Australian Quartet Australian quartet Madi Wilson, Mollie O’Callaghan, Jack Cartwright and Kyle Chalmers broke the world record in the 4x100m relay in an amazing swim at the FINA World Championships. (Images: FINA / Getty Images)
Australian quartet Madi Wilson, Mollie O’Callaghan, Jack Cartwright and Kyle Chalmers took Australia to a world record in the mixed 4x100m relay swimming championships.
Chalmers swam a brilliant comeback, which would have boosted his confidence after a performance well below average in the 100m butterfly that saw him lose a place in the semi-finals on Thursday.
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The time set by the Australians shaved two hundredths of a second of the record set by the United States in the last worlds in Gwangju, South Korea, in July 2019, when they flew Canada (3: 20.61) and the United States (3: 20). 21/09).
Chalmers swam a brilliant comeback, which would have boosted his confidence after a performance well below average in the 100m butterfly that saw him lose a place in the semi-finals on Thursday.
“It’s crazy,” Rio Olympics 100-meter freestyle champion Chalmers declared.
“You have the world champion (O’Callaghan, 52.03 seconds), a girl who probably would have won the silver if she had been in the race (Wilson, 52.25), Jack (Cartwright, 48.12) returning from shoulder surgery for swimming. an amazing first division … I think we will always be hard to beat. “
Chalmers ’own stretch of 46.98 established the Australians an impregnable lead at the start of the race.
“I’m very happy, very proud of this team, it’s an amazing result,” said O’Callaghan, who now has five championship medals, including three golds.
Kaylee McKeown wins gold at the World Championships
Earlier, Kaylee McKeown has highlighted her position as one of Australia’s canopy swimmers with her first win at the World Championships in the 200m backstroke in Budapest on a penultimate milestone day for the Dolphins.
Triple Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown, who had previously won five world platforms, including two already this week in Budapest, broke her golden duck with a triumph by biting her nails in the 200m backstroke.
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“Coming up with a gold medal is pretty spectacular, I wasn’t expecting to be here earlier this year, so going out with two individual podiums is amazing,” said McKeown, who also won silver in the 200m. individual medley.
]Gold medalist Kaylee McKeown (pictured) poses for a photo during the women’s 200m backstroke medal ceremony. (Photo by Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)
“I was very nervous about coming tonight after last year, but it’s an amazing feeling.”
It was also a night of great excitement for McKeown, who dedicated his medal to his late father.
“You will often see me before the warm-up, I will sit by the pool and have a moment for myself. I believe in my little way that he is there every step of the way, so that is my gratitude. “, he said.
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