McKeown Sets 200 Back SCM World Record in Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0Kaylee McKeown\u00a0<\/strong>broke the tenth world record in swimming of 2020 with a 1:58 in the 200 backstroke at the Australian Virtual Championships in Brisbane. McKeown was unable to swim in the International Swimming League this season but this did not hinder her as she broke her first individual world record after having a strong junior career where she held the world junior record in 2017.<\/p>\n

A recent study out of New Jersey found some promising results out of the spread of COVID-19 in indoor swimming facilities and a new date has been issued for the 2021 British Swimming Championships.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in The Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: Kaylee McKeown Breaks Hosszu’s 200 Back SCM World Record<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Ian Hanson<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ian Hanson<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Budding Queensland swim star\u00a0Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> smashed the world record for 200m backstroke at the 2020 Hancock Prospecting Virtual National Short Course event in Brisbane \u2013 dedicating the swim to her late father Sholty, who she lost in August.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old from USC Spartans on the Sunshine Coast, clocked a time of 1:58.94 \u2013 taking 0.29secs off the 2014 time set by Hungarian superstar\u00a0Katinka Hosszu<\/strong>\u00a0at the 2014 World Short Course Championships in Doha.<\/p>\n

McKeown, who re-wrote the Australian record books in the long course 100 and 200m backstroke a fortnight ago was back in the Brisbane Aquatic Centre this morning in the first open event of the two-day Brisbane meet and wasted no time setting the pace.<\/p>\n

#2: British Olympic Trials to Be Held in April 2021 in London<\/h3>\n
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World record & Pioneer Adam Peaty celebrates his 57.92 World record at the London Aqiatics Centre in 2015 – by
Gian Mattia D’Alberto \/ lapresse<\/p><\/div>\n

By Liz Byrnes<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0British Swimming Championships<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 which double as the Olympic trials for the Great Britain team for\u00a0Tokyo 2021<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 will be held at the\u00a0London Aquatics Centre<\/strong>\u00a0from 13-18 April 2021.<\/p>\n

The trials were due to be held from 14-19 April 2020 at the same venue in the\u00a0Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 which staged the swimming programme at the 2012 Olympics and the scene of\u00a0Adam Peaty<\/strong>\u2018s first 100br world record \u2013\u00a0only to be cancelled as the coronavirus wreaked havoc.<\/p>\n

British Swimming announced the new dates on Tuesday morning with the event also due to serve as qualification for the world and European Junior Championships.<\/p>\n

The senior continental showcase is to be held from 10-23 May at the\u00a0Duna Arena, Budapest<\/strong>, where the ISL came to a spectacular conclusion on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #3: Kyle Chalmers Undergoes Surprise Surgery<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ian Hanson<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Rio Olympic gold medallist\u00a0Kyle Chalmers<\/strong>\u00a0has had arthroscopic shoulder surgery in a Sydney Hospital where doctors removed a troublesome bursa and revealing the\u00a0100m freestyle champion would be \u201cgood to go\u201d for his preparations to defend his crown in Tokyo 202One.<\/p>\n

The news broke over night just days before he was scheduled to race at the 2020 Hancock Prospecting Australian Virtual Short Course meet at the Sydney Olympic pool.<\/p>\n

Chalmers coach\u00a0Peter Bishop<\/strong>\u00a0 spoke exclusively to\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0revealing that the Olympic champion had been bothered with shoulder soreness in the middle of the year and they scheduled a visit to Sydney last week to visit a shoulder specialist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shoulder had been a bit sore when he was training through and once we got shut down with Covid and then Kyle came back he was still sore and we decided we had time on our side so let\u2019s get it looked at,\u201d said Bishop.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had already had some cortisone injections and then the * PRP (Platelet-rich plasma) therapy which was a slow progression.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then when the borders opened between South Australia and NSW and so we could actually fly to Sydney to get the opinion of a specialist recommended by Swimming Australia and actually\u00a0Ian Thorpe<\/strong>\u00a0was very supportive as well\u2026he was also seeing the same surgeon.<\/p>\n

#4: Study Shows Zero Incidents of COVID-19 Infections at Indoor Pools<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

By Dan D’Addona<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The New Jersey Swim Safety Alliance put together a study on the number of incidents and possible spread of COVID-19 in indoor pools in the state.\u00a0New Jersey pools initially re-opened on July 2 and the NJSAA has been keeping track of the numbers since then from the 44 facilities that have responded for the study.<\/p>\n

For the study, the NJSSA surveyed owners and\/or managers of indoor pools in New Jersey on the incidents of COVID-19 (Coronavirus<\/a>) in their facilities. The results of the initial reporting have been representatives of 44 facilities responding.<\/p>\n