Backstroke Queen Kaylee Mckeown Pulls Off Another Golden Double

World grounds holder Kaylee McKeown underlined her position arsenic nan undisputed queen of backstroke swimming arsenic she added nan 200 metres golden to her triumph successful nan 100m astatine nan world championships successful Singapore connected Saturday.

Once again it was American Regan Smith looking to return down McKeown, only to beryllium reeled successful connected nan past thigh arsenic nan Australian dominator clocked 2:03.33, nan 3rd fastest aquatics of each time. It was astir a 2nd amended than Smith (2:04.29), who had taken metallic down McKeown successful nan 100m and 200m astatine nan Paris Olympics, and was runner-up to her again successful nan 100 successful Singapore.

Just for illustration successful Paris, McKeown’s triumph came consecutive aft compatriot Cameron McEvoy stormed to his 2nd 50m freestyle title successful 21.14 seconds, becoming nan oldest Australian swimming world champion astatine nan property of 31.

Fastest disconnected nan blocks, McEvoy erstwhile again denied Ben Proud (21.26) gold, having beaten nan Briton to nan Olympic title by a fingertip successful Paris precisely a twelvemonth ago.

A caller dada since Paris, McEvoy thanked his woman Maddi and gave a shout-out to his babe boy Hartley. “It’s a very different life,” he said. “I’ve sewage to navigate it, I’ll fig it out. But it’s cool to person that astatine location and still beryllium present doing what I love.”

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