Kayley McKeown is undoubtedly backstroke swimming's present and foreseeable future, but a glimpse of Australia's not-so-distant past was also on view on day two of the Australian Olympic Trials in Brisbane — as well as a glimpse at an alternate future.
The Griffith University swimmer conveys the kind of graceful elegance that utterly belies her incredible speed.
McKeown admitted fatigue from last night's Commonwealth Record in the 200m IM clearly played a part in a time that may have been below her expectations, but still surpassed anything her rivals have shown themselves capable of."The Olympics is just like that," she said. All of those senior international medals — 30 in all — have come swimming freestyle, but as is the case with many crawl exponents the backstroke plays a major role in her training."I'm happy with anything to be honest," O'Callaghan said of her swim.
The 32-year-old launched her extraordinary attempt at making a fifth Games just eight months after becoming a mother for the first time."I'm older and that speed isn't as quick as what it used to be," Seebohm said after her heat swim.Seebohm could still become the first swimmer to compete at a Games as a mother since Hayley Lewis — who was in the stands watching son Kai Taylor swim — in 2000 and would have been just the third all-time.
"For the last three months I've really tried to chase that, that easy speed. My back end is pretty good but you obviously need those top end gears to come home strong as well." "I can stand here today and say I've been to three Olympics, got a couple of medals, Worlds, everything." It's the harsh reality of the sport that it's pretty gruelling on the body."
"I've done a lot of work, I couldn't have done any more," said the 20-year-old Tasmanian, now training at Miami on the Gold Coast.ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.
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