McKeon and Campbell chasing elusive individual honours in star-studded final Olympics | tomdecent
Emma McKeon will have few better chances to win an individual gold medal than in Friday’s 100m freestyle blockbuster where fellow Australian Cate Campbell will be desperate for revenge after her Rio heartbreak in a star-studded field with a world record holder and reigning Olympic champion.
The Australian duo will face fierce competition from Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey, who won silver in the 200m freestyle, as well as reigning Olympic champion Penny Oleksiak from Canada and Swedish world record holder Sarah Sjostrom.Only three Australian women have won this event – Fanny Durack , Dawn Fraser and Jodie Henry . Libby Trickett picked up a silver medal in Beijing in 2008.
“[In] the 100 I think [McKeon] medals … she’s in good form,” Australian legend Ian Thorpe said on Seven. “But, of course, she’s up against Cate Campbell and the likes of the best competitors in the world. So that one’s a tough one to call as well but I think she will medal in that.”McKeon now knows what Campbell felt like at Rio, where as the world record holder and overwhelming favourite, she spectacularly bombed in the final to finish sixth and later apoligised to the country.
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