{"id":460189,"date":"2021-01-22T02:08:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=460189"},"modified":"2021-01-22T07:25:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:25:44","slug":"aussie-olympic-hope-kaylee-mckeown-back-in-record-form-as-olympic-bosses-quash-games-rumour-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-olympic-hope-kaylee-mckeown-back-in-record-form-as-olympic-bosses-quash-games-rumour-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Olympic Hope Kaylee McKeown Back In Record Form As Olympic Bosses Quash Games Rumour Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aussie Olympic Hope Kaylee McKeown Back In Record Form As Olympic Bosses Quash Games Rumour Mill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The discussion over the future of this year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics certainly didn\u2019t dampen Australia\u2019s in form medal hope <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> who has continued where she left off last year \u2013 in career best form on night one of the 2021 South Australian State Open and MC Swimming Championships in Adelaide tonight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_460191\" style=\"width: 556px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460191\" data-attachment-id=\"460191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-olympic-hope-kaylee-mckeown-back-in-record-form-as-olympic-bosses-quash-games-rumour-mill\/kaylee-wr-thumbs-up-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kaylee-WR-Thumbs-Up-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606556138&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee WR Thumbs Up\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kaylee WR Thumbs Up&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kaylee-WR-Thumbs-Up-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kaylee-WR-Thumbs-Up-768x1024.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-460191\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kaylee-WR-Thumbs-Up-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Kaylee WR Thumbs Up\" width=\"546\" height=\"390\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-460191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NAILED IT: Rising Australian swim star Kaylee McKeown returns to the pool in best form at South Australian Championships. Photo Courtesy: Hanson Media.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee and the Australian Olympic Committee today scrambled to reassure it\u2019s prospective 2021 Olympians that <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-01-22\/ioc-covid-19-confident-tokyo-olympic-games-will-go-ahead\/13081580\">The Games would go on\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>amidst stories breaking to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>But McKeown and her fellow prospective team members were front and centre in the first Australian Long Course meet of 2021, kick starting the Olympic year in style.<\/p>\n<p>The new excitement machine of the Australian Dolphins wasted no time continuing where she left off in 2020 \u2013 in record breaking form, clocking two of the fastest times of her career \u2013 with the promise of more to come.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Fina World Championship silver medallist over 200m backstroke and Short Course world record holder over the same distance, established a new State All-Comers record and personal best time of 27.38 in the 50m backstroke final.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown smoked down the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre pool to touch the wall in another quick fire time \u2013 just 0.10 secs outside triple Olympian Emily Seebohm\u2019s 2017 Australian record of 27.37 \u2013 taking 0.27 off her own State All-Comers mark set last year.<\/p>\n<p>The time makes her the 15<sup>th<\/sup> fastest 50m backstroker in history and the third fastest so far in the 2020-21 season \u2013 and shows she is ready to post some slick times over her two Olympic backstroke events over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Just over a month ago in Brisbane McKeown clocked a new Australian record and the second fastest time in history with her<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-kaylee-mckeown-clocks-57-93-for-the-second-fastest-100m-backstroke-in-history\/\">57.93 in the 100m backstroke at the Queensland State Championships<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But McKeown has her sights set not only on her specialist backstroke events but also the 200 and 400m individual medley \u2013 and knowing full well the breaststroke leg is crucial to a world class IM.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old from the USC Spartans was back in the water just 20 minutes after her 50m backstroke \u201cwarm up\u201d, clocking another personal best time of 2:27.21 (1:12.19 and 1:15.02) to take out her second gold medal of the meet in the 200m breaststroke.<\/p>\n<p>And tomorrow McKeown will line up in the 100m backstroke and the 400IM on day two of the Championships with the 200m backstroke scheduled for day three on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_460192\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460192\" data-attachment-id=\"460192\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aussie-olympic-hope-kaylee-mckeown-back-in-record-form-as-olympic-bosses-quash-games-rumour-mill\/madi-wilson-leiston-pickett-travis-mahoney-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Madi-Wilson-Leiston-Pickett-Travis-Mahoney.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Madi Wilson, Leiston Pickett, Travis Mahoney\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Madi Wilson, Leiston Pickett, Travis Mahoney&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Madi-Wilson-Leiston-Pickett-Travis-Mahoney-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Madi-Wilson-Leiston-Pickett-Travis-Mahoney.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-460192\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Madi-Wilson-Leiston-Pickett-Travis-Mahoney-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"Madi Wilson, Leiston Pickett, Travis Mahoney\" width=\"511\" height=\"365\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-460192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FRONT AND CENTRE: Madison Wilson with fellow Dolphins Leiston Pickett and Travis Mahoney. Photo Courtesy: Adelaide Advertiser.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile Rio Olympian, former world championship backstroke silver medallist <strong>Madison Wilson<\/strong> (Marion SA), was also in record form, setting a new SA Record of 28.01 to finish second to McKeown in the 50m backstroke and just outside her best.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, who is now established as one of Australia\u2019s leading freestylers with world championship relay gold in Gwangju in 2019, completed a busy opening night, with silver behind <strong>Phoebe Hines<\/strong> (USC Spartans) in the 400m freestyle in 4:12.54 before taking gold and the <strong>Sarah Ryan <\/strong>Trophy in the 50m freestyle in 25.08.<\/p>\n<p>Hines held on to win the 400m from the fastest finishing Wilson, in a race that saw the lead change several times in a time of 4:12.04, with her USC Spartans team mate <strong>Dahlas Rogers <\/strong>third in 4:13.44.<\/p>\n<p>In other events tonight:<\/p>\n<p>Nunawading\u2019s Olympic hopeful <strong>Matt Temple <\/strong>was a comfortable winner in the 200m butterfly in 1:58.99 and backed up just minutes later to add the 50m freestyle in a pb of 22.75.<\/p>\n<p>USC Spartans Rio Olympic relay silver medallist <strong>Jake Packard<\/strong> looked comfortable in his win in the 100m breaststroke in 1:01.26;<\/p>\n<p>While his USC team mates 18-year-old\u00a0<strong>Kalani Ireland<\/strong> won the 50m backstroke in 26.71; <strong>Tianni Gilmour<\/strong> the 200m butterfly in 2:12.73 and 15-year-old SA rising star <strong>Clancy Luscombe<\/strong> (Marion, SA) took out the 400m freestyle in a pb of 4:08.35.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie Olympic Hope Kaylee McKeown Back In Record Form As Olympic Bosses Quash Games Rumour Mill The discussion over the future of this year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics certainly didn\u2019t dampen 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