Kaylee McKeown smashes Australian record to send warning to Olympic rivals

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The 200m individual medley record was broken while Mollie O’Callaghan opened her Australian championship campaign with victory in the 100m freestyle

Kaylee McKeown celebrates winning the women’s 200m individual medley final at the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.Kaylee McKeown celebrates winning the women’s 200m individual medley final at the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.Kaylee McKeown sent a strong message to international rivals about her Paris intentions in the 200m individual medley at the Australian swimming championships.

In the 100m freestyle, Mollie O’Callaghan beat a world-class field to win, with Olympic champion Emma McKeon relegated to third. The national titles feature the country’s elite, but have no bearing on Olympic selection, with the trials for the Paris Games to be held in early June in Brisbane. While the time put her easily inside the Australian qualifying mark for Paris of 53.61, O’Callaghan was disappointed.“It’s a pretty good time ... I would have liked faster,” said 20-year-old O’Callaghan, whose cap slipped in the second lap. “But there’s plenty more things I’ve got to improve.”

In other results, Elijah Winnington and Sam Short both posted blistering times in the men’s 400m freestyle to finish well ahead of reigning world champion, Korean Kim Woomin .Zac Stubblety-Cook defended his national title in the men’s 100m breaststroke, with the reigning Olympic 200m champion the only swimmer to go under one minute. The 25-year-old Queenslander was surprised to go 59.85 given he’s coming off a three-week altitude training camp in Arizona.

 

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