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Australia’s McKeown wins 50m backstroke world title

FUJUOKA (Japan): Australia’s Kaylee McKeown won the women’s 50m backstroke title at swimming’s world championships on Thursday (27th July, 2023).

McKeown, who also won the 100m backstroke in Fukuoka, finished in 27.08sec to beat American Regan Smith on 27.11 and Britain’s Lauren Cox on 27.20.

“Fifty metres is fifty metres, there’s not really much in it at all,” said McKeown.

She also beat Smith to win the 100 gold in Fukuoka.

McKeown was disqualified from her 200m individual medley semi-final on the competition’s opening night for making an illegal move as she transitioned from backstroke to breaststroke.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.