McKeown shatters 100m backstroke world record

AFP, Budapest :
Kaylee McKeown on Saturday smashed a second world record in as many days, with the star Australian swimmer bettering her own 100m backstroke mark.

The 22-year-old touched in 57.33 seconds at the World Cup in Budapest to shave 0.12 seconds off the time she set in Adelaide before the Tokyo Olympic Games.

McKeown now owns the five fastest times in history as she builds up to next year’s Paris Olympics.

The new mark comes a day after she clocked 26.86 seconds for a new 50m backstroke world record, improving on the previous best of 26.98 seconds set by China’s Liu Xiang in 2018.