{"id":571069,"date":"2023-10-20T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=571069"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:40:59","slug":"flash-kaylee-mckeown-lowers-50m-backstroke-world-to-26-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-kaylee-mckeown-lowers-50m-backstroke-world-to-26-86\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASH! Kaylee McKeown Lowers 50m Backstroke World Record To 26.86"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>FLASH! Kaylee McKeown Lowers 50m Backstroke World Record To 26.86<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Kaylee McKeown <\/strong>lowered the 50m backstroke world record to 26.86 at the <strong>World Aquatics Swimming World Cup<\/strong> in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>The world champion took 0.12 off the previous standard of 26.98 which had stood to <strong>Liu Xiang<\/strong> of China since the <strong>2018 Asian Games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian now holds every backstroke world record, adding the 50 to the 100 (57.45) and 200 (2:03.14).<\/p>\n<p>McKeown sat on a throne on poolside and was presented with a crown by <strong>Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong> for winning the 50 back treble across the <strong>World Cup<\/strong> tour &#8211; the triple crown &#8211; which earned her USD 10,000 plus another for a WR,<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I just wanted to get out tonight and see what I can do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am super-stoked with that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of whether breaking a WR in October indicates a fine season ahead, McKeown added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I really hope so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All I can keep doing is training hard.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McKeown then put the crown on Kromowidjojo&#8217;s head, the Netherlands woman having had a glittering career which saw her top the Olympic podium three times.<\/p>\n<p>Behind McKeown came Canadian duo <strong>Ingrid Wilm<\/strong> and <strong>Kylie Masse<\/strong> who shared silver in 27.68.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"571098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/flash-kaylee-mckeown-lowers-50m-backstroke-world-to-26-86\/2023-10-20-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-20-19.png\" data-orig-size=\"712,244\" 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=\"2023-10-20 (19)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2023-10-20 (19)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-20-19-700x244.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-20-19.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-571098 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-20-19-700x244.png\" alt=\"2023-10-20 (19)\" width=\"700\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8WOOOW. 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