{"id":594469,"date":"2024-08-02T19:54:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T02:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=594469"},"modified":"2024-08-03T01:53:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T08:53:31","slug":"paris-olympics-historic-day-for-cam-mcevoy-and-kaylee-mckeown-on-australian-swim-team-doused-in-parisian-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-historic-day-for-cam-mcevoy-and-kaylee-mckeown-on-australian-swim-team-doused-in-parisian-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics: Historic Day For Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown on Australian Swim Team Doused in Parisian Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paris Olympics: Historic Day For Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown on Australian S<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>wim Team Doused In Parisian Gold<\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the world\u2019 fastest man on water, <strong>Cam McEvoy<\/strong>, Australia held its collective breath for 21.25 seconds in the early hours of Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nation then catching its breath, before its \u201clittle fish\u201d <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> made her own history-making splash with a fourth individual Olympic gold medal &#8211; over two Games &#8211; in the 200m backstroke, 37 minutes later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594122\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594122\" data-attachment-id=\"594122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-historic-day-for-cam-mcevoy-and-kaylee-mckeown-on-australian-swim-team-doused-in-parisian-gold\/paris-2024-olympic-games-559\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG71076.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cameron Mcevoy of Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722623723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cameron Mcevoy of Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG71076-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG71076-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594122\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG71076-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"505\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BUNDLE OF JOY: Cameron Mcevoy of Australia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024. Photo: DeepBlueMedia.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back-to-back golds for an Australian team basking on top of the swimming medal tally with seven gold and sending celebrations into overdrive in the Paris La Defense Arena (and the Irish pub down the road) and lightning up loungerooms and coffee machines back home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two Queenslanders added gold medals No. six and seven for a spectacular week (so far) and created two special pieces of history for this swimming mad country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-made new-age sprinter, McEvoy won Australia\u2019s first ever medal in that helter-skelter 50 freestyle final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McEvoy out-touched the brave Brit, Ben Proud, by 0.05 (21.30) and French legend 33-year-old Florent Manaudou \u00a0(21.56) won a remarkable fourth medal from his fourth Olympic final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McEvoy said in his poolside interview on <em>Channel 9<\/em> that his win was \u201cLiterally just pure joy\u2026it\u2019s amazing to win and that entire 21.25 seconds was bliss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe way my stroke moved through the water; I never thought I\u2019d ever be able to experience that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe joy of the moment I just had and to get a gold medal with it\u2026.it\u2019s unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dissecting his race, McEvoy said: \u201cFor about 48 meters it was amazing, before the last two meters knowing \u2018I\u2019ve got to get this touch as good as I can, with only a bit of a glide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThinking \u2018oh no\u2019 \u2013 fingers crossed. Then I turned around and saw the first and I was pretty pleased about that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"10fbmKA7S5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cam-mcevoy-is-living-life-in-the-fast-lane-aussie-star-has-resurrected-his-career\/\">Cam McEvoy Is Living Life in the Fast &#8216;Lane&#8217;; Aussie Star Has Resurrected His Career<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cam McEvoy Is Living Life in the Fast &#8216;Lane&#8217;; Aussie Star Has Resurrected His Career&#8221; &#8212; Swimming World News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cam-mcevoy-is-living-life-in-the-fast-lane-aussie-star-has-resurrected-his-career\/embed\/#?secret=R0409Vr8GZ#?secret=10fbmKA7S5\" data-secret=\"10fbmKA7S5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was very hard to contain myself. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever celebrated that much after a race ever &#8211; that\u2019s a first for me too\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McEvoy, now 30, won Australia\u2019s first ever medal in an event first swum in Seoul in 1988 and in a racing schedule that covered 3x50s (heat, semifinal and final) that took him a total of 63.95 seconds (21.32, 21.38 and 21.25). He didn\u2019t draw breath \u2013 until it was all over!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_594154\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-594154\" data-attachment-id=\"594154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-historic-day-for-cam-mcevoy-and-kaylee-mckeown-on-australian-swim-team-doused-in-parisian-gold\/paris-2024-olympic-games-576\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG73783.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Benjamin Proud of Great Britain, silver, Cameron Mcevoy of Australia, gold, Florent Manaudou of France, bronze show the medals after competing in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722625172&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Giorgio Scala \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Benjamin Proud of Great Britain, silver, Cameron Mcevoy of Australia, gold, Florent Manaudou of France, bronze show the medals after competing in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG73783-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG73783-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-594154\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802_GSca_SG73783-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"510\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-594154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SHOW MEDALS: Benjamin Proud of Great Britain, silver, Cameron Mcevoy of Australia, gold, Florent Manaudou of France, bronze show the medals after competing in the swimming 50m Freestyle Men Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), August 02, 2024. Photo Deep Blue Media.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McEvoy heaped praise on his coach <strong>Tim Lane<\/strong>, his girlfriend Maddi Bone, his team at the Queensland Academy of Sport and his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the city where the pioneer of Australian Olympic swimming, Sydney\u2019s Freddie Lane, won our very first gold medals in 1900 \u2013 both won in the River Seine in the 220 yards freestyle \u2013 swum with the current &#8211; and the one off, discontinued Obstacle Race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in 1924 when the Games returned to Paris with Manly\u2019s Andrew \u201cBoy\u201d Charlton setting a new world record to win Australia\u2019s first gold medal in the 1500m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s fitting that the Class of 2024 can celebrate that 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Charlton\u2019s feats, writing its own record-breaking chapter in Australia\u2019s stellar swimming history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charlton, at just 16 when he surged to his historic Olympic 1500m gold, which took him 20 minutes 06.6 \u2013 a new world record time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twenty-three-year-old McKeown also booked her place in swimming\u2019s annals in an Olympic record time of 2 mins 03.73 secs (breaking American Missy Franklin\u2019s 2012 time from London) to become Australia\u2019s greatest ever individual gold medalist, with four golds after completing the 100\/200m backstroke double defense from Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the 200m final, McKeown, with her 100 and 200m golds from Tokyo and her 100m victory in Paris, had joined fellow Australian swimmers, the legendary <strong>Dawn Fraser <\/strong>(cheering on from the Paris Arena), <strong>Murray Rose<\/strong>, <strong>Shane Gould <\/strong>and <strong>Ian Thorpe,<\/strong> current kayak golden girl <strong>Jess Fox<\/strong> and former track sprinting legend, the late <strong>Betty Cuthbert<\/strong> and her current Dolphins teammate <strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong> all with three individual gold medals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown now stands alone, for the moment, with four individual gold \u2013 a tally that is very much a moveable feast with McKeown (200IM), Titmus (800m freestyle), and kayaker Fox, already the winner of a whitewater double in Paris, up in the new canoe cross event \u2013 all chasing the next chapter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been 20 years since the last swimmer, Ukraine\u2019s <strong>Yana Klochkova<\/strong> (2000 and 2004) created her own double-double act defending her Sydney IM double over 200 and 400m, in Athens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_593949\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-593949\" data-attachment-id=\"593949\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-historic-day-for-cam-mcevoy-and-kaylee-mckeown-on-australian-swim-team-doused-in-parisian-gold\/paris-2024-olympic-games-410\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240730_ASta_ASZ2154.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kaylee Mckeown of Australia shows the gold medal after competing in the swimming 100m Backstroke Women Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 30, 2024.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722367744&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Andrea Staccioli \\\/ Deepbluemedia \\\/ Insidefoto&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Paris 2024 Olympic Games&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Paris 2024 Olympic Games\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kaylee Mckeown of Australia shows the gold medal after competing in the swimming 100m Backstroke Women Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 30, 2024.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240730_ASta_ASZ2154-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240730_ASta_ASZ2154-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-593949\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240730_ASta_ASZ2154-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-593949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HISTORY MAKER: Kaylee McKeown of Australia has won four individual Olympic gold medals.Two during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena in Paris (France), July 30, 2024. Photo Deep Blue Media.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On her history making feats, a humble McKeown said: \u201cThat is a pretty cool thing to have next to my name and I have looked up to so many cool people growing up in this sport and to be amongst them is amazing\u2026and I would never in a million years have thought I could have achieved what I have done. And I have so much more to give in this sport and I think it\u2019s all down to my coach <strong>Michael Bohl<\/strong> and my teammates\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was hardly time to celebrate for McKeown, who draped her third gold medal around the neck of her reluctant coach Bohl, before rushing off for her 200IM semifinal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a nation and her family and supporters continued to celebrate her history-making feats, her night in the pool wasn\u2019t finished. It was back to business for \u201cthe little fish\u201d as she\u2019s known in the McKeown household.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been a nonstop first six days for the Aussie Swim Team &#8211; a week (that\u2019s not quite done) doused in gold as the Dolphins continue to make a huge splash in a city that holds so much history.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/schedule\/swimming?day=27-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Paris Olympics Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Olympics: Historic Day For Cam McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown on Australian Swim Team Doused In Parisian Gold Like the world\u2019 fastest man on water, Cam McEvoy, Australia held 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