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The stage is set for one of the most anticipated — and unpredictable — swimming showdowns of this Olympic meet. American Regan Smith won her semifinal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke Monday with a strong time of 57.97 seconds, and Australia’s Kaylee McKeown breezed through hers, posting a time of 57.99. That means the two most recent world record holders in the event will swim side-by-side in Tuesday’s final at Paris La Défense Arena.
In Tokyo three years ago, it was McKeown, the world record holder at the time, who set the Olympic standard and took gold. Smith, who first broke the record in 2019, finished the Tokyo race 0.58 seconds back and won bronze. Without McKeown in the field, Smith then won the race at the 2022 world championships but was nipped at the wall by McKeown at worlds one year later. At the U.S. trials last month, Smith reclaimed the record with a time of 57.
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