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Swim star says DQ blunder will add to mental toughness
Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia.
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Swim star says DQ blunder will add to mental toughness
Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia. Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia. Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia.
West Australian
a day ago
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- West Australian
Swim star says DQ blunder will add to mental toughness
Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia.
Perth Now
a day ago
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- Perth Now
Swim star says DQ blunder will add to mental toughness
Kaylee McKeown has said a disqualification blunder will only add to her mental steel after a dramatic start to her world championship selection trials. McKeown was aghast to be disqualified after her heat in the 50m backstroke heat on Monday morning at Australia's trials in Adelaide. Race officials DQ'd McKeown, the world record holder in the event, for initiating an early start. But after a protest, and a two-hour appeal, she was reinstated to the final when officials ruled McKeown was distracted by movement prior to the starter's signal. "It's something that you really want to practice," McKeown said. "But it's good to mentally toughen yourself up and hopefully it prepares me for anything down the track." McKeown won Monday night's final at the South Australian Aquatic Centre in 27.33 seconds, well shy of her 26.86 global benchmark set in October 2023. The five-time Olympic gold medallist refused to detail the exact distraction that caused her initial disqualification. "Things happen and it just crumbled that way," she said. "I knew as soon as I started, what I had done. "But thankfully we had the technology to look back at footage and saw the distraction and I got reinstated." With her victory, McKeown secured her ticket to the world championships in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. In the men's 400m freestyle, Sam Short laid an emphatic marker in his redemption tale after a disappointing Olympics last year. Short was rated a gold-medal freestyle fancy in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in Paris but finished fourth, ninth and 13th respectively. On Monday night, he won the 400m free final in three minutes 41.03 seconds from Paris silver medallist Elijah Winnington (3:43.99). "I came fourth (in the 400m) at the Olympics, so in our lives it's probably a little bit of a failure," Short said. "But I've got tons of mates ... they'd literally probably chop their legs off just to get the opportunity to come fourth at the Olympics." Lani Pallister won the women's 400m freestyle in 3:59.72 - the first time she has dipped under four minutes in the event. Pallister will lead Australia's tilt in the event in Singapore in the absence of Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, who will miss the worlds while on an extended break. In the women's 200m individual medley, Ella Ramsay (2:09.21) prevailed. And Alex Perkins won the women's 100m butterfly in a personal best time of 56.42 - 0.36 seconds quicker than her previous benchmark set hours earlier in the heats. In the men's 100m butterfly, Nash Wilkes (1:00.19) touched ahead of Bailey Lello (1:00.47) but both were outside the automatic qualifying time of 59.75 set by Swimming Australia.
The Hindu
a day ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Relief for five-time Olympic champion McKeown after disqualification scare at Australian trials
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Kaylee McKeown was cleared to compete in the 50m backstroke final at the Australian trials on Monday after she successfully appealed her disqualification in the heats. The 23-year-old world record holder finished first in her heat, but her time was not displayed on the board, and she was ushered away in tears by officials after being called for an early start. However, McKeown's team lodged an appeal, and after an anxious wait, she was given the green light to compete in the final, which closes out the opening day of the trials in Adelaide. The trials serve as Australia's qualifiers for the July 11-August 3 world championships in Singapore. '(McKeown) was disqualified after being ruled to initiate an early start from lane four of heat one but her protest was upheld after officials ruled in her favour that she was distracted by a movement immediately prior to the signal,' Swimming Australia said. 'Her time of 27.27 made her the fastest qualifier tonight with good mate Mollie O'Callaghan second fastest with 27.72 – both under qualifying time for Singapore World Championships.' McKeown became the first woman to retain the 100 and 200 backstroke Olympic titles at last year's Paris Games.
