Olympic legend swam first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split by a woman and now starts favourite to claim 100m individual gold
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.“I always put my best races together in a relay - I love the team event,” said McKeon, who owns 11 Olympic medals.“I think Cate has got our world record so there’s high calibre there so it’s pretty cool to be doing 49 in a relay.The team clocked three minutes 25.
Replacing heat swimmer Leah Neale, O’Callaghan opened the relay with a time of 52.19 before Madi Wilson and Meg Harris made up ground before McKeon brought it home. “I wanted to try my best and do what I could do to try and touch the wall and give the girls a good lead but at the end of the day it’s a team effort and we all did pretty amazing,” the 18-year-old told reporters.
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