“To win one gold medal or an Olympic medal, it’s very, very special. I’m exhausted,” said Kyle Chalmers, one of the McKeon’s teammates. In the medley relay, the Aussies beat the two-time defending champion Americans. McKeon touched in 23.81 seconds in the 50 free. The 27-year-old turned outside the top three but pushed home to secure bronze behind gold medallist Margaret MacNeil and runner-up Yufei Zhang. They both won the 50 free and swam the butterfly leg on victorious relays. Veteran becomes Australia’s first dual medallist at Tokyo 2020 Earlier, Emma McKeon took out bronze with a new Australian record in the women’s 100m butterfly final. McKeon’s efforts on the last day at the Tokyo pool mirrored that of American star Caeleb Dressel. “I grew up wanting to do a similar same thing,” she said. McKeon watched the Olympics as a youngster. Her father, Ron, was a swimmer who runs a learn-to-swim center south of Sydney. That’s where McKeon won four medals - one gold, two silvers and a bronze. She and her brother, David, were the first brother-sister duo since 1960 to swim for Australia at the Olympics five years ago in Rio. The 27-year-old from Brisbane comes from a swimming family. “It is an honor because I know I’ve worked so hard for it.” “I’ve never really looked at the stats of medal counts,” she said. McKeon has 11 career medals, eclipsing the record of nine that she shared for one day with swimming greats Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones. Her father, Ron, was a swimmer who runs a learn-to-swim center south of Sydney.She became the most decorated Olympian in Australia’s history. The 27-year-old from Brisbane comes from a swimming family. With a whopping 11 medals under her belt (seven medals at Tokyo and four at Rio in 2016), McKeon has won the most Olympic medals of any Australian Olympian. But she now finds herself as Australia’s most successful Olympian after winning more medals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 than any other athlete. e The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. “It is an honor because I know I’ve worked so hard for it.” Two years after starring at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Singapore 2010, swimmer Emma McKeon came close to walking away from the sport. She first picked up a gold medal in the women’s 4×100 freestyle on day 1 and followed that up. “I’ve never really looked at the stats of medal counts,” she said. Emma McKeon‘s swim is the latest in a number of impressive swims at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. McKeon has 11 career medals, eclipsing the record of nine that she shared for one day with swimming greats Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones. Tokyo Olympics: Jacobs wins 100m, golds for McKeon, Zverev & Schauffele 1 August 2021 Olympics Lamont Marcell Jacobs won gold in a wide open men's 100m final Lamont Marcell Jacobs won a. She became the most decorated Olympian in Australia’s history. McKeon has won six medals at a triumphant Tokyo Games, becoming just the fourth female swimmer to complete the 50-100m freestyle golden double at an Olympics. at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Australian Emma McKeon set the record for the female athlete with the most medals at a single Games, tying. McKeon leaves Tokyo with four golds and three bronze, tying the record for most medals won by a woman at a single Games set by Soviet gymnast Maria Gorokhovskaya in 1952 in Helsinki. “It will take a while to sink in because I’ve been focusing on myself to keep my cool.” History was made today as the team in Tokyo claimed more gold medals for Australia in a single day than ever before. “I feel like it has been a bit of a roller coaster getting a gold medal and trying to keep the emotions at bay,” McKeon said.
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