Kaylee McKeown is a three-time world champion at every backstroke distance she's ever swam. So what is it about her American rival, the current world record holder, that scares her most?
Despite coming less than a tenth of a second off breaking her own world record at the Australian Swimming Trials earlier this year, Kaylee McKeown was frustrated.
McKeown, who has admitted to feeling anxious ahead of this Olympics and other major meets, and has even banned herself from social media at these Games, professed to being "nervous" about what that one person could do in their trial. "I just didn't have it up here," she said in the trials, pointing to her head after that blistering swim.Tune into the ABC's live radio coverage of the Games
Job done, the first skirmish met between two combatants that will leave nothing out there in front of 15,000 supporters on Tuesday night. Given there will be two French women in the final as well, Beryl Gastaldello and Emma Terebo, the atmosphere promises to be as electric as any,But while their focus is on Léon, they would do well to check out the 100m backstroke, which could be among the tightest races of the week.
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