USA swimming star Regan Smith after breaking the world record in the women’s 100m backstroke.Credit:AP
McKeown had Smith’s measure at last year’s world championships in Japan,winning gold in the 50m,100m and 200m backstroke events. Smith picked up silver in each and clearly channelled that frustration into a performance that has the potential to spur McKeown onto even greater things.
At Australia’s Olympic and Paralympics trials last week in Brisbane,McKeown finished 0.08 seconds outside her world record in a time of 57.41.