Australia’s most decorated Olympian, Emma McKeon, confirmed this week that Paris will be her final Olympics.
Emma McKeon says her confidence is still high heading into what is confirmed to be her final Olympics later this year but admits a new crop of swimmers are putting pressure on her to stay at her peak.
“This will definitely be my last Olympics, so I’m excited for that,” McKeon told Olympics.com. “Success for me in Paris would be to swim faster than I ever have before.” McKeon must finish in the top two in races at Australia’s Olympic trials in June if she wants an individual spot on the team but does have the fallback of relays.Olympian Emma McKeon.“It’s probably been the best it’s been since Tokyo, so I’m really happy with how that’s going. The racing haven’t shown what I thought they would this meet.
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