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Kaylee McKeown breaks 200m backstroke short course world record at virtual Australian swimming titles
Tokyo Olympic hopeful Kaylee McKeown has confirmed her rich vein of form by claiming a 200 metres backstroke short-course world record at the virtual Australian national championships in Brisbane.
Key points:
- The COVID-19 pandemic forced this year’s Australian national short course swimming titles to be held as a virtual event
- Swimmers are competing simultaneously at venues in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Hobart
- World championship 200m backstroke silver medallist Kaylee McKeown showed her strength in the event, breaking the short course world record in Brisbane
The teenager clocked one minute 58.94 seconds on Friday to take nearly half a second off Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s 2014 mark (1:59.23).
“Short course is something we don’t…
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