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Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown smashes 200m backstroke shortcourse world record – NEWS.com.au
Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown smashes 200m backstroke shortcourse world record
Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown has set a new world record for the 200m backstroke at the Australian national shortcourse championships in Brisbane.The 19-year-old Olympic hopeful clocked 1:58.94, trumping the previous record of 1:59.23 set by Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in 2014.
Minna Atherton recorded the second-fastest time in Friday’s event with 2:03.64.
“Short course is something we don’t get to do very often so I was excited to see what I could put up after some solid training this year,” McKeown…
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