Australia’s Kyle Chalmers says it was an easy decision to put the team ahead of himself, electing to bypass the men’s 200-metre freestyle heats in favour of the 4x100m men’s medley relay.
Australia’s Kyle Chalmers says it was an easy decision to put the team ahead of himself, electing to bypass the men’s 200-metre freestyle heats in favour of the 4x100m men’s medley relay on the final day of the world shortcourse swimming championships at Albert Park.
Chalmers, who can become the first Australian to ever win seven medals at a shortcourse championship, said he would need to spend Sunday afternoon recovering before one last effort.“I’ll be recovering, the mind feels good, and hopefully the body allows and follows what the mind’s thinking.“I’m excited to be in that race again tonight with three of my best mates in the world.”
Kaylee McKeown did what was required to qualify for the final, but the world record-holder said the race would be a tough one.“My legs are feeling it on day six, and you probably see that on most of my turns, but I’m happy to make it into the final,” McKeown said. Grant Hackett is the only Australian swimmer to ever hold an Olympic, Commonwealth Games, longcourse and shortcourse title at the same time, completed in 2002 when he won the 1500m freestyle at the Moscow shortcourse event. He already had the Commonwealth Games title, from the 1998 Kuala Lumpur games, and then the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the 2001 longcourse championships in Fukuoka.
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