After Outpacing Cate Campbell for a Historic Record, Kaylee McKeown Sets Her Sights on Another Milestone at Swimming World Cup 2023

The Swimming World Cup 2023 has made an immense impact on the spectators with its extraordinary performances. The Australian swimmer Kaylee Mckeown is the one who marked her impact with her consecutive terrific performances. No matter what event she participated in, she was seen on the podium at the end. Be it the first leg of the World Cup or Athens, Mckeown came in and conquered. She has attained multiple records on her name in various events by surpassing ideal swimmers like Cate Campbell.

This competition saw the passion and dedication McKeown brings to this ream, be it the 50m, 100m, or 200m she is just ready to grab it all. After holding multiple world records, the young swimmer is one step away from another historic record to hold in the World Cup. With the last leg at Budapest coming up, her eyes will be set on conquering this record that she missed just by mere seconds.

Kaylee McKeown one step away from another record at Swimming World Cup 2023?

After witnessing the mind-blowing performances by Kaylee McKeown, it is absolutely safe to say that she definitely ruled both Berlina and Athens. These two stops have been incredibly wonderful for the Australian backstroke phenom. She has been continuously creating world records and securing prestigious titles for herself in the competition. Be it the 100m backstroke, or the 200m backstroke, she has created world records in both the events in the World Cup. However, just by a mere seconds of 0.04, she couldn’t create a world record in the 50m backstroke.

Pondering upon this, the Swimming Stats shared a list of swimmers who created world records in the 2023 World Cup across 50-100-200 events. On day 3 of Athens, McKeown was slightly left behind from creating a new record on the 50m backstroke. At the moment she stands at the second position in 50 with a time of 27.02.

The caption to the list carried, “Last weekend, Kaylee Mckeown was just 0.04 seconds off the women’s 50 backstroke world record.” It further carried that she is the only woman who can become the only active swimmer to hold world records across 50m, 100m, and 200-meter events.

The stupendous records Kaylee Mckeown holds?

Kaylee McKeown ran away with the World Cup overall crowns that had a bonus of $100,000 in the meet 2 at Athens. Not just this, she also surpassed Cate Campbell in being the most decorated swimmer of the 2023 World Cup. Campbell was at the sixth position with six medals and McKeown was at the first with 9 medals.

After this, she has her eyes fixed on attaining the Triple Crown. This is a complete sweep of the 50m, 100m, and 200m backstroke at all three World Cup stops. She has already nabbed the remarkable feat of sweeping all three in Fukuoka.

So, her main aim with Budapest is to rank upwards from the 2nd position to the 1st in the 50m backstroke. She has proved herself when it comes to the backstroke events after setting the first world record of the Swimming World Cup 2023 at Athens in the 100m backstroke by clocking the time of 57.63, scaring her own record of 57.45.

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Her performance in the 200m backstroke was also equally incredible as on day 3 of Athens. She clinched gold in the event in 2:06.02 by surpassing her own mark that she had set in Berlin. The enthusiasts are now ready to get glued to the screen with eagerness to witness McKeown attain the triple crown in the Swimming World Cup 2023.

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