‘Nope’: Aussie superstar’s incredible Paris call after all-time swim smashes Steph Rice record
A red-hot Kaylee McKeown swam the fourth fastest women’s 400m medley in history Thursday but said she did not plan to race it at the Paris Olympics.
Only Canada’s Summer McIntosh and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu have gone faster. It came a day after McKeown became only the fifth woman to dip under 2:07 in the 200m medley, again breaking Rice’s long-time Australian record. In focusing on the 400m medley, McKeown was a no-show in the 100 backstroke despite being Olympic champion.
He came home by a fingertip in 2:07.50 ahead of Japan’s Ippei Watanabe , who was racing on an invitation.“Absolutely. You get to the top and realise how good it is and you desperately want to get back there,” he said.
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