BREAKING: Emma McKeon produced a brave finish to grab bronze for Australia at Tokyo2020.
Aussie Emma McKeon has fallen agonisingly short of gold in a nail-biting finish to the women's 100m butterfly final.McKeon was just 0.13 seconds away from gold medalist Margaret MacNeil. She swam a personal best of 55.72.
The Canadian edged ahead of the world from lane 7. McKeon made the turn in fourth and appeared to edge in front with 25m to swim, but was tipped at the wall."I am pretty pleased," McKeon said. "I will be on the"She's done her best time in that swim," Aussie swimming legend Ian Thorpe said. "You know, great to see it, she has a smile on her face as she walked out of the pool there. She's got a huge program here and a number of opportunities to even improve on that result."She claimed gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday.
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