Swimming sensation Emma McKeon produced a stunning come-from-behind final leg in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay to help her ecstatic teammates pocket an unexpected $37,000 world record bonus
on an excellent first evening for Australia at the World Shortcourse Championships.
After reasonable splits from Mollie O’Callaghan , Madi Wilson and Meg Harris , Australia found themselves in third place and trailing by 0.98 seconds when McKeon dived in for a rescue mission with the US well out in front. McKeon’s split of 49.96 seconds was hugely significant, for it is the first time a female swimmer has gone sub 50-seconds in a 4x100m freestyle shortcourse leg.
There was extra reason for the team to celebrate, with FINA announcing a $US25,000 bonus for any world record at the meeting. “I pretty much gave the sport away at the end of last year,” Pallister said. “I hadn’t trained for close to three months and didn’t really want anything to do with it anymore. It was more that I lost my love for the sport. I’d missed four senior teams in a row by one spot. When you’re that close constantly, it breaks your heart one by one. To be in the position I am at the moment … it’s insane.
Pallister, who became the third Australian woman to win the event, hugged her emotional mother in the crowd as Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser watched on.
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