Kaylee McKeown is a strong prospect for Australia’s Olympic team, having won silver in the 200m backstroke at last year’s long-course world championships in South Korea
SYDNEY: Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown set a new 200m backstroke short-course world record at the Australian national championships, officials said Saturday.
The teenager clocked a blistering 1:58.94 to smash Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s 2014 mark of 1:59.23.
“Short-course is something we don’t get to very often so I was excited to see what I could put up after some solid training this year,” said McKeown.
“I headed over to my teammates and my coach and they said, ‘you just got a world-record, and I was like, what?’ I didn’t actually know till a few minutes later.”
The Australian short-course championships are being held in virtual format…
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