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Australian swim star Kaylee McKeown has broken a second world record in the space of two days at the World Cup meet in Budapest. The 22-year-old Queenslander bettered her own 100m backstroke record on Saturday with a time of 57.33 seconds, shaving 0.12 off the mark that she in Adelaide before the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Kaylee McKeown breaks second world record in two days. It follows her record-breaking swim on Friday evening when she clocked 26.86 for 50m backstroke, eclipsing the previous record of 26.98 set by China’s Liu Xiang in 2018. McKeown was nearly two seconds clear of second-placed Canadian Kylie Masse in the 100m final. She now holds seven of the top 10 times ever recorded in the 100m backstroke.
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