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Star Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown has defended her 100m backstroke Olympic crown with a thrilling win in the Paris final on Wednesday morning . The 23-year-old, who won gold in both the 100 and 200m backstoke at Tokyo 2020, was a class above at Paris La Défense Arena, storming home to beat American pair Regan Smith and Katharaine Berkoff with an Olympic record and personal best time of 57.33.
03 seconds ahead of Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth. Hometown hero Maxime Grousset touched the wall third a further 0.02 seconds back, in 47.63. The Australian gave himself some work to do in the second 50 metres after turning in fourth, but reeled in the field beautifully to qualify for Thursday morning’s final . Fellow Aussie William Yang finished eight in the same race, hitting the wall in 48.42. In the second semi, China’s Pan Zhanle qualified fastest in 47.21, which was 0.
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