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Emma McKeon
Emma Jennifer McKeon, (born 24 May 1994) is a retired Australian competitive swimmer. She is an eight-time world record holder, three current and five former, in relays. Her total career haul of 14 Olympic medals following the 2024 Olympic Games made her the most decorated Australian, the third-most decorated swimmer, and the seventh-most decorated athlete in Olympic history and included one gold medal from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, four gold medals from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and one gold medal from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. With four gold and three bronze medals she was the most decorated athlete across all sports at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tied for the most medals won by a woman in a single Olympic Games. She also won 20 medals, including five gold medals, at the World Aquatics Championships; and a record 20 medals, including 14 gold, at the Commonwealth Games. In 2024, McKeon surpassed Ian Thorpe for the most number of Olympic g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with and reaching , also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The 1896 Summer Olympics, first Olympics Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics, held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the Individual Medley, individual medley or Medley relay (athletics), medley relay events. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. It was the event's sixteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1960. The medals for the competition were presented by U.S. IOC Vice President Anita DeFrantz, and the gifts were presented by India's FINA Bureau Member Virendra Nanavati. Summary In a close affair with the U.S., the Australian favourites prevailed to recapture their Olympic title after thirteen years. The three medallists in the individual 100 m backstroke led off their nation's respective relays, with Canada's Kylie Masse (57.90) edging out Australia's Kaylee McKeown (58.01) and the U.S.' Regan Smith (58.05). Though the U.S. led after the breaststroke leg, Chelsea Hodges was significantly faster than expected, splitting 1:05.57 to keep Australia within half a second of the Americans. Coming off her triumph in the 50 m freestyle earlier in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, 2019 World Championships was held on 21 July 2019. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held at 12:21. Final The final was held at 21:33. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 2019 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Aquatics Championships
The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. (Gwangju, Budapest win right to host worlds); posted by Reuters on 19 July 2013. Host selection The host was announced on 19 July 2013 on the biennial General Congress of FINA in , the host-city of the 2013 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), ... was held on 2 August with the heats and the final. Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. The following new records were set during this competition. Results Heats The heats were held at 11:58. Final The final was held at 18:45. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 2015 in women's swimming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes (near 5,500), countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also. Competitions were held in six sports (Swimming (sport), swimming, open water swimming, diving (sport), diving and high diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo) in three main competition venues. The new FINA High Diving discipline has been presented on the XX FINA Technical Congress and has been officially included to the FINA World Aquatics Championships program starting from 2013 World Aquatics Championships, the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 2 and 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. The US, Australia and China were considered the most likely to win for the event, and all three of them qualified for the final. In the final, the US and China led the race, alternating the lead. The US won with a new world record of 3:37.43, China finished second with a new Asian record of 3:37.55, Australia finished second with a new Oceanian record of 3:38.76, and France finished fourth with a new national record of 3:40.96. Background Team Great Britain won the event at the previous Olympics, but David Reider from ''Swimming World'' opined that the British team "do not have the speed to finish off the race" at this edition of the event. China w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. These Games marked the first time to feature a mixed-gender swimming event in the program. Each 4-person team features two male and two female swimmers in no particular order. The medals for the competition were presented by Kirsty Coventry and the gifts bouquets were presented by Errol Clarke. Summary Great Britain emerged as the inaugural Olympic champions in the mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay as they put together a stunning all-round performance en route to a world record. Though 0.3 seconds off her time in the heats, Kathleen Dawson (58.80) nonetheless had the second-fastest female backstroke leg in the field before handing over to Adam Peaty (56.78) and James Guy (50.00), who moved the British into the lead. Anna Hopkin (52.00) then extended Great Britain's margin over the field, touching for gold in 3:37.58 and lowering their Olympic record from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. It was the event's seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1996. Some members of the Chinese relay tested positive for trimetazidine at the Chinese Long Course Invitational held in Shijiazhuang City from 31 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. As of August 2024, the results of competition still stand. For more information, see Trimetazidine revelations in Chinese swimming. Summary In one of the most unexpected results at these Games, the Chinese women's team pulled off an enormous upset from the favoured Australian team, taking more than a second off Australia's previous world record. China's Yang Junxuan led off the Chinese quartet in a national record of 1:54.37, holding off Australia's 200 freestyle Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus (1:54.51). Though continuing to trade the lead with Australia in the next two legs, Tang Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 to 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. It was the event's seventeenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1956. Summary Canada's defending World champion Maggie Mac Neil pulled away from a tight field to win her nation's first Olympic title in the event. Swimming out in lane 7, Mac Neil touched seventh at the 50 m mark but used a blistering underwater off the turn to catapult herself near the front and win gold in an Americas record of 55.59. China's Zhang Yufei, who was the fastest qualifier through the heats and semi-finals, was first at the turn. However, she could not withstand MacNeil's fast finish and settled for silver 5 hundredths of a second back in 55.64. Australia's Emma McKeon reset her Oceanian record from the heats to win bronze in 55.72, edging out the U.S.' Torri Huske (55.73) by one hundredth of a second. Huske, one of the pre-Olympics favouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place 8–9 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Summary After a world-record breaking victory in the 400 m freestyle two days earlier, U.S. distance ace Katie Ledecky pulled away from the field to capture the Olympic mid-distance freestyle crown and her second individual gold at these Games. Hanging with the leaders at the 150-metre turn, Ledecky fended off Sweden's Sarah Sjöström towards a gold-medal finish in 1:53.73. Despite trying to hold on Ledecky at the final lap, Sjöström was unable to catch her near the wall, and settled for the silver in 1:54.08. Meanwhile, Australia's Emma McKeon moved up from one of the outside lanes to take home the bronze in 1:54.92. Italy's world-record holder Federica Pellegrini dropped off the podium for the second straight Olympics to fourth in 1:55.18, charging a 0.07-second edge ahead of China's Shen Duo and McKeon's countrywoman Bronte Barratt, bronze medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 3 and 4 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each swimmer had to swim two lengths of the pool with their respective stroke. The US were considered the favourites to win the event, while Australia, China and Sweden were also considered to be in contention. All four teams progressed to the final, where the US won with a new world record of 3:49.63, Australia finished second with 3:53.11 and China finished third with 3:53.23. The US' Regan Smith swam an Olympic record of 57.28 in the 100 metres backstroke event as the first swimmer in the relay. Background Australia won the event at the previous Olympics, while the US won the event at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships. ''Swimming World'' called the US the "big favorites" due to three of their relay participants hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
