

He added two gold medals to his haul from the Tokyo Olympics, departing the Games with five golds. "That two-second time, that's the gold," Fox senior said of the last gate. Kaylee MCKEOWN Swimming Olympic Medals 3 G 1 B Games participations 1 First Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Olympic Results GO OLYMPIC. Its been an astonishingly successful Games for the 24-year-old from Florida.

Working as a commentator on the event, he knew despite the fast time the damage was done. "At the same time to get on the podium with a mistake near the finish line - I've been consistent at the last three Olympics to be on the podium."Ĭoached by her French mother Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, who won bronze in the event in Atlanta, her father Richard Fox was a top British paddler and finished fourth at the Barcelona Games. The golden trio of Kylie Masse, Regan Smith, and Kaylee McKeown each lowered the women’s 100 backstroke Olympic record during the prelims 1 after another. "There's relief to be on the podium, a bit of disappointment to not go down the dream run," the Sydneysider said. Olympic gold medallists Kaylee McKeown, Kyle Chalmers and Zac Stubblety-Cook will headline Australias star-studded swimming team at the 2022 FINA World Championships. While the kayak race didn't go to plan, Fox was consoling herself that she at least didn't finish the event empty-handed. She broke the Olympic record on the way to gold in the women’s 100m backstroke final. "The mistake at the finish was one too many unfortunately and took me out of the gold medal spot." Matt Wearn of Team Australia celebrates winning gold after finishing first in the Mens Laser class on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Enoshima Yacht Harbour on Augin. I fought the whole way down and that's something I'm really proud of - the fight to the finish," Fox told AAP. « Tokyo 2020 Olympics Day 3 Medal Table: Big. Wood and her British teammate Alicia Wilson finished 2-3 in the semi with 2:09.56 and 2:10.59. German Ricarda Funk, meanwhile posted a penalty-free run of 105.50 to take gold, with Rio Olympic champion, Spaniard Maialen Chourraut crossing with a blemish-free 106.63.įox said she was proud of the way she kept her composure after her early error. Douglass posted the overall fastest time of 2:09.29. Posting a time of 102.73 seconds, the penalties pushed her out to 106.73. The 27-year-old started Tuesday's final as a raging favourite, with no paddler getting close to her in the qualification round and semi-final.īut she came unstuck early in her run, knocking the fourth gate and then crucially had another error on the penultimate one, each incurring two-second penalties.
