McKeown Disappointed Despite Nudging World Record

‘The Olympics is just like that.’

Kaylee McKeown of Team Australia poses with the gold medal after winning the Women's 100m Backstroke Final on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, on July 27, 2021. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Kaylee McKeown has nudged her world record when swimming the second-fastest women’s 100m backstroke ever—and is disappointed.

Ms. McKeown came within eight-hundredths of a second of her global benchmark on Tuesday night at Australia’s Olympic selection trials in Brisbane.