{"id":524248,"date":"2023-03-10T01:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=524248"},"modified":"2023-03-10T05:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T12:37:07","slug":"breaking-kaylee-mckeown-smashes-200m-backstroke-world-record-with-a-stunning-203-14-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/breaking-kaylee-mckeown-smashes-200m-backstroke-world-record-with-a-stunning-203-14-in-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Kaylee McKeown Smashes 200m Backstroke World Record with a Stunning 2:03.14 In Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BREAKING: Kaylee McKeown Smashes 200m Backstroke World Record with a Stunning 2:03.14 In Sydney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian swimming golden girl <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> has tonight set the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre alight smashing the 200m backstroke world record on the opening night of finals at the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeowns-sizzling-world-record-swim-of-203-14-in-the-200m-backstroke-on-night-one-of-the-nsw-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSW State Open Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old from Griffith University in Queensland clocked a time of 2:03.14 to clip 0.21 seconds off American <strong>Regan Smith\u2019s<\/strong> time set at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju.<\/p>\n<p>McKeown was in the zone when she walked onto pool deck, 20 minutes before the scheduled start of the race, but wasted no time setting the pace with her 29.34 for the first 50m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.swimming.org.au\/events\/2022-nsw-state-open-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games champion then split 1:00.73 at the 100m mark and 1:31.84 at the 150m mark.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAfter the Olympics I found it hard to get up behind the blocks again&#8230;.I\u2019m not sure, maybe after that Olympic phase, training a lot harder and training with guys in my squad at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre,&#8221; <\/em>McKeown said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cI found a new love for the sport and it just goes to show that a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer,. 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