Excitement has reached a fever pitch in the New South Wales hometown of Emma McKeon after she claimed her 11th medal in the pool to become Australia's most decorated Olympian.
Excitement has reached a fever pitch in the New South Wales hometown of Emma McKeon after she claimed her 11th medal to become Australia's most decorated Olympian.Her haul includes seven medals at Tokyo and four at RioThe 27-year-old swimmer clinched back-to-back gold in the 50 metres freestyle and the 4x100 metres women's medley relay on Sunday, taking her medal count in Tokyo to seven.
On the global stage, her medal count now equals that of Russian gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya who also won seven in 1952."Swimming has been in her blood. She was always a water baby and always just a natural in it. Her Dad Ron agreed and put her stellar performance down to a shift her thinking after working on her mindset with a sports psychologist.
"[I] look forward to having a discussion with her as to what's appropriate, certainly a pool to inspire our future children I think would be appropriate."There have also been multiple suggestions from residents of local landmarks that could be named in her honour.
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