Australian Kaylee McKeown won the gold (57.33) while American Regan Smith took silver (57.66) and Katherine Berkoff of the U.S. claimed bronze (57.98)
Canada's Kylie Masse, of Lasalle, Ont., competes during the 100m women's backstroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Tuesday, July 30, 2024.Masse was a baby, her older brother was taking lessons and as Kylie sat on her mom Cindy’s lap, she kept trying to reach for the water.“So I said, I’ll pay for this lesson, just let her go in?” Cindy recalls. “Then she went in and just took to the water.
Masse went out with blistering speed in the first 50 metres, and was in first place at the turn, but couldn’t hold on in the last stretch. She also won silver in the 200-metre backstroke in Tokyo, and as part of the bronze-medal-winning 4x100-metre medley relay team.
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