{"id":527591,"date":"2023-04-18T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=527591"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T19:46:16","slug":"kaylee-mckeown-protects-her-number-one-world-ranking-winning-the-100m-backstroke-in-57-90-on-night-two-of-the-aussie-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kaylee-mckeown-protects-her-number-one-world-ranking-winning-the-100m-backstroke-in-57-90-on-night-two-of-the-aussie-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaylee McKeown Protects Her Number One World Ranking Winning the 100m backstroke In 57.90 On Night Two of the Aussie Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaylee McKeown Protects Her Number One World Ranking Winning the 100m backstroke In 57.90 On Night Two of the Aussie Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n

World record holder Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> admitted she was hurting in the final stages before producing another world class 100m backstroke time of 57.90 to headline a host of slick swims on night two of the Australian Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

McKeown was out in 27.73 and home in 29.73 saying she \u201creally felt the burn\u201d over the 25 metres.<\/p>\n

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EYES WIDE SHUT: Kaylee McKeown and Mollie O’Callaghan. Photo Courtesy:Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n

Coming off a tough training camp in Noumea and preparing for the World Championship Trials in Melbourne in June, the world\u2019s number one backstroker didn\u2019t have things all her own way.<\/p>\n

Her ever present best friend Mollie O\u2019Callaghan<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) clocked a personal best time of 58.42 for second with Age group star Jaclyn Barclay<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) taking bronze in 1:00.31.<\/p>\n

McKeown\u2019s time was only just outside her season best and the number one time in the world this year, her 57.84, swum at the NSW Championships last month \u2013 both times not far off her own world record of 57.45.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Callaghan, fresh from her last gasp 100m freestyle win over Shayna Jack <\/strong>on night one, becomes the third fastest Australian 100m backstroker behind McKeown and four-time Olympian Emily Seebohm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There were some outstanding breakthrough swims, especially from Jenna Forrester<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) in the 400m individual medley, Kai Taylor<\/strong> (St Peters Western, QLD) in the men\u2019s 200m freestyle and Lizzy Dekkers<\/strong> (Chandler, QLD) in the 200m butterfly.<\/p>\n