{"id":472227,"date":"2021-05-13T04:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=472227"},"modified":"2021-05-13T08:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T15:07:42","slug":"kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Coast swim star Kaylee McKeown has produced the swim of night &#8211; clocking the second fastest time in the world this year in a stunning 200m backstroke preliminary on the opening night of heats at the Sydney Open and Uni Nationals Meet in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old from USC Spartans set a NSW All-Comers record of 2:05.55 &#8211; just outside her own world ranked number one time of 2:05.51 swum at the South Australian State Championships in Adelaide in January and faster than Italy&#8217;s Margherita Panziera&#8217;s, 2:05.56 set at the recent Italian Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown was out in 29.47; 1:01.43 and back in 1:04,12 &#8211; impressive swimming just a month out from the Australian Olympic Trials in Adelaide &#8211; a time just 1.06secs outside her own National record of 2:04.49 set last November in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>The Chris Mooney-coached McKeown will be back in the water at 9am tomorrow for another morning hit out, following last month&#8217;s Australian Championships on the Gold Coast, which also featured morning finals &#8211; a key component in Australia&#8217;s strategy for Tokyo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_472216\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-472216\" data-attachment-id=\"472216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-australias-olympic-gold-medallist-chelsea-hodges-undergoes-career-saving-hip-surgery-forcing-her-out-of-world-champs\/chelsea-hodges-action\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chelsea-Hodges-action.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"748,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1613026336&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chelsea Hodges action\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chelsea Hodges action&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chelsea-Hodges-action-700x499.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chelsea-Hodges-action.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-472216\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chelsea-Hodges-action-700x499.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea Hodges action\" width=\"700\" height=\"499\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-472216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MAKING A SPLASH: Chelsea Hodges going from strength to strength. Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile Southport Queensland\u2019s Tokyo Olympic hopeful <strong>Chelsea Hodges<\/strong> was also in impressive form, clocking a personal best time of 1:06.76 in the 100m breaststroke heats.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old recently crowned National champion press her claims even further in tomorrow morning&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Hansen<\/strong> (Cruz) 1:07.40 and <strong>Jenna Strauch<\/strong> (Bond Swim Club) 1:07.67 will also be in the mix in the first of three morning finals sessions at this meet, to mirror the Tokyo program at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Australia&#8217;s red hot women&#8217;s sprinters let loose with former world record holder <strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong> (Knox Pymble, NSW) is the fastest qualifier for the women&#8217;s 100m freestyle final, clocking 53.15, ahead of <strong>Madi Wilson<\/strong> (Marion, SA) 53.51 to\u00a0 her heat while National champion <strong>Emma McKeon<\/strong> (Griffith University) split the pair, winning her heat with an impressive backend second 50m in 53.33.<\/p>\n<p>And Rio Olympic relay bronze medallist <strong>James Roberts<\/strong> (Somerset) 49.64 out-touched Olympic champion <strong>Kyle Chalmers<\/strong> (Marion, SA) 49.90 to take the first heat of the men\u2019s 100m freestyle while WA\u2019s <strong>Zac Incerti<\/strong> (UWA West Coast) backing up after his 400m freestyle qualifier won his heat in 49.71, with New Zealand\u2019s <strong>Michael Pickett<\/strong> winning his heat in 49.77.<\/p>\n<p>In other highlights:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN\u2019S 400M FREESTYLE<\/strong>: In the absence of Olympic champion <strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> and <strong>Elijah Winningto<\/strong>n, it was Rio Olympian <strong>Jack McLoughlin<\/strong> (QUT) who topped the qualifiers in 3:51.45 with <strong>Zac Incerti <\/strong>(UWA West Coast) impressive in his heat in 3:51.57 with Nunawading\u2019s <strong>Brendon Smith<\/strong> third fastest in 3:52.60.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN\u2019S 50m BUTTERFLY:<\/strong> Four-time Rio medallist <strong>Emma McKeon <\/strong>(Griffith University) broke her own 2019 Uni Sport record, clocking 26.21 in a comfortable heat win with <strong>Mia O\u2019Leary<\/strong> (UQ) the second fastest qualifier in 26.90, ahead of Alexandria Perkins (Australian Catholic University) 26.94 and the;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN\u2019S 200M BUTTERFLY<\/strong>: Just over half-a-second separates the top three qualifiers here with heat winners<strong> Nic Brown<\/strong> (UWA West Coast) 1:59.33 and Nunawading pair, National champions <strong>Bowen Gough<\/strong> (1:59.89) and <strong>Matthew Temple<\/strong> (1:59.93) hot on his heals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Coast swim star Kaylee McKeown has produced the swim of night &#8211; clocking the second fastest time in the world this year in a stunning 200m backstroke preliminary on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":472222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122075],"tags":[70397,51047],"class_list":["post-472227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-oceania","tag-chelsea-hodges","tag-kaylee-mckeown"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sunshine Coast swim star Kaylee McKeown has produced the swim of night &#8211; clocking the second fastest time in the world this year in a stunning 200m backstroke preliminary on\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\"},\"headline\":\"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\"},\"wordCount\":530,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chelsea Hodges\",\"Kaylee McKeown\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Oceania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\",\"name\":\"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy:\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\",\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\"},\"description\":\"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open - Swimming World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open","og_description":"Sunshine Coast swim star Kaylee McKeown has produced the swim of night &#8211; clocking the second fastest time in the world this year in a stunning 200m backstroke preliminary on","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6"},"headline":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open","datePublished":"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/"},"wordCount":530,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Chelsea Hodges","Kaylee McKeown"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Oceania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/","name":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-13T11:32:14+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-13T15:07:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707,"caption":"Photo Courtesy:"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-clocks-slick-205-55-in-impressive-200m-backstroke-preliminaries-at-sydney-open\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaylee McKeown Clocks Slick 2:05.55 In Impressive 200m Backstroke Preliminaries At Sydney Open"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6","name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","caption":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent"},"description":"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"ON TRACK FOR TRIALS: Kaylee McKeown's second fastest time in the world this year in the 200m backstroke. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kaylee-McKeown-smille-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-1YQz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}