Australia picked up two silver medals overnight at the World Championships.
In third position at the 150m turn, the 18-year-old produced the second fastest final 50m split to push China's Junxuan Yang all the way to the end.
"I was nervous all day and definitely shocked to look up and see that result when I touched the wall. To medal in this race is quite cool and that really did it for me." As one of only three females in the water for the opening backstroke leg, golden girl McKeown turned in sixth place after the first 100 metres to give the team a great start.
We all went into this focusing on our own race as individuals but also how we bring that together as a unit as well," she said afterwards.
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