Swimmer McKeown breaks world record in 100m freestyle heats

Australian swimmer Emma McKeon broke the Olympic record in the women’s 100-meter freestyle heats at the Tokyo Olympics, on Wednesday, with a time of 52.13 seconds.

According to “Reuters”, McKeown managed to break the previous record of 52.62 seconds, which was set by Sarah Sjostrom, which is also the best personal record for Australian swimming.
Hong Kong’s Siobhan Hohei, who won the silver in the 200 meters freestyle earlier on Wednesday, finished second in the heats in 52.70 seconds, ahead of Britain’s Anna Hopkin and Australia’s Kate Campbell.

The British swimmer Luke Greenbank was the fastest in the men’s 200 meters backstroke heats in a time of one minute 54.63 seconds, beating Russian Yevgeny Rylov, one of the gold contenders.

As for Tatiana Schönemaker, who won the silver in the 100 meters backstroke, she was the fastest in the 200 meters backstroke heats in a time of two minutes and 19:16 seconds, and American Lily King came in second place.