Emma McKeon

2022 - 12 - 14

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Emma McKeon swims sub-50 second 100m leg as Australia sets ... (ABC News)

Emma McKeon swims the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split as Australia smashes the Dutch world record.

The men's 4x100m relay team finished with a silver medal, with winners Italy also setting a new world mark. McKeon swam the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman with a time of 49.96 seconds. Entering the water with the team in third place and a second behind the leading Americans, 28-year-old McKeon overhauled the field to secure the gold. - The Australian men's 4x100m relay team finished with a silver medal, as Italy also set a new world mark - Emma McKeon swam the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman, coming in at 49.96 seconds She's already Australia's most successful Olympian but Emma McKeon continues to push the boundaries, steering Australia to a relay world record at the world short course championships in Melbourne.

Emma McKeon makes swimming history as Aussies break 4x100m ... (Yahoo Sport Australia)

Emma McKeon continues to go where no female swimmer has ever been before. Read more here.

Teen's hilarious F-bomb reaction as Aussies obliterate record (Fox Sports)

Emma McKeon is Australia's most successful Olympian for a reason. The hero from last year's Tokyo Olympics stole the show on the opening night of the world ...

“I always put my best races together in a relay I think. I love the team event and I love putting my best swim together for them. In the men’s 4x100m freestyle, Italy broke the world record but Kyle Chalmers rocketed home in a split of 44.98 to steer Australia to silver in a very solid result. “It’s pretty cool,” McKeon said of becoming the first woman to swim the 100m freestyle in sub-50 seconds. McKeon split was 49.96 seconds — the first time a woman has swum a freestyle relay split in under 50 seconds. Diving in the water a second behind the USA’s Erika Brown, McKeon chewed up the deficit over a lightning fast four laps to lead Australia to gold and smash the world record in a time of 3:25.43.

Emma McKeon helps Australia to relay record at world short-course ... (The Guardian)

Olympic legend swam first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman and now starts favourite to claim 100m individual gold.

The men’s 4x100m relay team finished with a silver medal, with winners Italy also setting a new world mark. The Australian women collected a large cheque as well as the gold medal with $37,000 paid for a world record from the prize money pool of $3m. Entering the water with the team in third place and a second behind the leading Americans, 28-year-old McKeon overhauled the field to secure the gold. The team clocked three minutes 25.43 seconds as the USA (3:26.29) and Canada (3:28.06) rounded out the podium with the first two teams both eclipsing the 2014 record of 3.26.53 set by the Dutch. Emma McKeon, Australia’s most successful Olympian, has set another record with a crucial leg in a world record time in the 4x100m relay at the world short-course championships in Melbourne. McKeon swam the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman with a time of 49.96 seconds.

Emma McKeon powers Australia to 4x100m gold medal and world ... (Sporting News AU)

Emma McKeon - Australia's most successful Olympian - has delivered another stunning swim for her country.

It was the coolest environment." I am pleased to get this win out of the way," Pallister said. “It was an amazing day and I was very very nervous this morning. The achievement will be extra sweet for the team, with FINA announcing a US$25,000 (AU$36,917) bonus for any world record notched at the meeting, The 28-year-old helped Australia to gold in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay in what was a strong first evening for the home nation at the However, when McKeon entered the pool for the final leg, she well and truly put the burners on to push the team to an impressive comeback win, claiming a world record in the process.

'Blistering' McKeon leg snares gold, world record (Wide World of Sports)

Emma McKeon produced an incredible anchor leg to lead the Australian 4x100m women's freestyle relay team to...

(3:59.78). and she was able to just dominate, especially in that last 50 metres." "Emma, being able to come home the way that she did ... READ MORE:

Swimming championships: Superstars Emma McKeon, Kyle ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Australia have missed out on a chance to go for gold in the 4x50m mixed medley relay at the world short-course championships after a selection blunder in ...

At some point they need a break and that’s basically our strategy to start with, it’s managing the load.” “The Europeans are really strong at the sprints so I would have said that would have been one of our strongest relays,” said Taylor. “Pretty much all the other teams loaded their relays up, if we had had loaded our relays up we would have been adding to the load of some of our athletes. “I think the fact that there’s 12 relays in six days, there’s heats and finals and there’s athletes that swim multiple events, and when you start adding all that up ... “There’s 12 relays, there’s lots of racing going on and we’re trying to manage the load of all the athletes and with the mixed medley particularly, there’s so many combinations,” he added. Taylor told 7NEWS.com.au that the selection decision was down to managing athletes across the short time frame of the event and said the swim “got us to around the mark we thought we’d be at but everyone else was quicker.”

McKeon magic helps Aussie women pocket $37k world record bonus (The Sydney Morning Herald)

With 100 metres to go in the 4x100m freestyle final, Emma McKeon had to make up a second on her American rivals. What followed next was stunning.

“Being able to turn to the stands and see my Mum … To be in the position I am at the moment … “I don’t read media, so I have no idea,” Chalmers said. It was my favourite subject at school to study. It was more that I lost my love for the sport. “We thought it was a bit of a joke. “I pretty much gave the sport away at the end of last year,” Pallister said. “I hadn’t trained for close to three months. “We were a bit shocked about that,” said McKeon of the cash, which will be split four ways. “It was coming to terms knowing I wasn’t going to make an Olympics that I grew up dreaming of. I remember being up there watching my idols do what we’re doing now.” to be watching us is awesome.

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