Emma McKeon swims the first sub-50 second 100m freestyle split as Australia smashes the Dutch world record.
Emma McKeon swims sub-50 second 100m leg as Australia sets new record at world short course championshipsGold medallists Emma McKeon, Meg Harris, Mollie O'Callaghan and Madison Wilson after winning the women's 4x100m freestyle final.abc.net.
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. "It's pretty cool [to go sub-50] — there's some incredible short course [swimmers] who have been racing years before me.
"I think Cate [Campbell] 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 25.43 seconds as the USA and Canada rounded out the podium with the first two teams both eclipsing the 2014 record of 3.26.53 set by the Dutch.
Teenager Mollie O'Callaghan was backing up after setting the fastest time of the 100m backstroke semifinals and was surprisingly off the pace in the opening leg.
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