Emma McKeon

Emma McKeon secured the sprint double at the FINA World Shortcourse Swimming Championships on Saturday night, adding to her 100m freestyle victory with gold ...

🥇💥🇦🇺— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) [denied gold in controversial circumstances](http://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/isaac-cooper-denied-gold-controversial-circumstances/eoscans0zbhx3yhq3m4gaq9a). [Kyle Chalmers continues Australia's golden run in the pool](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/kyle-chalmers-emma-mckeon-continue-australia-golden-run/cdirxixb8ezkfg0nskh6rlgw) That's a World Record! [Aussie young gun denied gold in controversial circumstances](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/isaac-cooper-denied-gold-controversial-circumstances/eoscans0zbhx3yhq3m4gaq9a) [FINA World Shortcourse Swimming Championships](https://www.sportingnews.com/au/swimming/news/fina-world-swimming-championships-watch-when-where-prize-money/al4cieivpgpftx3ppaj8w89a) on Saturday night, adding to her 100m freestyle victory with gold in the 50m event.

Australian swimming's “flying fish” Emma McKeon has smashed the Championship record with a stunning time of 23.04 to win the 50 metres freestyle – a time ...

“I didn’t know what the Championship record was – I knew the world record was 22.93 which is unbelievable and I didn’t think I’d come that close to it really.” Australian swimming’s “flying fish” Emma McKeon has smashed the Championship record with a stunning time of 23.04 to win the 50 metres freestyle – a time just 0.11 outside the world record – winning her second gold medal of the night and fourth gold medal of the Championships. The 27-year-old rarely shows a great deal of emotion but she touched the wall and thrust her arm in the air to acknowledge the crowd in a spontaneous celebration at the World Championships.

Cody Simpson was poolside supporting his girlfriend Emma McKeon at the FINA World Swimming Championship in Melbourne on Saturday.

Cody Simpson was poolside supporting his girlfriend Emma McKeon at the FINA World Swimming Championship in Melbourne on Saturday. Cody Simpson was poolside supporting his girlfriend Emma McKeon at the FINA World Swimming Championship in Cody Simpson gives gold medallist girlfriend Emma McKeon a sweet hug at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne

Emma McKeon, Chelsea Hodges, Madison Wilson and Mollie O'Callaghan stormed home to win the 4x50m medley relay at the short-course World Swimming ...

Meanwhile, the Australian men delivered a bronze medal in the men’s 4x50m medley relay, with 18-year-old I wanted to get this finals spot because I knew that we could do something special ... McKeon’s 50m freestyle win also brought Australia one swim away from a complete sweep of the women’s freestyle events, an unprecedented achievement in championship history for any nation. Wilson said she had “the best time” in the medley relay, anchoring the team for her first time, as McKeon swam butterfly. “I definitely felt a lot of pressure because I knew the three girls in front of me were going to do an amazing job, so I wanted to make sure I did the best job I could for the team.” Australia stormed home in a stacked meet to set a new world record in the women’s 4x50m medley relay, kicking off Saturday’s proceedings at the short-course World Swimming Championships with another gold and cheque for $37,000.

Superfish Emma McKeon has locked in the short course world championship sprint double, adding the 50m freestyle to her 100m crown on Saturday night.

Earlier, Chalmers was part of the men’s 4x50m medley relay team who had to settle for bronze as victorious Italy also set a world record. The time broke the world record set by the Americans in 2018 by 0.03 seconds. The race was won by Jordan Crooks from the Cayman Islands, securing his country’s first medal of any colour at a world titles. Wilson, as well as backstroke leg swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan, have now set three relay world records in Melbourne, also conquering the 4x100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle marks. The victory came after she also helped the Australian women smash another relay world record, taking gold in the 4x50m medley relay earlier in the evening. “But I just knew that I had to kill that start and probably one of my strengths is my start so I knew if I got that I could be in contention.