{"id":533339,"date":"2023-07-25T05:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=533339"},"modified":"2023-07-25T05:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:42:19","slug":"world-championships-day-3-finals-kaylee-mckeown-outduels-regan-smith-for-meet-record-in-100-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-kaylee-mckeown-outduels-regan-smith-for-meet-record-in-100-back\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 3 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Outduels Regan Smith for Meet Record in 100 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Championships, Day 3 Finals: Kaylee McKeown Outduels Regan Smith for Meet Record in 100 Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there was a race Tuesday night at the World Aquatics Championships where you thought it might take a world record to win, then the women\u2019s 100 backstroke would\u2019ve been a good bet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> got close, with gold as a sufficient consolation prize for her efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussie outdueled <strong>Regan Smith<\/strong> in a slugfest, setting a meet record of 57.53 seconds to win gold. Smith was second in 57.78. She had gone 57.57, the old championships record, in Gwangju in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Bronze went to American <strong>Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> in 58.25. She was closer to Smith than to fourth-place <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> of Canada in 59.09.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2023-world-aquatics-championships\">World Championships Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2023\/world-aquatics-championships-sw-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-two-prelims-regan-smith-and-kaylee-mckeown-take-first-steps-toward-100-backstroke-showdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women&#8217;s 100 back prelims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-two-semifinals-olympic-champion-kaylee-mckeown-aiming-to-turn-tears-into-cheers-in-the-womens-100m-backstroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women&#8217;s 100 back semifinals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The top four had been the same in prelims and finals, in the same order \u2013 Smith, McKeown, Berkoff, Masse. Each was faster in semifinals, with Smith at 58.33, McKeown at 58.48, Berkoff 58.60 and Masse 59.06.<\/p>\n<p>Between them, they\u2019re the owner of 20 Worlds medals, leading with Masse\u2019s eight total (three gold) and Smith\u2019s four golds. Smith entered as the reigning World Champ in the 100 back, McKeown the 200 back, Masse in the 50 (with Berkoff second). Masse also garnered silvers in Budapest in the 100 and 200.<\/p>\n<p>But McKeown scratched the 100 back in Budapest, the presiding Olympic champ eschewing a showdown with Smith. Masse and Smith comprised the Tokyo podium behind McKeown.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussie had the added sting this week of her DQ in the 200 individual medley. She\u2019s struck a defiant chord since, certainly miffed at being unable to join the Australians\u2019 early dominance of matters in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In Tuesday\u2019s final, Smith and McKeown were out fast. Smith turned in 27.95, under world record pace, and had a great wall. 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