Kaylee McKeown thought she’d won a bet with her coach that meant she didn’t have to compete in an event she holds a “grudge” against. Instead, she stunned the world.
Kaylee McKeown swam the fastest women’s 400m individual medley time in Australian history on Thursday evening before jumping out of the pool and informing spectators at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre that she won’t bother racing the event at the Paris Olympics.Despite clocking the fourth-fastest time in history and the quickest this year, McKeown has zero desire to race the event at Australian trials in June.
Bohl told McKeown that if she went under two minutes and seven seconds in the 200m individual medley on Wednesday night, he would spare her the gruelling test of endurance that comes with competing in a race twice as long.For the second time in as many nights, McKeown took down another Rice longcourse Australian record by touching the wall in 4:28.22 in the 400m individual medley. She is not one to hold anything back.
She is already the world record holder in the 100m and 200m backstroke events and an Olympic gold medallist in both.
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