Olympics-Swimming-Australia's McKeown driven to new heights by father's memory

[ASFN Admin]

Driven by the memory of her dead father, Australian teenager Kaylee McKeown has hit a stunning vein of form just in time for her Olympic debut and heads to Tokyo ranked number one in the world in her three individual events. The bubbly 20-year-old Queenslander lit up the Australian trials last month with a world record in the 100 metres backstroke and set the best times of the year in both the 200m backstroke and 200m medley. While American Regan Smith, who set 100m and 200m backstroke world records at the 2019 world championships, will have something to say about it, McKeown could end up as the face of Australia's swimming revival.

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